The iPhone 8 is almost on the shelves. We tell you the price of the handset and what contract deals will likely cost.
Just like clockwork, as sure as eggs is eggs, and various other cliches, the tech world has spent the summer holding its collective breath in anticipation of Apple’s latest iPhone release – the iPhone 8.
This year’s preamble has been spiced up by the expectation of an iPhone X at the same time. But it’s the iPhone 8 (and bigger brother iPhone 8 Plus) that represents the annual incremental upgrade to the flagship 4.7-inch Apple smartphone.
You can read all about the newly announced handset by heading to our iPhone 8 hub .
The iPhone 8 has been announced as costing $699 in the US – that’s pretty much what we were expecting (thanks to the heads up from some industry insiders) .
Well the new iPhone has been launched in September every year since 2012, and this year seems to be no different. There’s an Apple event on September 12 and our retailer insiders tell us that pre-orders should kick off on Friday September 19. We’d imagine that stock would become available the following week.
The only slight difference this time around is that loitering figure of the iPhone X. If Apple is adamant that it wants to launch all three of the 8,8 Plus and X at the same time, then there’s a very slim chance that we might be left waiting a bit longer than usual.
Either way, ensure that you’re kept in the loop by signing up for notifications from Carphone Warehouse. The retailer will email you as soon as stocks of the iPhone 8 (and every other major handset) become available, so you can make sure you don’t miss out.
Although, as ever, there will be some people who just want to go out and buy a new iPhone 8 outright on release, most people will wait until contract plans start coming through. Mainly based on what the iPhone 7 was going for on launch, we’re confident that the following will represent the best kind of price on the market:
We know that buying a new phone with only 1GB data allowance in 2017 isn’t going to suit everyone. You’ll probably be looking at more like £45pm for 5GB and in excess of £50 for 15GB and 16GB tariffs that the likes of EE and Vodafone will likely be offering.
If the handset does indeed end up costing around £650 and you can scrape that kind of cash together, then combining it with a SIM only deal could be the smartest move you can make. For example, if you signed up for Three’s 4GB data SIM for £9 per month, then the total you’d pay over the two years would be less than £900. A bargain in the circumstances.
