Buy outright from £690 (Mozillion)
Apple iPhone Air
4 retailers · 6 networks · 256GB / 512GB / 1TB
The headline trap
The lowest monthly price for this phone is £11.95 — but it comes with £575 to pay upfront.
In this case the low monthly price is still the cheapest deal overall — just make sure you can pay £575 today.
Contract or buy outright?
The cheapest new 256GB contract, against buying the same phone outright and adding the cheapest SIM plan with at least 15GB of data, over 24 months.
The contract is £272.20 cheaper 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
Every contract for the iPhone Air, ranked by true cost
721 deals match. Prices last checked 29 October 2026.
Buy the iPhone Air outright
Pair it with a SIM-only plan. Whether that beats a contract depends on the phone — see the verdict above.