Apple iPhone 16 contracts: compare networks' deals

No upfront costs

We've taken a look at every network's November contract deals for the Apple iPhone 16 with no upfront costs and come up with an option to fit small, medium and large data requirements. Here are our findings:

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

Most people will find the 230GB data with this Vodafone deal more than enough and there's nothing to pay today:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  230GB data (5G) =  £39 a month, £0 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £41.50 on April 1 2026.
Increased to: £44.00 on April 1 2027

Or if you'd rather just have fully unlimited data to use with your Apple iPhone 16 without paying anything up front, we'd say Three's deal here is your best bet at the moment:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £38 a month, £0 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £39.50 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £41.00 on April 1 2028

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 November 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 (£69 up front):

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £29.99 a month, £69 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £31.49 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £32.99 on April 1 2028

Or a good alternative to that is Three's £31 a month unlimited data deal here in second place:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £31 a month, £89 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £32.50 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £34.00 on April 1 2028

Vodafone's plan here comes after that in our opinion:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £27 a month, £199 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £28.80 on April 1 2026.
Increased to: £30.60 on April 1 2027

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Always On data (5G) =  £34.14 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

Then it's O2's unlimited data plan here:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £44.25 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%

Next is this from Tesco Mobile:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £50.99 a month, £0 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £54.56 on April 1 2026

And finally, it's VOXI, whose £54.30 a month unlimited data contract below we find the least competitive:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £54.30 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

And that's all the networks we found offering unlimited data with the Apple iPhone 16. Use our comparison tool further up the page to see more combos of upfront cost, contract length and data speed.

Useful link: Compare all unlimited data deals above

giffgaff's iPhone 16 contracts currently start at £24.98 a month

Our latest search of their deals finds that giffgaff currently have the Apple iPhone 16 in 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

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

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) =  £34.14 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

Their contracts are priced between £24.98 - £64.96 a month, depending on amount of minutes, texts and data in the plan. And you'll pay from £20 - £200 up front too.

Useful link: Compare all giffgaff's iPhone 16 deals

iD Mobile have 199 deals for the iPhone 16

Looking at iD Mobile's current pay monthly contracts for November, 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

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £29.99 a month, £69 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £31.49 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £32.99 on April 1 2028

✔ Unlimited data

iD Mobile's best unlimited data plan for the Apple iPhone 16 is the same as our overall favourite deal above.

On a pay monthly deal, you're looking at prices between £26.99 - £38.99 per month on iD Mobile, depending on the minutes, texts and data you want. And that's with £9 - £279 upfront costs.

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

O2's iPhone 16 deals start from £41.25 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

The deal below is O2's current most competitive plan for the iPhone 16:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £44.25 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.

Depending on the amount of minutes, texts and data you want in your deal, monthly costs on O2 range between £41.25 - £97.24 (with £30 upfront costs).

Useful link: Compare all O2's iPhone 16 deals

Tesco Mobile offer 640x iPhone 16 deals starting from £28.49

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

The iPhone 16 comes on five lengths of contract with Tesco Mobile (36, 30, 24, 18 or 12 months) but the only way to get it on their network is by joining direct, there's no option to join via any re-sellers.

Tesco Mobile's best Apple iPhone 16 deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  3GB data (5G) =  £33.49 a month, £0 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £35.83 on April 1 2026

✔ Unlimited data

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £55.19 a month, £0 up front (30‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £59.05 on April 1 2026

The monthly costs on Tesco Mobile range between £28.49 - £110.97 according to the amount of minutes, texts and data you want. You're looking at paying £0 - £180 upfront too.

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

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

Looking at their latest deals in November, if you want the Apple iPhone 16 from Three, they've currently got it in Black, White, Pink, Teal and Ultramarine. And they've got it in the 128GB and 256GB memory versions.

Three 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 Fonehouse and Metrofone.

Three's best Apple iPhone 16 deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  150GB data (5G) =  £31.20 a month, £30 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £32.70 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £34.20 on April 1 2028

✔ Unlimited data

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £31 a month, £89 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £32.50 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £34.00 on April 1 2028

Price-wise, Three have contracts priced ranging between £16 - £69.28 a month (with £0 - £545 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 £13 a month

Our latest search of their deals finds that Vodafone currently have the Apple iPhone 16 in Black, White, Pink, Teal and Ultramarine. And there's a choice of three memory variants: 128GB, 256GB and 512GB.

There's two choices of contract length for the iPhone 16 on Vodafone: 24 or 36 months and you can choose between joining them directly for your deal or via the re-sellers Fonehouse, Metrofone, Carphone Warehouse, Mobiles.co.uk and e2save.com.

Vodafone's best Apple iPhone 16 deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (4G) =  £31 a month, £45 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £33.50 on April 1 2026.
Increased to: £36.00 on April 1 2027

✔ Unlimited data

Our favourite unlimited data deal for the Apple iPhone 16 on Vodafone is the one above in the best overall deal section.

Their contracts are priced between £13 - £84 a month, depending on amount of minutes, texts and data in the plan. And you'll pay from £0 - £635 up front too.

Useful link: Compare all Vodafone's iPhone 16 deals

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

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

You've got four contract length choices of 36, 30, 24 or 12 months for the iPhone 16 on VOXI but they don't sell contracts for it via any re-sellers like Carphone Warehouse, you can only join directly.

VOXI's best Apple iPhone 16 deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

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

VOXI 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) =  £58.16 a month, £0 up front (30‑month contract)
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🛈 VOXI reserve the right to increase the cost of this airtime plan annually with one month's notice

On a pay monthly deal, you're looking at prices between £29.30 - £92.90 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