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August 31, 2026

upgrade expense

  • August 31, 2026
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A new contract for an iPhone 15 including a belting charger is £29.99 monthly with £29 up front. This is considerably less that the same contract as an upgrade. Please can you let me know if I can have the better deal for an upgrade or ir I am better leaving id mobile? 

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    Active Contributor
    September 1, 2026

    I’d be very careful before upgrading. I raised exactly this issue with iD Mobile because the upgrade offers were worse than what was available to new customers.

    I was then given a specific retention offer by an adviser, which I accepted — only for the price and terms to subsequently change. I’ve now spent around 10 days trying to sort it out, with hours wasted on chats, conflicting prices and still no resolution.

    I have screenshots of the offer I was given, yet I'm now being told something completely different.

    So my advice is screenshot absolutely everything before agreeing to anything. In my experience, the retention offer was enough to persuade me to stay, but what I actually ended up with was completely different.

    I have several lines with iD Mobile and have been a loyal customer for years. After this experience, I'm seriously questioning whether staying is worth the hassle.

    New Contributor
    September 1, 2026

    That's very frustrating and you're right that you would expect to be rewarded for your loyalty not the opposite!