Contract or buy a high end phone outright?

Same boat as you 2 months ago.

Contract just looked bloody expensive but I do use my phone a lot.

I'd go contract if you use your phone a lot outside the house. SIM only if you can afford it now and you're not too worried about using up your data.

The reason why I'm thinking sim only is because I can buy the phone from Argos and get 10% discount....,,

I can then get an EE 12 month sim only for £16.80 and I get 20GB data a month.

If I get the S8 plus on a contract I think I'll have to pay like £50 a month....

I was in the same boat as you a couple of weeks ago.
I had a *****y Moto G4 on a SIM-Only contract, Unlimited Data/Texts and some mins for £25. However I found myself using only 12-16GB of it. So I just entered a contract and got an S8 from Carphone, 16GB on Vodafone for only 5 pounds more.

In my opinion, if you have the money to buy both the S8 AND a SIM-Only, go for it my dude. If you don't, I'd go into a contract, honestly. The S8 will probably last a long time anyway, and so it will end up outliving the contract and getting a better sim anyway.

If you're trying to budget, and don't want a 30+ pound contract (or 20+ if you're trying to limit your usage), then go SIM-only and go for the J-Series, older S models, OnePlus, Xiaomi, etc. Which can perform at roughly the same level as flagship S Models (though the OnePlus 5, bloated it's stats slightly).

Hmmm I'm debating

If I buy the S8 plus outright it's going to cost like £700 with 10% discount from Argos which is slot to spend on a phone

Btw how are you finding the S8?

OOooh. Now that's difficult lol.

I think you should actually go for the sim only. That's a really good deal that; 20GB a month lolol netflix for days.

But £700 upfront for a phone is a lot
That's how much the S8 plus will cost

Using to send this right now! The display is amazing, colours are so vivid and it's very fast, the battery life isn't hampered by this either! I've managed 20 hours and I'm still on 33%, it's no Nokia Brick, but it certainly is good when it comes to modern phones

Wow
Maybe I should go for the smaller S8 rather than the biggest S8 Plus.

Do you prefer it to the iPhone?

If you ring the EE customer service line as a prospective customer then haggle a good deal, you can usually stack the offer they've given you with the Unidays coupon.

I'm currently on an EE contract with the S8 Plus and over 24 months, I'll have paid around £5 less than the retail cost of the phone - and, I get my airtime.

Bargain.

How much do you pay a month may I ask? Did you use your Unidays discount

Can I have some advice please.....

I've narrowed my phone choice down to the S8 Plus or Samsung S8

I can get 10% discount if I buy a sim only phone from Argos (as I work FOR Sainsburys) and I also get 20% discount from Unidays on any mobile/sim only deal contract on 'EE' so basically the top sim only plan on EE will be £16.80 a month

Do you think a contract S8/S8 plua or sim only / buy the phone will be a better choice?

Yep I did, after haggling. Got it down to £32 a month - the phone costs £779 retail and I'm paying £768 over 24 months for airtime too!

Maybe I just got lucky. Who knows.

I bought by current iphone outright.. and got a sim only deal from o2. its best to always buy a phone outright which gives you flexibility and freedom to do what you want with it.

and the longer you stay with a company the better prices they will give you for a sim only deal as times goes on.

i am planning on buying the s8 plus for 500 pounds