Vodafone mobile phone deals & offers on contract

Vodafone is the second largest mobile phone network in the UK, the second largest worldwide and the only major network in the UK to be based in this country. With a corporate history dating back to the early 1980s Vodafone was around early enough to purchase a virtual monopoly over the GSM bands within the UK (shared between Vodafone and BT, later to be inherited by O2). The Vodafone brand name was adopted by Racal Strategic Radio Ltd in 1985 to cover its growing mobile phone business.

In much the same manner as O2 and Orange phone stores, Vodafone only offer phones that use their own mobile network. Because of this you will not be able to purchase a phone on their website on O2 or T-Mobile and so if Vodafone is not your preferred network it would be better to look to third party retailer that is not affiliated with any particular mobile phone company.

However, being a network provider as well as phone store means that the Vodafone website can offer the best possible deals available for Vodafone phones and tariffs. While third party retailers will have to negotiate their offers with Vodafone, Vodafone themselves are free to offer whatever they like and will be keen to provide better deals than companies that are essentially their competitors as well as business associates.

Vodafone´s website is clear and easy to navigate and features a great range of handsets, from the latest high end phones to older handsets that are lower in price. Vodafone offer both fixed term contracts as well as Pay As You Go phones and they also provide phoneless sim cards which you can stick in an already owned device. They also offer information about phones that are still in development and yet to be released so that you can keep track of what may become available in the coming months.