iPhone 16 Plus on pay monthly: compare prices

No upfront costs

We've taken a look at every network's October contract deals for the Apple iPhone 16 Plus 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 Vodafone's deal here:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  100GB data (5G) =  £44 a month, £0 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £45.80 on April 1 2026.
Increased to: £47.60 on April 1 2027

Most people will find the 300GB data with this Three deal more than enough and there's nothing to pay today:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  300GB data (5G) =  £46 a month, £0 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £47.50 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £49.00 on April 1 2028

Or if you'd rather just have fully unlimited data to use with your Apple iPhone 16 Plus 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) =  £48 a month, £0 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £49.50 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £51.00 on April 1 2028

Useful link: Compare all no upfront cost deals above

Unlimited data

We've compared each network offering the iPhone 16 Plus on an unlimited data contract this October 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 (£159 up front):

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £29.99 a month, £159 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 giffgaff's £37.89 a month unlimited data deal here in second place:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Always On data (5G) =  £37.89 a month, £25 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

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £33 a month, £199 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £34.80 on April 1 2026.
Increased to: £36.60 on April 1 2027

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £36 a month, £189 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £37.50 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £39.00 on April 1 2028

And bottom of the pile is O2's unlimited data contract here, which comes in at £57.36 a month:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £57.36 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 that's all the networks we found offering unlimited data with the Apple iPhone 16 Plus. 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 Plus contracts currently start at £28.03 a month

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

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

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  25GB data (5G) =  £32.89 a month, £25 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 Plus with unlimited data on giffgaff. Here's their current best deal for that:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Always On data (5G) =  £37.89 a month, £25 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 £28.03 - £69.34 a month, depending on amount of minutes, texts and data in the plan. And you'll pay from £25 - £200 up front too.

Useful link: Compare all giffgaff's iPhone 16 Plus deals

iD Mobile have 348 deals for the iPhone 16 Plus

Looking at iD Mobile's current pay monthly contracts for October, they have the Apple iPhone 16 Plus in Black, White, Pink, Ultramarine and Teal. And they stock the 128GB, 256GB and 512GB versions of it.

You've only got one contract length choice of 24 months for the iPhone 16 Plus on iD Mobile 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 Plus deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  500GB data (5G) =  £29.99 a month, £139 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 sell the Apple iPhone 16 Plus on an unlimited data plan too. This is their best current unlimited deal:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £38.99 a month, £9 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £40.49 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £41.99 on April 1 2028

On a pay monthly deal, you're looking at prices between £29.99 - £64.99 per month on iD Mobile, depending on the minutes, texts and data you want. And that's with £9 - £199 upfront costs.

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

O2's iPhone 16 Plus deals start from £44.36 a month

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

O2 offer the iPhone 16 Plus 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 Plus deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £68.03 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 Plus, 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 £44.36 - £112.56 (with £30 upfront costs).

Useful link: Compare all O2's iPhone 16 Plus deals

Three offer 2574x iPhone 16 Plus deals starting from £9

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

The iPhone 16 Plus comes on two lengths of contract with Three (24 or 36 months) and you can get it on their network by joining direct or via the Fonehouse re-sellers.

Three's best Apple iPhone 16 Plus deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  150GB data (5G) =  £34.64 a month, £30 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £36.14 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £37.64 on April 1 2028

✔ Unlimited data

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £38 a month, £149 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

The monthly costs on Three range between £9 - £69.56 according to the amount of minutes, texts and data you want. You're looking at paying £0 - £715 upfront too.

Useful link: Compare all Three's iPhone 16 Plus deals

Vodafone's iPhone 16 Plus deals start at £13 a month

Looking at their latest deals in October, if you want the Apple iPhone 16 Plus from Vodafone, they've currently got it in Black, Ultramarine, Teal, White and Pink. And they've got it in the 128GB, 256GB and 512GB memory versions.

Vodafone sell the Apple iPhone 16 Plus on one contract length: 24 months and you can't get it on a contract with Vodafone directly, you can only get it via the re-sellers Fonehouse, Carphone Warehouse, e2save.com and Mobiles.co.uk.

Vodafone's best Apple iPhone 16 Plus deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (4G) =  £36 a month, £139 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £37.80 on April 1 2026.
Increased to: £39.60 on April 1 2027

✔ Unlimited data

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

Price-wise, Vodafone have contracts priced ranging between £13 - £61 a month (with £0 - £829 upfront), depending on the minutes, texts and data you want.

Useful link: Compare all Vodafone's iPhone 16 Plus deals