{"id":16878,"date":"2018-08-30T10:15:46","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T09:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=16878"},"modified":"2018-08-30T10:21:12","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T09:21:12","slug":"o2-uk-now-lets-you-build-your-own-custom-mobile-phone-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2018\/08\/o2-uk-now-lets-you-build-your-own-custom-mobile-phone-plan.html","title":{"rendered":"O2 UK Now Lets You Build Your Own Custom Mobile Phone Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile operator <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-68\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"o2\">O2<\/a> claims to have launched a &#8220;<em>revolutionary<\/em>&#8221; new way of choosing a mobile phone and tariff. The new &#8216;Custom Plan&#8217; essentially gives everybody unlimited calls and minutes but allows you to choose the repayment term, upfront payment and included data allowance (all this affects your monthly charge).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Customers on Pay Monthly plans will be able to spread the remaining balance of their device from anywhere between 3 and 36 months (in one-month increments) at 0% APR and if their data needs change then they can also change the airtime tariff up or down per monthly billing cycle (this seems to be how <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-68\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/o2uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"o2\">O2<\/a> get around <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-133 shortlink-chref\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/link\/ofcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"ofcom\" data-chref=\"https:\/\/www.ofcom.org.uk\">Ofcom<\/a>&#8217;s rule against contracts longer than 24 months).<\/p>\n<p>The flip side of all this extra customisation is that O2 have also made it harder to compare plans between operators, although a quick test suggests that the extra flexibility might not necessarily save you all that much money. As a test we picked an <strong>Apple iPhone X<\/strong> (Silver) with 64GB of storage (flexible upfront cost options from \u00a329.99 to \u00a3969.99).<\/p>\n<p>For our first test (<strong>Test 1<\/strong>) we choose an upfront payment of \u00a399.99 with a 36 month term and 30GB of data usage (the max option is 50GB), which came out as \u00a362.39 a month. In <strong>Test 2<\/strong> we went for the same upfront payment on a more familiar 24 month term and chose 1GB of data, which came out as \u00a360.09 a month.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Comparison against Test 1<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-80\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"three uk\">Three UK<\/a> offered a similar plan for \u00a379.99 upfront and \u00a357 monthly on a 24 month term, while <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-43\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"ee home broadband\">EE<\/a> charged \u00a373 monthly for an almost identical deal to O2&#8217;s (over 24 months). Meanwhile a similar deal on <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-90\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"vodafone\">Vodafone<\/a>, albeit with only 20GB of data, would set you back \u00a364 per month over a 24 month term.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Comparison against Test 2<\/strong><\/span> &#8211; <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-80\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/threeuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"three uk\">Three UK<\/a> offered a similar plan for \u00a399 upfront and \u00a348 monthly on a 24 month term, while <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-43\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/eebroadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"ee home broadband\">EE<\/a> charged \u00a354 for the same but with the downside of a \u00a3200 upfront cost. Meanwhile <a class=\"shortlink shortlink-90\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/go\/vodafoneuk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"vodafone\">Vodafone<\/a>&#8217;s 1GB plan on a 24 month term attracted a \u00a3169 upfront cost and charged \u00a358 monthly.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Broadly speaking O2 and Vodafone had similar pricing, while Three UK was undoubtedly the cheapest and EE was a bit harder to place due to the difference in upfront charges but was easily the most expensive in Test 1. In our view it&#8217;s often better to buy the phone separate from your mobile operator (i.e. SIM Only), which tends to save money over the longer term but this only works well if you can afford to do that.<\/p>\n<p>Obviously our brief comparison can&#8217;t easily reflect the many value-added extras that can apply between plans. For example, on Three UK you can roam around the world in 71 destinations &#8220;<em>at no extra cost<\/em>&#8221; and also benefit from their inclusive Netflix etc. streaming via &#8220;<em>Go Binge<\/em>&#8220;. Vodafone&#8217;s plans also included even more extensive global roaming, while EE bundled three months free access to the BTSport app.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile O2 added that their devices are now being supplied unlocked from their sim and they don&#8217;t penalise customers by adding interest or charging early termination fees, while customers are free to pay off their device in full, at any time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile operator O2 claims to have launched a &#8220;revolutionary&#8221; new way of choosing a mobile phone and tariff. 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