New phones seem to come out every week, and inevitably they are on better terms than your current contract. If you find your phone hard to use, if it is not ‘smart’ enough for you or you feel you are paying for far more minutes than you actually use, then it may be time to change your deal. Now is a better time to do it than ever, with exhaustive comparison sites to ensure you get the best tariff and you get as much money as possible for your old handset.
Cancelling your contract
Many deals can look good when you enter them, but half way through your 2-year contract 100s of new handsets will have been released and you may not be using your phone as much as you would have hoped. Unfortunately, once you enter a contract, you are often bound into it until the end, unless you pay off the remainder of your contract to exit early.
Before doing this, try calling your provider and getting your tariff reduced as much as possible. This will mean that the cancellation fee will be lower. You may even find you are happy to stick with this revised lower monthly cost. If the price of your contract has increased and you are not happy about it then you may be able to exit it for free by declaring unfair increases. This can only be used in certain cases and you should check the small print before going down this route.
Use comparison sites
It is important to do your research. Mobile phone comparison sites like USwitch compare phone deals from all of the major suppliers and will ensure that you get the best deal for the phone that you want. Before cancelling your existing contract you should make sure that you can afford a new phone. Smartphones are becoming more and more important to our daily lives and comparison sites can be used to get the best iphone deals and for other handsets. There are also phone recycling comparison sites that will show you the best price for your current handset, which may offset the price of paying for a new phone or cancelling your existing contract.
Getting the best deal
Before you cancel your contract you should know exactly what else is out there and where you want to move. Changing networks may look promising at first, but coverage varies widely over the country and one network may work much better than others in your area. Research coverage on the Internet as well as asking your friends for their experiences. Your current provider may be the best for your area, and by threatening to leave you may be able to get a better deal with the phone you want, without having the hassle and expense of changing networks. Again, make sure that you are armed with the facts, as your network may be willing to match the best deals to keep your business.
