Samsung Galaxy S23 contract prices compared: all networks

No upfront costs

We've looked at all of the Samsung Galaxy S23 contracts available this January 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 Vodafone's deal here:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  400GB data (5G) =  £27 a month, £0 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Annual Price Increase: monthly plan increases annually on 1 April by £1.80

Or lastly, to get unlimited data with your Samsung Galaxy S23 without paying anything up front, this Vodafone is our best pick this January:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £28 a month, £0 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Annual Price Increase: monthly plan increases annually on 1 April by £1.80

Useful link: Compare all no upfront cost deals above

Unlimited data

We've looked at all the contracts with unlimited data each UK network is offering in January for the Galaxy S23 and found each provider's best value option. Here's how they compare:

iD Mobile's £19.99 a month deal below is our strongest pick, with £69 to pay up front:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £19.99 a month, £69 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Monthly price will increase every April by the Consumer Price Index rate of inflation + 3.9%

Or Vodafone's unlimited data deal below is our second-placed choice at £26 a month:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £26 a month, £29 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Annual Price Increase: monthly plan increases annually on 1 April by £1.80

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £21 a month, £165 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%

Next is this from giffgaff:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Always On data (5G) =  £44.14 a month, £50 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 finally, it's O2, whose £54.50 a month unlimited data contract below we find the least competitive:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £54.50 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 for networks offering the Samsung Galaxy S23 with unlimited data. There may be more combos of data speed, contract length and upfront costs though, so use our comparison tool further at the top.

Useful link: Compare all unlimited data deals above

giffgaff's Galaxy S23 deals start at £24.98 a month

Our latest search of their deals finds that giffgaff currently have the Samsung Galaxy S23 in Phantom Black only. And there's only a choice of one memory variant: 128GB.

The Galaxy S23 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 Samsung Galaxy S23 deals

✔ Best overall deal

This is the most competitive giffgaff plan for the Galaxy S23, compared against other networks:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Always On data (5G) =  £54.96 a month, £20 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

✔ Unlimited data

Our favourite unlimited data deal for the Samsung Galaxy S23 on giffgaff is the one above in the best overall deal section.

Their contracts are priced between £24.98 - £64.96 a month, depending on amount of minutes, texts and data in the plan. And you'll pay from £20 - £200 up front too.

Useful link: Compare all giffgaff's Galaxy S23 deals

iD Mobile: get the Galaxy S23 from £19.99 a month

Looking at iD Mobile's current pay monthly contracts for January, they have the Samsung Galaxy S23 in Phantom Black, Cream and Lavender. And they only stock the 128GB version of it.

iD Mobile sell the Samsung Galaxy S23 on one contract length: 24 months but there are contracts for it via the re-sellers e2save.com, Mobiles.co.uk and Carphone Warehouse, or you can join directly.

iD Mobile's best Samsung Galaxy S23 deals

✔ Best overall deal

Here's the iD Mobile deal we think is the best value at the moment for the Galaxy S23:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £19.99 a month, £69 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Monthly price will increase every April by the Consumer Price Index rate of inflation + 3.9%

✔ Unlimited data

iD Mobile's best unlimited data plan for the Samsung Galaxy S23 is the same as our overall favourite deal above.

On a pay monthly deal, you're looking at prices between £19.99 - £36.99 per month on iD Mobile, depending on the minutes, texts and data you want. And that's with £0 - £79 upfront costs.

Useful link: Compare all iD Mobile's Galaxy S23 deals

O2's Galaxy S23 contracts currently start at £40.50 a month

From our most recent check, the Samsung Galaxy S23 is currently available in Phantom Black only on O2. They only have it in one choice of memory: 128GB.

There's three choices of contract length for the Galaxy S23 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 Samsung Galaxy S23 deals

✔ Best overall deal

The deal below is O2's current most competitive plan for the Galaxy S23:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £64.25 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 Samsung Galaxy S23, 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 £40.50 - £108.99 (with £30 upfront costs).

Useful link: Compare all O2's Galaxy S23 deals

Three have 436 deals for the Galaxy S23

On Three, our latest search of all their deals found that the Samsung Galaxy S23 is available in Phantom Black, Cream, Green and Lavender at the moment. Memory-wise, they've only got the 128GB version.

You've got two contract length choices of 24 or 36 months for the Galaxy S23 on Three and you can get it on their network by joining direct or via the Metrofone and Fonehouse re-sellers.

Three's best Samsung Galaxy S23 deals

✔ Best overall deal

This is Three's current most-competitive plan for the Galaxy S23, from our most recent comparison:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £22 a month, £145 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%

✔ Unlimited data

The best Samsung Galaxy S23 plan with unlimited data from Three is the same as the one we've chosen as their best overall deal above.

The monthly costs on Three range between £10 - £45.50 according to the amount of minutes, texts and data you want. You're looking at paying £0 - £375 upfront too.

Useful link: Compare all Three's Galaxy S23 deals

Vodafone's Galaxy S23 deals start from £13 a month

Looking at their latest deals in January, if you want the Samsung Galaxy S23 from Vodafone, they've currently got it in Phantom Black, Cream and Lavender. And they've only got it in the 128GB memory version.

Vodafone only offer the Galaxy S23 on 24‑month contracts and you can't get it on a contract with Vodafone directly, you can only get it via the re-sellers e2save.com, Mobiles.co.uk, Carphone Warehouse, Fonehouse and Metrofone.

Vodafone's best Samsung Galaxy S23 deals

✔ Best overall deal

We think this is currently Vodafone's most competitive plan for the Galaxy S23:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £26 a month, £29 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Annual Price Increase: monthly plan increases annually on 1 April by £1.80

✔ Unlimited data

For unlimited data with your Samsung Galaxy S23, 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 - £31 a month (with £0 - £315 upfront), depending on the minutes, texts and data you want.

Useful link: Compare all Vodafone's Galaxy S23 deals