iPhone 16 Plus on pay monthly: compare prices

No upfront costs

We've taken each network's Apple iPhone 16 Plus contracts they're offering this February and looked for the ones with no upfront costs. Here are the best choices for small, medium and data allowances we found:

Have a look at VOXI's 20GB deal below, for a small amount of data with nothing to pay up front:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  20GB data (5G) =  £35.60 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

75GB with this VOXI deal should be enough for most people's needs and doesn't cost you anything today:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  75GB data (5G) =  £37.60 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

Our best pick of the largest data plans available with no upfront fees for the iPhone 16 Plus is this from VOXI:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  300GB data (5G) =  £45.60 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 last but not least, this deal from Tesco Mobile is a good shout if you want unlimited data with your Apple iPhone 16 Plus that has nothing to pay up front too:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £53.49 a month, £0 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £57.23 on April 1 2025

Useful link: Compare all no upfront cost deals above

Unlimited data

We've had a look at every UK network that offers the iPhone 16 Plus on a pay monthly contract with unlimited data and compared them against each other. Here's what options you've got from each this February:

Our first pick would be this £38.99 a month deal from iD Mobile with £49 to pay up front:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £38.99 a month, £49 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £40.49 on April 1 2026.
Increased to: £41.99 on April 1 2027

Or in second place, Vodafone's £36 a month unlimited data plan here is a decent alternative:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £36 a month, £195 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £37.80 on April 1 2025.
Increased to: £39.60 on April 1 2026

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £39 a month, £189 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £40.50 on April 1 2025.
Increased to: £42.00 on April 1 2026

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Always On data (5G) =  £47.89 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

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £53.49 a month, £0 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £57.23 on April 1 2025

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £57.77 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 lastly, VOXI's £60.60 a month contract here stacks up as more expensive than all the others:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £60.60 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 are no unlimited data Apple iPhone 16 Plus contracts available on any of the other networks. But there could be more combos of data speeds, contract length and upfront costs if you use our comparison tool.

Useful link: Compare all unlimited data deals above

giffgaff: get the iPhone 16 Plus from £28.03 a month

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

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

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

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) =  £47.89 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

On a pay monthly deal, you're looking at prices between £28.03 - £83.09 per month on giffgaff, depending on the minutes, texts and data you want. And that's with £25 - £200 upfront costs.

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

iD Mobile's iPhone 16 Plus contracts currently start at £29.99 a month

Looking at iD Mobile's current pay monthly contracts for February, 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 e2save.com, Carphone Warehouse and Mobiles.co.uk, or you can join directly.

iD Mobile's best Apple iPhone 16 Plus deals

✔ Best overall deal

Here's the iD Mobile iPhone 16 Plus deal that stacks up best against other providers:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  150GB data (5G) =  £34.99 a month, £79 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £36.49 on April 1 2026.
Increased to: £37.99 on April 1 2027

✔ 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, £49 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £40.49 on April 1 2026.
Increased to: £41.99 on April 1 2027

Depending on the amount of minutes, texts and data you want in your deal, monthly costs on iD Mobile range between £29.99 - £67.99 (with £9 - £649 upfront costs).

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

O2 have 360 deals for the iPhone 16 Plus

From our most recent check, the Apple iPhone 16 Plus is currently available in Black, White, Pink, Ultramarine and Teal on O2. They have it in three choices of memory: 128GB, 256GB and 512GB.

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

This is the most competitive O2 plan for the iPhone 16 Plus, compared against other networks:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £57.77 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 Plus, our top-pick on O2 is the same as our overall best deal above.

The monthly costs on O2 range between £43.77 - £143.81 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 Plus deals

Tesco Mobile's iPhone 16 Plus deals start from £30.99 a month

On Tesco Mobile, our latest search of all their deals found that the Apple iPhone 16 Plus is available in Black, Ultramarine and Teal at the moment. Memory-wise, they've got the 128GB and 256GB versions.

The iPhone 16 Plus 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 Plus deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  3GB data (5G) =  £35.99 a month, £0 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £38.51 on April 1 2025

✔ Unlimited data

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £53.49 a month, £0 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £57.23 on April 1 2025

Price-wise, Tesco Mobile have contracts priced ranging between £30.99 - £119.97 a month (with £0 - £180 upfront), depending on the minutes, texts and data you want.

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

Three offer 6400x iPhone 16 Plus deals starting from £12

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

Three sell the Apple iPhone 16 Plus 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, Metrofone and Reward Mobile.

Three's best Apple iPhone 16 Plus deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  150GB data (5G) =  £30.31 a month, £90 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £31.81 on April 1 2025.
Increased to: £33.31 on April 1 2026

✔ Unlimited data

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £41 a month, £149 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £42.50 on April 1 2025.
Increased to: £44.00 on April 1 2026

Their contracts are priced between £12 - £72.37 a month, depending on amount of minutes, texts and data in the plan. And you'll pay from £0 - £709 up front too.

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

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

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

There's only one choice of contract length for the iPhone 16 Plus on Vodafone: 24 months and you can only get it from the re-sellers Fonehouse, Metrofone, Carphone Warehouse, e2save.com and Mobiles.co.uk. You can't get it direct from Vodafone.

Vodafone's best Apple iPhone 16 Plus deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £39 a month, £149 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £40.80 on April 1 2025.
Increased to: £42.60 on April 1 2026

✔ Unlimited data

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

On a pay monthly deal, you're looking at prices between £13 - £66 per month on Vodafone, depending on the minutes, texts and data you want. And that's with £9 - £929 upfront costs.

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

VOXI: get the iPhone 16 Plus from £35.60 a month

Looking at VOXI's current pay monthly contracts for February, they have the Apple iPhone 16 Plus in Black, Pink and Teal. And they stock the 128GB and 512GB versions of it.

You've got four contract length choices of 36, 30, 24 or 12 months for the iPhone 16 Plus 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 Plus deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  20GB data (5G) =  £35.60 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 Plus on an unlimited data plan too. This is their best current unlimited deal:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £65.72 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

Depending on the amount of minutes, texts and data you want in your deal, monthly costs on VOXI range between £35.60 - £143.30 (all with no upfront costs).

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