Samsung Galaxy S23 contract prices compared: all networks

No upfront costs

We've looked at all of the Samsung Galaxy S23 contracts available this May 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:

For just a small amount of data and nothing to pay up front, iD Mobile's deal below is our current favourite:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  500GB data (5G) =  £29.99 a month, £0 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Monthly price will increase each April by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate of inflation published in February, plus an additional 3.9%

Or finally, if you'd just rather have unlimited data with your Samsung Galaxy S23 and nothing to pay up front, we'd say the best option this May is this from Three:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £31 a month, £0 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%

Useful link: Compare all no upfront cost deals above

Unlimited data

We've taken all the Galaxy S23 contracts being offered with unlimited data this May by each network and sifted through to find the best value per provider. Here's what we found:

Our first pick would be this £22 a month deal from Three with £179 to pay up front:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £22 a month, £179 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%

Or a good alternative to that is Vodafone's £25 a month unlimited data deal here in second place:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £25 a month, £129 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Monthly price + out of bundle charges will increase every April by the Consumer Price Index rate of inflation + 3.9%

iD Mobile's plan here comes after that in our opinion:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £29.99 a month, £19 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%

While here's the best option on giffgaff to get the Samsung Galaxy S23 with unlimited data:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Always On data (5G) =  £45.12 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

And bottom of the pile is O2's unlimited data contract here, which comes in at £48 a month:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £48 a month, £0 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Each April, your monthly subscription charge will increase by the RPI rate published in February of that year plus 3.9%

You can't get the Samsung Galaxy S23 with unlimited data on any of the other networks but do use our comparison tool further up, as there may be more upfront cost, data speed and contract legnth combos.

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giffgaff offer 72x Galaxy S23 deals starting from £25.25

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.

There's two choices of contract length for the Galaxy S23 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 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) =  £45.12 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

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

On a pay monthly deal, you're looking at prices between £25.25 - £65.17 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 Galaxy S23 deals

iD Mobile's Galaxy S23 deals start at £28.99 a month

Looking at iD Mobile's current pay monthly contracts for May, they have the Samsung Galaxy S23 in Phantom Black, Cream, Green and Lavender. And they stock the 128GB and 256GB versions of it.

You've only got one contract length choice of 24 months for the Galaxy S23 on iD Mobile 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 +  500GB data (5G) =  £29.99 a month, £0 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Monthly price will increase each April by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rate of inflation published in February, plus an additional 3.9%

✔ Unlimited data

iD Mobile sell the Samsung Galaxy S23 on an unlimited data plan too. This is their best current unlimited deal:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £29.99 a month, £19 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%

Depending on the amount of minutes, texts and data you want in your deal, monthly costs on iD Mobile range between £28.99 - £36.99 (with £0 - £149 upfront costs).

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

O2: get the Galaxy S23 from £16 a month

From our most recent check, the Samsung Galaxy S23 is currently available in Phantom Black, Cream, Green and Lavender on O2. They have it in two choices of memory: 128GB and 256GB.

O2 offer the Galaxy S23 on 24, 36 or 12‑month contracts and it's possible to get it either directly with them, or via the re-sellers Mobile Phones Direct and Samsung Data Plans.

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) =  £48 a month, £0 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Each April, your monthly subscription charge will increase by the RPI rate published in February of that year plus 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.

The monthly costs on O2 range between £16 - £101.99 according to the amount of minutes, texts and data you want. You're looking at paying £0 - £329 upfront too.

Useful link: Compare all O2's Galaxy S23 deals

Sky Mobile's Galaxy S23 contracts currently start at £36 a month

On Sky Mobile, 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 got the 128GB and 256GB versions.

The Galaxy S23 comes on two lengths of contract with Sky Mobile (36 or 24 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.

Sky Mobile's best Samsung Galaxy S23 deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  5GB data (5G*) =  £36 a month for 24 months, then £31.50, £0 up front (36‑month contract)
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*5G free for Sky VIP members only

🛈 No mid-contract price rises

✖ Unlimited data

It's not currently possible to get the Samsung Galaxy S23 on an unlimited data plan from Sky Mobile.

Price-wise, Sky Mobile have contracts priced ranging between £36 - £76 a month (with £0 - £99 upfront), depending on the minutes, texts and data you want.

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

Three have 3194 deals for the Galaxy S23

Looking at their latest deals in May, if you want the Samsung Galaxy S23 from Three, they've currently got it in Phantom Black, Cream, Green and Lavender. And they've got it in the 128GB and 256GB memory versions.

Three sell the Samsung Galaxy S23 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, Mobile Phones Direct, Samsung Data Plans and Reward Mobile.

Three's best Samsung Galaxy S23 deals

✔ Best overall deal

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

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  150GB data (5G) =  £25 a month, £35 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

For unlimited data with your Samsung Galaxy S23 plan on Three, this is the deal we think is the best value this May:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £24 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%

Their contracts are priced between £11 - £61.83 a month, depending on amount of minutes, texts and data in the plan. And you'll pay from £0 - £485 up front too.

Useful link: Compare all Three's Galaxy S23 deals

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

Our latest search of their deals finds that Vodafone currently have the Samsung Galaxy S23 in Phantom Black, Cream, Green and Lavender. And there's a choice of two memory variants: 128GB and 256GB.

There's only one choice of contract length for the Galaxy S23 on Vodafone: 24 months and you can only get it from the re-sellers Fonehouse, Metrofone, e2save.com, Mobiles.co.uk, Carphone Warehouse and Samsung Data Plans. You can't get it direct from Vodafone.

Vodafone's best Samsung Galaxy S23 deals

✔ Best overall deal

Here's the Vodafone Galaxy S23 deal that stacks up best against other providers:

Unlimited minutes + Unlimited texts +  Unlimited data (5G) =  £25 a month, £129 up front (24‑month contract)
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🛈 Monthly price + out of bundle charges will increase every April by the Consumer Price Index rate of inflation + 3.9%

✔ Unlimited data

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

On a pay monthly deal, you're looking at prices between £13 - £47 per month on Vodafone, depending on the minutes, texts and data you want. And that's with £0 - £459 upfront costs.

Useful link: Compare all Vodafone's Galaxy S23 deals