iPhone 17: compare every UK network's contracts

No upfront costs

We've compared contracts with no upfront costs for the Apple iPhone 17 being offered by each network this August, to find the best options across a range of data plans. These are the results:

This 60GB deal from VOXI is our favourite no upfront cost deal for small data users:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  60GB data (5G) =  £34 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

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Unlimited data

We've analysed the unlimited data iPhone 17 contracts available on each UK mobile network and picked out the most competitive deal on each provider. Here's the state of play for August:

At the top our list is this £35.99 a month deal on iD Mobile, with an upfront cost of £14:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £35.99 a month, £14 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £37.49 on April 1 2028.
Increased to: £38.99 on April 1 2029

Or giffgaff's unlimited data deal below is our second-placed choice at £37.17 a month:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Always On data (5G) =  £37.17 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

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £34 a month, £160 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £35.80 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £37.60 on April 1 2028

Next is this from Three:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £52.36 a month, £30 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £53.86 on April 1 2028.
Increased to: £55.36 on April 1 2029

And finally, it's O2, whose £60.24 a month unlimited data contract below we find the least competitive:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £60.24 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 it. No other network offers unlimited data with the Apple iPhone 17. If nothing's tickled your fancy here, use our comparison tool to check other combos of upfront cost, data speed and contract length.

Useful link: Compare all unlimited data deals above

giffgaff's iPhone 17 deals start at £28.31 a month

Our latest search of their deals finds that giffgaff currently have the Apple iPhone 17 in Black, White, Lavender, Sage and Mist Blue. And there's a choice of two memory variants: 256GB and 512GB.

The iPhone 17 comes on two lengths of contract with 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 17 deals

✔ Best overall deal

This is giffgaff's current most-competitive plan for the iPhone 17, from our most recent comparison:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  25GB data (5G) =  £33.17 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

It's possible to get the Apple iPhone 17 on an unlimited data plan from giffgaff. We think this is the best option currently available:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Always On data (5G) =  £37.17 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 £28.31 - £63.50 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 17 deals

iD Mobile: get the iPhone 17 from £29.99 a month

Looking at iD Mobile's current pay monthly contracts for August, they have the Apple iPhone 17 in Black, Mist Blue, White, Lavender and Sage. And they stock the 256GB and 512GB versions of it.

iD Mobile sell the Apple iPhone 17 on one contract length: 24 months 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 17 deals

✔ Best overall deal

We think this is currently iD Mobile's most competitive plan for the iPhone 17:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £35.99 a month, £14 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £37.49 on April 1 2028.
Increased to: £38.99 on April 1 2029

✔ Unlimited data

For unlimited data with your Apple iPhone 17, iD Mobile's best deal is the same as the one we've chosen as their best overall offer above.

On a pay monthly deal, you're looking at prices between £29.99 - £58.99 per month on iD Mobile, depending on the minutes, texts and data you want. And that's with £9 - £609 upfront costs.

Useful link: Compare all iD Mobile's iPhone 17 deals

O2's iPhone 17 contracts currently start at £47.24 a month

From our most recent check, the Apple iPhone 17 is currently available in Black, White, Lavender, Sage and Mist Blue on O2. They have it in two choices of memory: 256GB and 512GB.

There's three choices of contract length for the iPhone 17 on O2: 36, 24 or 12 months 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 17 deals

✔ Best overall deal

Here's the O2 iPhone 17 deal that stacks up best against other providers:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £71.86 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

Our favourite unlimited data deal for the Apple iPhone 17 on O2 is the one above in the best overall deal section.

Depending on the amount of minutes, texts and data you want in your deal, monthly costs on O2 range between £47.24 - £133.77 (with £30 upfront costs).

Useful link: Compare all O2's iPhone 17 deals

Three have 6480 deals for the iPhone 17

On Three, our latest search of all their deals found that the Apple iPhone 17 is available in Black, White, Lavender, Sage and Mist Blue at the moment. Memory-wise, they've got the 256GB and 512GB versions.

You've only got one contract length choice of 36 months for the iPhone 17 on Three and the only way to get it on their network is by joining direct, there's no option to join via any re-sellers.

Three's best Apple iPhone 17 deals

✔ Best overall deal

This is the most competitive Three plan for the iPhone 17, compared against other networks:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  150GB data (5G) =  £33.36 a month, £30 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £34.86 on April 1 2028.
Increased to: £36.36 on April 1 2029

✔ Unlimited data

Three sell the Apple iPhone 17 on an unlimited data plan too. This is their best current unlimited deal:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £52.36 a month, £30 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £53.86 on April 1 2028.
Increased to: £55.36 on April 1 2029

The monthly costs on Three range between £23.08 - £76.90 according to the amount of minutes, texts and data you want. You're looking at paying £30 - £670 upfront too.

Useful link: Compare all Three's iPhone 17 deals

Vodafone's iPhone 17 deals start from £23 a month

Looking at their latest deals in August, if you want the Apple iPhone 17 from Vodafone, they've currently got it in Black, White, Lavender, Sage and Mist Blue. And they've got it in the 256GB and 512GB memory versions.

Vodafone offer the iPhone 17 on 24 or 36‑month contracts and you have a choice of getting it on a contract directly from them or via the re-sellers Carphone Warehouse and Mobiles.co.uk.

Vodafone's best Apple iPhone 17 deals

✔ Best overall deal

Here's the Vodafone deal we think is the best value at the moment for the iPhone 17:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  1GB data (5G) =  £31.36 a month, £30 up front (36‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £33.16 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £34.96 on April 1 2028

✔ Unlimited data

If you want unlimited data with your Apple iPhone 17 on Vodafone, here's the best offer at the moment:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £36 a month, £139 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Increased to: £37.80 on April 1 2027.
Increased to: £39.60 on April 1 2028

Price-wise, Vodafone have contracts priced ranging between £23 - £81.47 a month (with £10 - £709 upfront), depending on the minutes, texts and data you want.

Useful link: Compare all Vodafone's iPhone 17 deals

VOXI offer 8x iPhone 17 deals starting from £34

Our latest search of their deals finds that VOXI currently have the Apple iPhone 17 in Black, White, Lavender, Sage and Mist Blue. And there's a choice of two memory variants: 256GB and 512GB.

The iPhone 17 only comes on one length of contract with VOXI (36 months) and 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 17 deals

✔ Best overall deal

The deal below is VOXI's current most competitive plan for the iPhone 17:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  60GB data (5G) =  £34 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

It's not currently possible to get the Apple iPhone 17 on an unlimited data plan from VOXI.

Their contracts are priced between £34 - £40 a month, depending on amount of minutes, texts and data in the plan. But there's no upfront costs on any of their plans.

Useful link: Compare all VOXI's iPhone 17 deals