The discounts on mobile phones with a subscription, are so far decreased, that virtually all users, which is cheaper by a sim-only contract and a phone separately. That concludes tweaker Kiswum on the basis of own research.
In the small-scale study compared Kiswum for some popular devices among the largest providers of what a customer is lost to a subscription with the device and compared that with the prices for a sim-only subscription and the same device in the loose sale. This is a 2-year subscriptions. Where, according to Kiswum earlier, the combinations of subscription and aircraft is often cheap by the subsidies from providers, it is now often not the case.
For the subscriptions with a device for the investigation of a similar sim-only subscription, in which the data package had to match. The toestelprijzen come from the Tweakers Pricewatch.
The difference is, for instance, very on at T-Mobile, where a customer with a Smart Plus subscription with a Xperia You 145 euro less to pay for a sim-only variant, and los device. With iSmart is the difference for expensive equipment is the smallest; for an iPhone 5, the difference is slightly more than 100 euros, with a Xperia U running that on to 368 euro.
Also Vodafone and Tele2 users, which is cheaper with a sim-only in combination with a separate device. On the whole, it is striking that the users of especially cheaper devices the best a los device can buy, partly because mid-range phones only with expensive subscriptions, without extra charge are available. This cuts a user is almost always in the fingers, because the subsidy is higher than the purchase price.
The providers of KPN with a lease is the picture more mixed. Hi can customers the best the unit lease, although the smartphone during the subscription not the property of the user. The customer that the unit after two years, an unknown amount of money.
Hi-customers with leasing is cheaper, especially by the relatively high price of the sim-only subscription. KPN is the lease with a duration unit is slightly cheaper, but the residual value of the machine after two years that it may be more beneficial to a unit’s los to buy. At Telfort, is a sim-only customer, always cheaper.
Of the tested devices, only the Samsung Galaxy S III for all carriers and all plans available. It turns out the phone at Tele2, for both subscription and a sim-only with a separate unit the cheapest, around 800 euro. The same unit cost at T-Mobile iSmart 150 almost 1200 euro.
The research of Kiswum involves only a small number of devices, subscriptions and providers, and is therefore not representative for the whole market. In addition, prices may vary by particular offers and customized prices for our loyal customers.