Apple iPhone 16 contracts: compare networks' deals

No upfront costs

We've searched the entire market for Apple iPhone 16 contracts with no upfront costs this July and picked out the best ones below, covering a range of different amounts of data. This is what we found:

VOXI's 20GB deal below is currently the best small data plan with no upfront cost:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  20GB data (5G) =  £29.30 a month, £0 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 VOXI reserve the right to increase the cost of this airtime plan annually with one month's notice

Most people will find the 500GB data with this iD Mobile deal more than enough and there's nothing to pay today:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  500GB data (5G) =  £32.99 a month, £0 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £34.49 on April 1 2028.
Increased to: £35.99 on April 1 2029

And finally, if you just want totally unlimited data with your Apple iPhone 16 without having anything to pay upfront, have a look at this deal from iD Mobile:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £33.99 a month, £0 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £35.49 on April 1 2028.
Increased to: £36.99 on April 1 2029

Useful link: Compare all no upfront cost deals above

Unlimited data

We've compared each network offering the iPhone 16 on an unlimited data contract this July and picked out the best value option from each one. Here's the result:

The most competitive is this deal on iD Mobile at £29.99 a month (£9 up front):

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £29.99 a month, £9 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £31.49 on April 1 2028.
Increased to: £32.99 on April 1 2029

Or for a next best alternative, take a look at giffgaff's unlimited data deal below at £33.14 a month:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Always On data (5G) =  £33.14 a month, £50 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 giffgaff reserve the right to increase the cost of this phone's airtime plan annually with one month's notice

While here's the best option on Vodafone to get the Apple iPhone 16 with unlimited data:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £31 a month, £135 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £33.50 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £36.00 on April 1 2028

Then it's Three's unlimited data plan here:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £51 a month, £30 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £52.50 on April 1 2028.
Increased to: £54.00 on April 1 2029

And lastly, O2's £57.25 a month contract here stacks up as more expensive than all the others:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £57.25 a month, £30 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Monthly airtime plan price will increase each April by the Retail Price Index rate of inflation published in February + 3.9%

You can't get the Apple iPhone 16 with unlimited data on any of the other networks but do use our comparison tool further up, as there may be more upfront cost, data speed and contract legnth combos.

Useful link: Compare all unlimited data deals above

giffgaff have 360 deals for the iPhone 16

Our latest search of their deals finds that giffgaff currently have the Apple iPhone 16 in Black, White, Pink, Teal and Ultramarine. And there's only a choice of one memory variant: 128GB.

The iPhone 16 comes on two lengths of contract with giffgaff (36 or 24 months) but you can only get it from them directly, they don't offer contracts via Carphone Warehouse or similar re-sellers.

giffgaff's best Apple iPhone 16 deals

✔ Best overall deal

This is giffgaff's current most-competitive plan for the iPhone 16, from our most recent comparison:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  25GB data (5G) =  £29.14 a month, £50 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 giffgaff reserve the right to increase the cost of this phone's airtime plan annually with one month's notice

✔ Unlimited data

You can get the Apple iPhone 16 with unlimited data on giffgaff. Here's their current best deal for that:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Always On data (5G) =  £33.14 a month, £50 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 giffgaff reserve the right to increase the cost of this phone's airtime plan annually with one month's notice

On a pay monthly deal, you're looking at prices between £24.97 - £49.96 per month on giffgaff, depending on the minutes, texts and data you want. And that's with £20 - £200 upfront costs.

Useful link: Compare all giffgaff's iPhone 16 deals

iD Mobile's iPhone 16 deals start from £28.99 a month

Looking at iD Mobile's current pay monthly contracts for July, they have the Apple iPhone 16 in Black, White, Pink, Teal and Ultramarine. And they only stock the 128GB version of it.

iD Mobile sell the Apple iPhone 16 on one contract length: 24 months but there are contracts for it via the re-sellers Mobiles.co.uk and Carphone Warehouse, or you can join directly.

iD Mobile's best Apple iPhone 16 deals

✔ Best overall deal

We think this is currently iD Mobile's most competitive plan for the iPhone 16:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  10GB data (5G) =  £28.99 a month, £29 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £30.49 on April 1 2028.
Increased to: £31.99 on April 1 2029

✔ Unlimited data

iD Mobile sell the Apple iPhone 16 on an unlimited data plan too. This is their best current unlimited deal:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £29.99 a month, £9 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £31.49 on April 1 2028.
Increased to: £32.99 on April 1 2029

Depending on the amount of minutes, texts and data you want in your deal, monthly costs on iD Mobile range between £28.99 - £40.99 (with £0 - £289 upfront costs).

Useful link: Compare all iD Mobile's iPhone 16 deals

O2 offer 120x iPhone 16 deals starting from £44.25

From our most recent check, the Apple iPhone 16 is currently available in Black, White, Pink, Teal and Ultramarine on O2. They only have it in one choice of memory: 128GB.

There's three choices of contract length for the iPhone 16 on O2: 36, 24 or 12 months but it's only possible to get it directly with them - none of the re-sellers like Carphone Warehouse offer O2 deals for it.

O2's best Apple iPhone 16 deals

✔ Best overall deal

Here's the O2 iPhone 16 deal that stacks up best against other providers:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £67.38 a month, £30 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Monthly airtime plan price will increase each April by the Retail Price Index rate of inflation published in February + 3.9%

✔ Unlimited data

If you want unlimited data with your Apple iPhone 16, our top-pick on O2 is the same as our overall best deal above.

The monthly costs on O2 range between £44.25 - £106.74 according to the amount of minutes, texts and data you want. You're looking at paying £30 too.

Useful link: Compare all O2's iPhone 16 deals

Three's iPhone 16 deals start at £22.42 a month

On Three, our latest search of all their deals found that the Apple iPhone 16 is available in Black, White, Pink, Teal and Ultramarine at the moment. Memory-wise, they've only got the 128GB version.

You've only got one contract length choice of 36 months for the iPhone 16 on Three and the only way to get it on their network is by joining direct, there's no option to join via any re-sellers.

Three's best Apple iPhone 16 deals

✔ Best overall deal

This is the most competitive Three plan for the iPhone 16, compared against other networks:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  150GB data (5G) =  £32 a month, £30 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £33.50 on April 1 2028.
Increased to: £35.00 on April 1 2029

✔ Unlimited data

It's possible to get the Apple iPhone 16 on an unlimited data plan from Three. We think this is the best option currently available:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £51 a month, £30 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £52.50 on April 1 2028.
Increased to: £54.00 on April 1 2029

Price-wise, Three have contracts priced ranging between £22.42 - £67.22 a month (with £30 - £490 upfront), depending on the minutes, texts and data you want.

Useful link: Compare all Three's iPhone 16 deals

Vodafone: get the iPhone 16 from £17 a month

Looking at their latest deals in July, if you want the Apple iPhone 16 from Vodafone, they've currently got it in Black, White, Pink, Teal and Ultramarine. And they've only got it in the 128GB memory version.

Vodafone offer the iPhone 16 on 24 or 36‑month contracts and you have a choice of getting it on a contract directly from them or via the re-sellers Mobiles.co.uk and Carphone Warehouse.

Vodafone's best Apple iPhone 16 deals

✔ Best overall deal

Here's the Vodafone deal we think is the best value at the moment for the iPhone 16:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  1GB data (5G) =  £30 a month, £30 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £31.80 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £33.60 on April 1 2028

✔ Unlimited data

For unlimited data with your Apple iPhone 16 plan on Vodafone, this is the deal we think is the best value this July:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £31 a month, £135 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £33.50 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £36.00 on April 1 2028

Their contracts are priced between £17 - £68 a month, depending on amount of minutes, texts and data in the plan. And you'll pay from £10 - £459 up front too.

Useful link: Compare all Vodafone's iPhone 16 deals

VOXI's iPhone 16 contracts currently start at £29.30 a month

Our latest search of their deals finds that VOXI currently have the Apple iPhone 16 in Black, White, Pink, Teal and Ultramarine. And there's only a choice of one memory variant: 128GB.

The iPhone 16 only comes on one length of contract with VOXI (36 months) and you can only get it from them directly, they don't offer contracts via Carphone Warehouse or similar re-sellers.

VOXI's best Apple iPhone 16 deals

✔ Best overall deal

The deal below is VOXI's current most competitive plan for the iPhone 16:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  20GB data (5G) =  £29.30 a month, £0 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 VOXI reserve the right to increase the cost of this airtime plan annually with one month's notice

✖ Unlimited data

You can't currently get the Apple iPhone 16 with unlimited data on VOXI.

On a pay monthly deal, you're looking at prices £29.30 per month on VOXI, depending on the minutes, texts and data you want. But that's with no upfront costs on any them.

Useful link: Compare all VOXI's iPhone 16 deals