✔ 8GB for £8 and great benefitsGet hidden deal
at Three.co.uk
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Launch date: 22nd November 2019
Expected end date: Unknown
Order now or wait?: We'd order now
It's not too late to get one of the truly impressive deals Three have had over the Black Friday period on SIM only. This hidden 8GB for £8 offer is proving incredibly popular:
Or use our hidden offer link below to get Three's 12-month unlimited data SIM £48 a year cheaper than advertised on the main part of Three.co.uk:
Or you can go 50p cheaper with Three's 6 months half price deal below, which works out to £17.50 a month on average, spread over a 24-month contract (on-going price £20):
The £18 price for the 12-month contract is better than what it's cost at any point in the year. The same 6 months half price ran for a large part of 2019 on the 24-month deal. Check Three's signal here.
Lastly, this plan has just been reduced down further to a record £10 too:
This is an even better batch of deals from Three than last year's Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The offer end dates are so far unknown.
Useful links: Three's Black Friday page | Our Three review
Launch date: 22nd November 2019
End date: 7th December
BT Mobile were the only network giving away a free gift alongside some ultra-competitively priced SIM only plans. You were able to get a JBL Soundbar worth £149.99 with these deals (BT broadband customer pricing):
If you're not fussed about the free gift, this 8GB plan doesn't come with a soundbar but it well-priced from BT, even if it's not market-leading:
These offers are all due to continue through Cyber Monday until 7th December.
Useful links: BT's Black Friday page | Our BT Mobile review
Expected launch date: 26th November 2019
Expected end date: 10th December 2019
Order now or wait?: We'd order now
EE's Black Friday SIM only offers are all on longer 18-month contracts. In exchange for a bigger commitment you'll get a record amount of data for the money, available until 10th December:
If you're only after a smallish amount of data (under 10GB), there's nothing exciting from EE on pay monthly. They never discount below 20GB.
These pre-paid 1-month Flex SIMs do come with Triple data for 6 months when you order by 30th January 2020 and come with as little as 2GB 6GB for £10.
Useful links: EE's Black Friday page | Our EE review | Our guide to Flex Plans
✔ There's always their free joining creditGet £5 free credit
at giffgaff.com
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Launch date: No SIM only deals launched
Order now or wait?: We'd order now - no Black Friday SIM offers
giffgaff are fairly cheap year-round and you can already get £5 free credit with them when you join via our special invite page here. For Black Friday their SIM only prices haven't got any lower.
They have to be careful about bold giveaways for new customers, because having only 30-day plans means all their existing customers can also move easily on to any new deal.
For that reason, Black Friday is usually a pretty muted event on giffgaff. They are offering discounts on phone contracts though.
If you want to join giffgaff on a SIM only, your best shot at squeezing some extra value out of your deal is to use our free £5 credit offer here, with your first £10 top up or goodybag purchase.
Useful links: giffgaff's Black Friday page | Our giffgaff review
✔ iD Mobile's SIM offers available nowSee their offers
at idmobile.co.uk
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Launch date: 5th November 2019
Expected end date: 2nd December 2019 (depends on plan)
Order now or wait?: We'd order now
iD Mobile are always specialists in low-cost, small data SIM only plans throughout the year. And their offers for Black Friday focus on them. But many of them ended on 2nd December.
There were market-leading hidden £5 offers that are better than advertised direct:
And then there were a whole raft of other plans with different amount of data and minutes to sift through.
Useful links: iD Mobile Black Friday SIMs | Our iD Mobile review
Launch date: 21st November 2019
End date: 22nd December 2019
Order now or wait?: We'd order now
O2'sfull range of SIM only deals for Black Friday actually lasts until 22nd December. As predicted, they focus on large data plans on longer 18-month deals.
This is the best value per GB we've seen all year from O2:
And this is a standout 12-month plan:
Black Friday on O2 is always more focussed on phone contract discounts, so we're not too surprised to only see limited deals on SIM only.
Useful links: O2's Black Friday page | Our O2 review
Launch date: 28th November 2019
End date: 4th December
Order now or wait?: We'd order now
Plusnet Mobile were a great option to pick up a deal that uses the EE network on a short 1-month plan over the Black Friday / Cyber Monday period. And you don't have to have their broadband to benefit.
Most eye-catching was a 10GB for £10 deal. It was the market-leading on price for a 1-month plan (cheaper 12-month deals are available):
This 20GB plan shaped up very nicely price-wise too:
If both of those were way too much data, this 2GB plan offered very good value:
The rest of their deals were decent too:
These deals weren't around long at all, and ended on 4th December.
Useful links: Plusnet's SIM only deals | Our Plusnet Mobile review
Launch date: 17th November 2019
Expected end date: Unknown
Order now or wait?: We'd order now
Sky have one of the best offers for the whole of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This hidden deal is ludicrous value. Our special link discounts it by 50% from an unrealistically high £12 to a ridiculously cheap £6:
Or for more value, Sky reduced the cost of their 8GB SIM only plan by £5 a month for the 12-month contract, making it currently the best-priced option of any provider using O2:
On top of their extensive coverage through the O2 network (check your signal here), you also get nice benefits like streaming Sky TV apps without using data, keeping unused data for 3 years and changing plans mid-contract.
Otherwise, Sky have mainly been focussing their Black Friday / Cyber Monday offers on handset deals.
Useful links: Sky's Black Friday page | Our Sky Mobile review
✔ Bonus data for 12 months (1-month deal)Get this offer
at SMARTY.co.uk
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Launch date: 5th & 14th November 2019
End date: Depends per offer
Order now or wait?: We'd order now
SMARTY launched their headline SIM only offers for the Black Friday period a while back now. This one is available until 17th December and beats all other 20GB+ SIM only plans for price at the moment:
It's only on a 1-month contract, which makes the price pretty remarkable. It's worth noting the boosted data returns to 8GB after 12 months, so remember to keep an eye on your plan and compare again later.
There was also a price-leading deal with 100GB but it ended on 3rd December:
But you can still get £3 a month off SMARTY's unlimited data SIM plan for your first 12 months (it's also on a 1-month deal so you're actually free to leave whenever):
Useful links: SMARTY's other SIM only plans | Our SMARTY review
✔ Tesco's current main dealsSee new offers
at tescomobile.com
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Launch date: 18th November 2019
End date: 1st December 2019
Order now or wait?: Black Friday over! - check website for replacement deals
Tesco Mobile's SIM only Black Friday deals, only lasted until 1st December. As with previous years, there was a decent spread of plans and prices:
As with a lot of networks, Tesco can afford to make their Black Friday offers best on their bigger, more expensive deals. These were all the best value we'd seen from them all year:
Useful links: Tesco Mobile's Black Friday page | Our Tesco Mobile review
Launch date: 22nd November 2019 (extra deals)
End date: 2nd December (Cyber Monday)
The last chance to get one of Virgin Mobile's Black Friday 2019 SIM only deals has passed. As predicted, they were offering huge value across multiple data allowances. Here's what you could get until 2nd Dec:
For us, the standout deals here were £10 for 10GB and £19 for 50GB. They're excellent value ways to get on the superfast EE network for the impressive data speeds and coverage (check signal here), without the premium.
Useful links: Virgin's Black Friday offers page | Our Virgin Mobile review
✔ Starting price for 2 Mbps speed cap planSee new deals
at Vodafone.co.uk
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Launch date: November 29th 2019
End date: 2nd December 2019 (Cyber Monday)
As part of their Black Friday sale lasting only until 2nd December, Vodafone knocked off £3 from the monthly cost of their 18-month unlimited data SIMs.
We think the only one worth taking was their Unlimited Max plan, as it has no speed limits and gets you full 4G/5G speeds where available:
The other two unlimited data deals are cheaper but place limits on the speed of your data equivalent to 2 Mbps (3G style):
Or 10 Mbps (like an average rural 4G speed):
There were also two data boost offers on their non-unlimited 18-month contracts:
If you're searching for the cheapest way to join Vodafone, and you don't need WiFi calling or any roaming abroad, consider the Basics SIM plans with improved pricing on this hidden link.
Useful links: Vodafone's Black Friday offers page | Our Vodafone review
✔ 6GB 8GB and 15GB 20GB data plansSee all plans
at VOXI.co.uk
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Launch date: 9th November
End date: 2nd December
As a mobile network that already crams quite a lot of value into their deals, we'd predicted that VOXI would only do a few minor data boosts during the Black Friday period.
And that's what they did, with extra data on both these plans for no extra cost, when you ordered by 2nd December (Cyber Monday).
VOXI were the cheapest, best-value and most-flexible way to get a deal on the Vodafone network during this 2019 Black Friday and Cyber Monday period.
Useful links: VOXI's other plans | Our VOXI review
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