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Mobile operator O2<\/a> (Virgin Media<\/a>) last week became the first operator to launch a 48-month contract option for customers who take one of the latest Samsung Galaxy S24 smartphones alongside a mobile plan, which on the surface might appear to break Ofcom<\/a>’s contract limit of 24-months. But as you’d expect, it’s not that simple.<\/p>\n

Excessively long consumer contract terms of more than 24-months are effectively banned in the UK by Ofcom<\/a>, as they tie you into one package for an unreasonably lengthy period of time. But the regulator makes clear that some contracts for mobile handsets can be longer than 24-months, but if this is the case, the contract for the handset should be separate from the contract for the airtime (i.e. an airtime plan can’t go above 24 months).<\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> Previously, the longest device plan was a maximum of up to 36-months.<\/div>\n

Naturally, this is O2<\/a> (VMO2), which has a long history of offering flexibility on their Custom Plans<\/strong> and Plus Plans<\/strong> for mobile users. The new 48-month option<\/strong> is no different. For example, if you take the Samsung S24<\/strong> (256GB) and unlimited data plan bundle (inc. calls, texts, inclusive EU roaming and more) for \u00a349.83 per month (\u00a316.83 Device + \u00a333.00 Airtime) plus \u00a330 upfront, then only the device (phone) side of that plan will actually run for 48-months (i.e. the device cost is spread across 48 months) and the airtime side gets unlinked after 24-months.<\/p>\n

According to O2<\/a>’s terms, this means that if you are within the first 24 months of your Device Plan, you will have to pay off your Device Plan in full if you decide to end your Airtime Plan. But after 24-months you can choose to keep your Airtime and Device Plans without changing anything, Cancel your Airtime Plan and keep paying off your Device Plan instalments or, Cancel your Airtime Plan and pay off your Device Plan in full.<\/p>\n

At this point O2 makes a bit of a song and dance about also offering plans with flexible terms that go down to just 3 months, but spreading the cost of both the handset and the airtime charge across such a short period would push our example plan to the dizzy heights of \u00a3302.28 a month (\u00a3269.28 Device + \u00a333.00 Airtime). At that point it would be better to wait a few months and save money by purchasing the handset separately on a discount (in fact this is often the best approach, if you can afford it).<\/p>\n

O2 adds that the above price represents an introductory offer (i.e. “Pre-order the 256GB model for the price of the 128GB<\/em>“) and the above price split suggests they’re pricing the 256GB S24 model at \u00a3807.84 a pop. But we were able to find the same version (unlocked) for \u00a3799 via various online stores because it’s a general offer (not unique to O2) until 30th January 2024. However, if you like to split the cost across an interest-free device plan, then O2’s deal is still pretty handy, even if 48-months (4 years!) does seem a bit too.. long. We can’t help but wonder how long it’ll be before we see 5 and 6 year deals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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