How cheap is Telenor SWAP deal for you? – Tek.no

Telenor has launched a service they call SWAP. Briefly, this is a payment service over 24 months, where you can replace your mobile every year.

You can therefore switch to a new mobile every 12 months, without it costing you anything extra.

Read more here: How works Telenor SWAP “

Looking at Telenor websites you can for example get a brand new iPhone 6S with 64GB of storage to 399 per month. In addition, you must have a Telenor subscription – the default choice is Telenor Freedom 399 per month. It provides a total monthly fee of 798 million mobile subscriptions with included. After a year of this scheme you can switch your phone to a newer model.

At first glance this seems the alluring, especially if you’re the kind who are replacing phone frequently. But is it really a good deal?

We compare

we have compared:

• One year of SWAP subscriptions (telephone + subscription)

 

• “Regular” mobile payment over 12 months of subscription including

 

• Regular purchases of cell phone, no netbetaling and separate optional mobile subscription

 

The reason we make the comparison with ICE, is because the company has proven to be aggressive on price of their subscriptions. They have also launched sales of packages of mobile and subscription allegedly provide a cheap total of consumers. To find the cheapest price on mobile and subscription spent Prisguide.no and our own service Cheapest mobile subscriptions.

The prices are collected today, the 6th of June 2016 at 14.00.

This costs you to have phone + subscription for 12 months:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

rates including 5 GB aBB for 12 months	Apple iPhone 6S 64GB	Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge 32GB	Huawei Mate 8	Sony Xperia X	Will keep the phone
Telenor SWAP including Freedom 5GB	9576, –	9216, – *	8256, – ​​	7776, – *
ICE with partial payment of mobile	11 988, –	9588, –	8388, –	8988, –
Best online price on the phone with cheapest 5GB subscription	10 478, –	9978, –	8278, –	8773, –

* Included accessories package
** Can replace mobile in new SWAP deal.

Not for those who want to sell mobile again

The big difference in the above table is that you never want to own your phone if you choose to replace it when it has gone 12 months Telenor SWAP. Thus, you lose the chance to sell it or use it as a secondary phone. To keep the phone you will have to pay it down in 24 months. As you can see in the table below, this is very expensive.

Is it provided that you do not need an ownership of your phone, you can actually save some hundred pounds in total during a year.

But if we take the factor that you actually get to keep the phone for an inheritance in the other two options, the calculation will be different. Buyer For example, an iPhone 6S yourself and find the cheapest mobile subscription, you pay 902 million more compared to Swap package to Telenor. The difference though is that you own the phone with the former option, and can earn several thousand crowns by selling it again.

Telenor SWAP other words cheaper if you disregard the resale value of your phone after a year, but total set will lose money if you take everything into account – given that you actually sell the phone after a year. For example, you could sell an gently used iPhone to several thousand crowns on the used market, which you can use on your next mobile.

Vast differences at 24 months

Telenor’s new SWAP service is obviously aimed at those who like to change phones frequently. But what if you actually want to own the phone by paying it down completely?

Below is the corresponding table like the one above, but now we have included the cost of paying down the phone via SWAP, and simultaneously added to the cost of subscription to the various options for a total of 24 months.

This is an example, and depends on the prices of various subscriptions and prices of phones remain at their current level.

This costs you to have phone + subscription for 24 months:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prices including 5GB -abb for 24 months	Apple iPhone 6S 64GB	Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge 32GB	Huawei Mate 8	Sony Xperia X	Will keep the phone
Telenor SWAP including Freedom 5GB	20 112, –	18 432, – *	16 512, –	15 552, – *
ICE with partial payment of mobile	15 576, –	13 176, –	11 976, –	12 576, –
Best online price on the phone with cheapest 5GB subscription	13 466, –	12 966, –	11 266, –	11 761, –

* Includes worship sound package

As you can see from the table above, there is little point in going for Telenor SWAP if you choose to pay down the phone fully. Certainly, you will keep your phone at 24 months, on an equal footing as you get with ICE after a year, and so will the resale value no longer play any major role.

Nevertheless, you can see that much of the price difference is because you pay down your phone over an additional 12 months. But subscription rate starts taking its toll on the total.

While you pay 399 kroner per month of Freedom Package with 5GB data with Telenor costs corresponding packet 299 million in ICE and 249 million in Chili Mobile.

Unsure which plan is cheapest?
Check our service, Cheapest Mobile Subscription “

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