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 VOXI's deal here:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  45GB data (5G) =  £37 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 VOXI's deal here is your best bet at the moment:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £62 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

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 Vodafone at £41 a month (£195 up front):

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £41 a month, £195 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Annual Price Increase: monthly plan increases annually on 1 April by £1.80

Or a good alternative to that is Three's £44 a month unlimited data deal here in second place:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £44 a month, £195 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Monthly price will increase each April by the Consumer Price Index rate of inflation published in January + 3.9%

O2's plan here comes after that in our opinion:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £55.25 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%

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Always On data (5G) =  £57.75 a month, £100 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

And bottom of the pile is VOXI's unlimited data contract here, which comes in at £62 a month:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £62 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 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 £39.98 a month

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

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  25GB data (5G) =  £42.75 a month, £100 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) =  £77.25 a month, £25 up front (24‑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 £39.98 - £87.25 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

O2 have 288 deals for the iPhone 16 Plus

Looking at O2'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 got three contract length choices of 36, 24 or 12 months for the iPhone 16 Plus on O2 but they don't sell contracts for it via any re-sellers like Carphone Warehouse, you can only join directly.

O2's best Apple iPhone 16 Plus deals

✔ Best overall deal

Here's the O2 deal we think is the best value at the moment for the iPhone 16 Plus:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £55.25 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

O2's best unlimited data plan for the Apple iPhone 16 Plus is the same as our overall favourite deal above.

On a pay monthly deal, you're looking at prices between £47.25 - £156.39 per month on O2, depending on the minutes, texts and data you want. And that's with £30 upfront costs.

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

Three's iPhone 16 Plus deals start from £17 a month

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

Three offer the iPhone 16 Plus on 24 or 36‑month contracts and it's possible to get it either directly with them, or via the re-sellers Fonehouse and Metrofone.

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) =  £33 a month, £40 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Monthly airtime plan price will increase each April by the Consumer Price Index rate of inflation published in December + 3.9%

✔ Unlimited data

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £47 a month, £139 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Monthly price will increase each April by the Consumer Price Index rate of inflation published in January + 3.9%

Depending on the amount of minutes, texts and data you want in your deal, monthly costs on Three range between £17 - £78.67 (with £29 - £735 upfront costs).

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

Vodafone offer 2430x iPhone 16 Plus deals starting from £13

On Vodafone, 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 got the 128GB and 256GB versions.

The iPhone 16 Plus only comes on one length of contract with Vodafone (24 months) and the only way to get it on their network is by joining via the re-sellers Metrofone and Fonehouse. You can't order 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) =  £44 a month, £139 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Annual Price Increase: monthly plan increases annually on 1 April by £1.80

✔ Unlimited data

The best Apple iPhone 16 Plus plan with unlimited data from Vodafone is the same as the one we've chosen as their best overall deal above.

The monthly costs on Vodafone range between £13 - £54 according to the amount of minutes, texts and data you want. You're looking at paying £35 - £835 upfront too.

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

VOXI's iPhone 16 Plus deals start at £37 a month

Looking at their latest deals in October, if you want the Apple iPhone 16 Plus from VOXI, they've currently got it in Black and Teal. And they've only got it in the 128GB memory version.

VOXI sell the Apple iPhone 16 Plus on four contract lengths: 36, 30, 24 or 12 months but you can't get it on a contract with them via re-sellers like Carphone Warehouse, you have to 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 +  45GB data (5G) =  £42.40 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

✔ Unlimited data

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £67.40 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

Price-wise, VOXI have contracts priced ranging between £37 - £116 a month (with nothing to pay upfront), depending on the minutes, texts and data you want.

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