We’re tracking the best Black Friday mobile phone deals

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping expertsSign up for our free IndyBest emailWith just a few days to go until Black Friday, we’re already seeing mobile-phone contract deals from the UK’s major carriers. The annual sales bonanza is best known for ushering in big discounts on products such as vacuum cleaners, air fryers, laptops, TVs and clothing, but Black Friday is also an opportunity to pick up a good deal on a new phone contract.This is great news for anyone looking to upgrade to a new iPhone , Samsung Galaxy S22 or Google Pixel 7, so long as your existing contract has ended or finishes between now and Black Friday. This year, the sale officially kicks off on 25 November and runs until the following Monday, known as Cyber Monday.Follow live: The best early Black Friday 2022 dealsTo give you plenty of time to switch, most of the UK’s biggest carriers are running their Black Friday deals throughout November. We’ve found Black Friday phone deals at O2, Vodafone, EE, Sky Mobile, Virgin Media, Tesco Mobile and giffgaff. Networks such as Three are expected to launch Black Friday offers soon, too.As well as offering Black Friday discounts on their pay-monthly contracts, some carriers have deals on their SIM-only plans, or offer extra data allowances and other add-on bonuses to new customers. With things such as up-front charges, complimentary Netflix access, freebies and introductory offers to consider, it can be hard to tell a good deal from a bad one. That’s why our team of IndyBest experts is on hand to help filter through the noise and pluck out the Black Friday smartphone deals worth caring about. Keep reading to find out more about the top Black Friday phone deals.Read more:Best O2 Black Friday dealsSamsung Galaxy S22: Was £48.50 per month, now £34.61 per month, plus £30 up front, O2.co.uk (Samsung)There’s a £30 up-front fee on the Samsung Galaxy S22 at O2 this Black Friday, after which you can save up to £500 over 36 months when you choose the £34.61 per month 100GB airtime plan. That’s more data than most people know what to do with, and the Samsung Galaxy S22 is one of the best Android phones you can get. Buy nowiPhone 13: Six months free airtime, O2.co.uk (Apple)This premium iPhone 13 plan with 150GB of data usually costs £51.98 per month at O2, with £30 up front, though this Black Friday offer gives you six months of airtime for free, meaning you pay £20.99 per month to start off. This is a deal on a slightly more expensive type of O2 plan, which has some extra benefits thrown in. Switch Up lets you switch to a new phone whenever you fancy it, and on this plan you can roam in 75 destinations, including the EU, USA and Australia.Buy nowBest Vodafone Black Friday dealsiPhone SE (2020): From £19 per month with £19 up front, Vodafone.co.uk (Apple)This is Vodafone’s lowest ever price on the second-generation iPhone SE and sees the cost of Apple’s affordable 2020 handset fall to just £8 per month after a £19 up front fee, a total of £307 over 36 months. With the cheapest airtime plan of 6GB costing £11 with this device, you’ll be getting an excellent little Apple phone for just £19 per month.Buy nowBest EE Black Friday dealsGoogle Pixel 7 pro: £59 per month with a £300 digital prepaid card, EE.co.uk (Google)This ‘early Christmas’ deal on the Google Pixel 7 pro with 25GB of data discounts the monthly cost of the class-leading Android smartphone to £59 per month, after a £70 up-front fee. Ordinarily, that wouldn’t be a deal to make a big song and dance about, but, until 24 November, you’ll also get a £300 digital gift card to spend online wherever Mastercard is accepted.Buy nowBest Sky Mobile Black Friday dealsSamsung Galaxy Z flip4 5G: £34 per month, with a free Galaxy tab S6 lite tablet, Sky.com (Samsung)For Black Friday, you can bag yourself a free Samsung tablet when you buy a Samsung Galaxy Z flip 4 on a monthly contract with Sky Mobile. In our Samsung Galaxy Z flip 4 review, we praised the phone’s ‘beautiful folding display, improved durability, and better battery’. The free gift is two generations old now – the newest model is the S8 – and retails at £299, but it’s an excellent and powerful tablet that’s ideal for watching entertainment and browing the web on the couch.Buy nowBest Virgin Media Black Friday dealsiPhone 14 pro super bundle: £71.95 per month with double data, Virginmedia.com (Apple)Virgin Media has a Black Friday deal on its iPhone 14 pro ‘super bundle’, which comes with the latest iPhone, the latest Apple watch SE, the latest AirPods pro and the latest iPad air. That means you get a set of Apple tech for £71.95 per month, for 36 months, with nothing to pay up front. For that monthly cost, you get 4GB of data (doubled from 2GB for Black Friday), but pay an extra £2 per month and you’ll have 20GB of data to play with.Buy nowBest giffgaff Black Friday dealsiPhone 13 SIM-free: Was £799, now £729, giffgaff.com (Apple)Giffgaff is offering £70 off the SIM-free iPhone 13 for Black Friday. Last year’s iPhone can be found for £749 at most other retailers, so we’re looking at a £20 discount in real terms, but this is still a decent deal on a great smartphone. The phone is unlocked and will work on any network, but you’ll need to buy a £10 giffgaff goodybag at checkout if you’re not already a customer. Goodybags are what giffgaff calls its monthly rolling phone plans, which you can set to recur or cancel at any time. The £10 goodybag gives you 15GB of data, unlimited texts and calls. You can spread the cost of the iPhone 13 over 24 months with Klarna, with £20 paid up front and £29.55 per month after that.Buy nowVoucher codesFor the latest tech discounts and more offers, try the links below:AO discount codesVery discount codesRead more on Black Friday 2022:How to get the best Black Friday deals this year – when the sale starts and how to prepareBest Black Friday tech deals – whether it’s noise-cancelling headphones, tablets or a smartwatch, these are the offers to expectBest Black Friday home appliances deals – upgrade your vacuum cleaner, coffee machine or stand mixer during the saleBest Black Friday gaming deals – Xbox, PlayStation or Nintendo? 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