Apple iPhone 16 contracts: compare networks' deals

No upfront costs

We've looked at all of the Apple iPhone 16 contracts available this June with no upfront costs and whittled them down to a choice of the best options for a variety of data needs. Here's what we've come up with:

If you only need a little data and don't want to pay anything up front, have a look at VOXI's deal here:

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

There's nothing to pay today on this iD Mobile deal with a more-than-adequate 500GB data:

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

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Unlimited data

We've searched through all the networks that offer unlimited data with their iPhone 16 contracts this June. Below, we pick through the best-value option from each provider:

iD Mobile's £29.99 a month deal below is our strongest pick, with £59 to pay up front:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £29.99 a month, £59 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 our second choice for unlimited data would be this £31 a month plan on Vodafone:

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

giffgaff's unlimited data iPhone 16 plan is next:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Always On data (5G) =  £44.14 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

After that, the next best is O2's deal here:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £46.25 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%

And at the bottom of our unlimited data contract comparison was this £51 a month Three effort:

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 that's it. No other network offers unlimited data with the Apple iPhone 16. If nothing's tickled your fancy here, use our comparison tool to check other combos of upfront cost, data speed and contract length.

Useful link: Compare all unlimited data deals above

giffgaff's iPhone 16 deals start from £24.98 a month

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.

There's two choices of contract length for the iPhone 16 on 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

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

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) =  £44.14 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

The monthly costs on giffgaff range between £24.98 - £64.96 according to the amount of minutes, texts and data you want. You're looking at paying £20 - £200 upfront too.

Useful link: Compare all giffgaff's iPhone 16 deals

iD Mobile offer 355x iPhone 16 deals starting from £28.99

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

You've only got one contract length choice of 24 months for the iPhone 16 on iD Mobile but there are contracts for it via the re-sellers Carphone Warehouse and Mobiles.co.uk, or you can join directly.

iD Mobile's best Apple iPhone 16 deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  500GB data (5G) =  £29.99 a month, £39 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

✔ 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, £59 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

Price-wise, iD Mobile have contracts priced ranging between £28.99 - £40.99 a month (with £0 - £279 upfront), depending on the minutes, texts and data you want.

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

O2's iPhone 16 deals start at £42.25 a month

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.

O2 offer the iPhone 16 on 36, 24 or 12‑month contracts 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 deal we think is the best value at the moment for the iPhone 16:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £46.25 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%

✔ 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.

Their contracts are priced between £42.25 - £96.74 a month, depending on amount of minutes, texts and data in the plan. And you'll pay £30 up front too.

Useful link: Compare all O2's iPhone 16 deals

Three: get the iPhone 16 from £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.

The iPhone 16 only comes on one length of contract with Three (36 months) 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

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

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

On a pay monthly deal, you're looking at prices between £22.42 - £67.36 per month on Three, depending on the minutes, texts and data you want. And that's with £30 - £490 upfront costs.

Useful link: Compare all Three's iPhone 16 deals

Vodafone's iPhone 16 contracts currently start at £17 a month

Looking at their latest deals in June, 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 sell the Apple iPhone 16 on two contract lengths: 24 or 36 months 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

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

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

✔ Unlimited data

For unlimited data with your Apple iPhone 16, Vodafone's best deal is the same as the one we've chosen as their best overall offer above.

Depending on the amount of minutes, texts and data you want in your deal, monthly costs on Vodafone range between £17 - £78 (with £10 - £440 upfront costs).

Useful link: Compare all Vodafone's iPhone 16 deals

VOXI have 5 deals for the iPhone 16

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.

There's only one choice of contract length for the iPhone 16 on 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

We think this is currently VOXI's 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.

The monthly costs on VOXI range between £29.30 according to the amount of minutes, texts and data you want. But none of the deals have any upfront costs.

Useful link: Compare all VOXI's iPhone 16 deals