Best T-Mobile Deals

Pay Monthly

T-Mobile offers a range of monthly contracts that can be separated into three broad categories: standard Pay Monthly contract, SIM only contracts and You Fix contracts. Standard Pay Monthly plans usually include a phone with the monthly cost of the contract while SIM only contracts do not include a phone and as such tend to be cheaper. You Fix contracts are unique to T-Mobile and offer a mixture of monthly contract and PAYG features.

Many monthly contracts from T-Mobile include an ‘Unlimited Booster’. Unlimited Boosters are a unique feature of T-Mobile’s network that allows users to select an additional service such as unlimited texts or unlimited landline calls and add it to their contract. This service can be changed each month depending on requirements and additional Boosters can be added to contracts for a monthly fee.

Standard Pay Monthly

Standard Pay Monthly plans last either 18 or 24 months and usually include a phone, a monthly allowance of free minutes and texts, and other selected services such as mobile internet. In general, 18 month contracts tend to be around £5 per month more expensive than 24 month equivalent contracts.

Standard 24 month contracts from T-Mobile begin at £7 per month for 50 minutes and 250 texts, and range up to £31 per month for 600 minutes, 500 texts and 100MB of mobile internet. 18 month contracts range from £16 per month for 100 minutes and 500 texts to £46 per month for 1200 minutes, 500 texts, a Flexible Booster and 750 MB of mobile internet included.

T-Mobile also offer special 24 month contracts known as “Full Monty plans”. A £36 per month Full Monty contract includes unlimited internet, unlimited texts, unlimited T-Mobile calls and 2000 any-network minutes. A £41 per month Full Monty plan includes unlimited any-network calls, unlimited texts and unlimited mobile data. These plans also come with a phone and more expensive plans are available packaged with premium phones, up to £61 per month.

Data allowances for contracts other than the Full Monty plans are separated into 4 categories: Basic, Standard, Extra and Super internet, offering 100 MB, 750 MB, 1.5 GB, and 5 GB of mobile internet, respectively. These packages also come with various amounts of free Wi-Fi access.

Many T-Mobile contracts include a free phone, but depending on their choice of phone and contract some customers may be required to pay an additional up-front free to cover the initial cost of the handset.

You Fix

You Fix plans combine elements of standard monthly contracts and Pay As You Go contracts. Customers with You Fix plans pay a monthly fee and receive an allowance of free minutes and texts. Once these minutes and texts are used, customers must top-up in order to continue making calls or sending texts, similar to PAYG contracts. The advantage of this is that it isn’t possible to run up a large bill without your knowledge.

T-Mobile offers 3 You Fix plans: £15.50 per month for 75 minutes and texts, £20.50 per month for 100 minutes and texts, or £26 per month for 300 minutes and texts. All You Fix plans last 12 months and include one free Unlimited Booster.

Some You Fix contracts include a free phone, but due to the short duration of the contracts most will require an up-front payment towards the cost of the handset.

SIM Only

SIM Only contracts do not include a phone and as a result are frequently cheaper than other equivalent T-Mobile monthly contracts which include handsets. SIM Only deals are available with either 12 month or 30 day durations.

SIM Only contracts from T-Mobile range from £8.50 per month to £25.50 per month, depending on the contract length and included services. Various amounts of inclusive mobile data can be added to SIM Only contracts for a monthly fee of between £4 and £19. See the T-Mobile SIM Only section for further details on these tariffs.

Pay As You Go (PAYG)

T-Mobile offer different Pay As You Go tariffs to suit to different types of use. Each tariff confers additional benefits whenever customers top up over £10 in a month.

There are three types of PAYG plan: the Talk Plan, Text Plan and International Plan. The Talk Plan offers lower standard call charges and 100 free minutes to all customers who top up over £10 a month. The Text Plan offers lower standard text charges and unlimited free text messages to customers who top up over £10 per month. Finally, the International Plan offers lower standard international call charges to selected countries and 60 free international minutes to customers who top up over £10 per month.

Pay As You Go tariffs from T-Mobile can be further customised by adding ‘Boosters’. These are extra services such as extra inclusive text messages or mobile internet use that can be bought for a one-off cost, taken from credit.

If you’re moving to T-Mobile from another UK network, it is usually possible to keep your current mobile number. The first step to doing this is to simply sign up to your new contract with T-Mobile and receive a SIM with a new number.

The second step is to obtain a ‘PAC’ code from your current provider so that your new number can be replaced with your old one. ‘PAC’ stands for ‘Port Authorisation Code’ and you can obtain one simply by calling your current provider and requesting one. Ofcom, the UK’s telecommunications regulators, have stated that networks should provide customers with a PAC when requested either immediately over the telephone or within two hours via text message.

Once you have received a PAC from your current provider, pass it on to T-Mobile and inform them that you wish to transfer your new number. This should usually only take a few days.

It is sometimes possible to obtain a PAC before you sign a new contract and submit it during the process. T-Mobile will then automatically process the transfer of your old number, but you will likely have a new number for a few days while this process goes through. Note that PAC codes are only valid for 30 days after they are issued.

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T-Mobile offers mobile internet access for both Pay Monthly and Pay As You Go through a range of different options. Many Pay Monthly contracts from T-Mobile include mobile internet as standard and for others it can be added with a Flexible Booster. Mobile internet can also be added to a PAYG account with a Booster.

T-Mobile split their standard Pay Monthly data allowances into four categories:

Basic Internet – 100MB of mobile data for £4 per month.
Standard Internet – 750MB of mobile data and 3GB of WiFi for £9 per month.
Extra Internet – 1.5GB of mobile data and 3GB of WiFi for £14 per month.
Super Internet – 5GB of mobile data and 3GB of WiFi for £19 per month.

Some contracts come with one of these data bundles already attached and for other contracts the bundles can be bought separately. Some internet Boosters are available to expand the allowance of Pay Monthly customers with a data usage limit. T-Mobile do not apply extra charges to customers who exceed their data allowance, but they may restrict internet access to these users.

T-Mobile also offer a range of ‘Full Monty’ deals, all of which include unlimited internet. These contracts begin at £36 per month and are advertised as having no limiting fair use policy. Customers without a data allowance can either add a data bundle to their account or browse the internet at a daily rate of £1 per day.

Pay As You Go customers on T-Mobile can also access the internet directly without adding a Booster and will not be charged more than £1 per day for accessing the internet. Alternatively, PAYG customers can select from 3 Boosters to add mobile internet access: 5 days of internet access for £2.50, 30 days of internet access for £5 or 6 months of internet access for £20. PAYG internet access is subject to a fair use policy of 500 MB per month. 

Use the table below to get an idea of how far your data allowance will go:

Table represents approximate values.