Cheapest right now: £12.99/mo on iD Mobile from iD Mobile with £99.00 upfront.
Buy outright from £429 (Fonehouse)
Apple iPhone 13
2 retailers · 4 networks · 128GB
At a glance. The Apple iPhone 13 is currently sold on contract by Fonehouse and iD Mobile, with airtime from Talkmobile, Three, Vodafone and iD Mobile. The cheapest deal by effective monthly cost is £12.99 a month with £99.00 upfront over 24 months on iD Mobile, which works out at about £17.12 a month all in. If you would rather buy it outright, the lowest SIM-free price we track is £429 from Fonehouse — worth comparing against the contracts above, paired with a SIM-only plan. 21 of the deals are for refurbished handsets, which are usually noticeably cheaper; use the condition filter to compare new and refurbished separately. Key specs: 6.1" oled, a Apple A15 Bionic chip, IP68 water resistance.
The headline trap
The lowest monthly price for this phone is £11.95 — but it comes with £225 to pay upfront.
Cheapest-lookingFonehouse
Advertised£11.95/mo
Upfront£225
Whole bill, 24m£511.80
£21.33/mo really
Still the cheapest overallFonehouse
Monthly£11.95/mo
Upfront£225
Whole bill, 24m£511.80
£21.33/mo really
In this case the low monthly price is still the cheapest deal overall — just make sure you can pay £225 today.
Contract or buy outright?
The cheapest new 128GB contract, against buying the same phone outright and adding the cheapest SIM plan with at least 15GB of data, over 24 months.
Assumes the SIM plan price (iD Mobile sim only, 25GB, rolling monthly) stays the same for the whole period; contracts may also rise each year. Add price rises or cashback in the calculator.
Key specs
Screen6.1"
DisplayOLED
Resolution2532 x 1170
ChipsetApple A15 Bionic
Front camera12 Megapixels
Water resistanceIP68 dust/water resistant (up to 6m for 30 mins)
Weight173g
Dimensions146.7 x 71.5 x 7.65 mm
Every contract for the iPhone 13, ranked by true cost
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