iPhone 16 Plus on pay monthly: compare prices

No upfront costs

We've looked at all of the Apple iPhone 16 Plus contracts available this November 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) =  £32.10 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

Or if you want a slightly-bigger 75GB data to use with your Apple iPhone 16 Plus, VOXI's plan below could be a better option and it's also got no upfront costs:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  75GB data (5G) =  £34.10 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

This 100GB Vodafone deal should fit most people's data needs and doesn't cost anything today:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  100GB data (5G) =  £42 a month, £0 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £44.50 on April 1 2026.
Increased to: £47.00 on April 1 2027

Out of the largest data plans with no upfront fees for the iPhone 16 Plus, this is probably our favourite:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  300GB data (5G) =  £42.10 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

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 taken all the iPhone 16 Plus contracts being offered with unlimited data this November by each network and sifted through to find the best value per provider. Here's what we found:

We'd say the strongest deal is iD Mobile's £29.99 a month one here with £159 to pay 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 giffgaff have got a good £37.89 a month alternative for unlimited data 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

Next is this from Vodafone:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £31 a month, £199 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £32.80 on April 1 2026.
Increased to: £34.60 on April 1 2027

Three's unlimited data iPhone 16 Plus plan is next:

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

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £57.10 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 at the bottom of our unlimited data contract comparison was this £57.36 a month O2 effort:

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%

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 have 216 deals for the iPhone 16 Plus

Our latest search of their deals finds that giffgaff currently have the Apple iPhone 16 Plus in Black, Pink and Ultramarine. 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

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

If you want unlimited data with your Apple iPhone 16 Plus on giffgaff, here's the best offer at the moment:

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

Depending on the amount of minutes, texts and data you want in your deal, monthly costs on giffgaff range between £28.03 - £69.34 (with £25 - £200 upfront costs).

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

iD Mobile's iPhone 16 Plus deals start from £29.99 a month

Looking at iD Mobile's current pay monthly contracts for November, they have the Apple iPhone 16 Plus in Black, White, Pink, Ultramarine and Teal. And they stock the 128GB and 256GB 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 iPhone 16 Plus deal that stacks up best against other providers:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  500GB data (5G) =  £29.99 a month, £129 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

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

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

The monthly costs on iD Mobile range between £29.99 - £44.99 according to the amount of minutes, texts and data you want. You're looking at paying £9 - £159 upfront too.

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

O2 offer 120x iPhone 16 Plus deals starting from £44.36

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

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

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

For unlimited data with your Apple iPhone 16 Plus, O2's best deal is the same as the one we've chosen as their best overall offer above.

Price-wise, O2 have contracts priced ranging between £44.36 - £112.56 a month (with £30 upfront), depending on the minutes, texts and data you want.

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

Three's iPhone 16 Plus deals start at £9 a month

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 and Metrofone re-sellers.

Three's best Apple iPhone 16 Plus deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

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

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

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

Their contracts are priced between £9 - £69.56 a month, depending on amount of minutes, texts and data in the plan. And you'll pay from £0 - £715 up front too.

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

Vodafone: get the iPhone 16 Plus from £13 a month

Looking at their latest deals in November, if you want the Apple iPhone 16 Plus from Vodafone, 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.

Vodafone 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, Carphone Warehouse, Mobiles.co.uk and e2save.com.

Vodafone's best Apple iPhone 16 Plus deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  100GB data (5G) =  £30 a month, £149 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £32.50 on April 1 2026.
Increased to: £35.00 on April 1 2027

✔ Unlimited data

Vodafone 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 (4G) =  £33 a month, £119 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £35.50 on April 1 2026.
Increased to: £38.00 on April 1 2027

On a pay monthly deal, you're looking at prices between £13 - £88.50 per month on Vodafone, depending on the minutes, texts and data you want. And that's with £0 - £725 upfront costs.

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

VOXI's iPhone 16 Plus contracts currently start at £32.10 a month

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

There's four choices of contract length for the iPhone 16 Plus on VOXI: 36, 30, 24 or 12 months but 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 Plus deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  75GB data (5G) =  £34.10 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

If you want unlimited data with your Apple iPhone 16 Plus on VOXI, here's the best offer at the moment:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £61.52 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 £32.10 - £101.30 (all with no upfront costs).

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