Confused

[Anonymous]

I am due for an upgrade at the end of April so I have been looking for my next phone, I have found one I would like the Xperia z but I have looked at various company's doing deals on this phone and most of them can do better deals than O2 on the O2 network am I better going to a different company or getting it from O2 direct?

[Anonymous]

It's really up to you.

If you wish to apply any O2 Open discounts (o2open.co.uk) then you will need to get it through O2 directly.

If you get it through a 3rd party company you will need to obide by their Returns and Repairs policies.

But again, if it's cheaper then it's up to you.

[Anonymous]

But why can they beat O2 on price, I might be better changing networks!

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

You'll always find 3rd parties are generally cheaper than the mobile network directly.

They have a different business model - they only supply phones, they don't have to maintain networks, large customer service centres etc.

They also generally buy far more stock than the networks so get the phones cheaper.

[MI5]

They also can use the commission they get from the networks to subsidse the phones.

[Anonymous]

Plus tack on insurance & other things that you don't ask for