I was sorely tempted not to reply given your attitude but hey ho :-)

Right here goes.
From what I can make out yes it needs to be this plan.

Why?

You have two choices. Pay for the phone up front right away for £312 and choose a tarif to go with it.

OR

Pay for the phone over the course of the total contract where your monthly payment is made up of plan plus a monthly contribution towards the cost of the phone

On this plan the phone cost is 59.99 and a further 24months at £10 as well as the tariff cost of £21. Yes the [email protected]+59.99 doesn't add up to £312 that you would pay if choose the first option and that is the point.

You elect to pay for the phone over 24m and then once setup. You cancel. The whole point of the refresh style contract is you can do this at any time and just pay off the remaining phone monthly payments you have left to pay which is £240

Hth

no the cost of the phone is £312 no matter which deal you go on

and you still do not understand my question it seems

oh the joy of forums

You pay £59 up front. When you cancel all you need to pay off is the remaining device cost which on this £10*24m. Total cost for phone is £299

Hth

that has nothing to do with my question...

i did not ask about the cost, i asked if it has to be that specific contract and why, as there is no reason you cannot use one that you pay nothing upfront and do the same thing (pay off the phone, cancel the contract) no matter the contract, the cost of the phone is the SAME £312, none are actually £299

beware of easy to break Sony screens

does it have to be this specific contract? and if so, why? i was looking at some where you dont need to pay upfront at all and you can still do all the same stuff - pay for the phone outright then cancel within the cooling off period (after you unlock the phone) and you have the same as above?

Received a disconnected bill of full amount? Any suggestion? Canceled on the 5th day, so should be subsidised for 5 days???

Thanks,
Just carried out the above, I just have to wait now until they unlock my phone.
Much appreciated saved me a fortune! :smiley:

I wish I could just pay for the device monthly and not pay the airtime cost :disappointed:

Any comment on the camera? A mate has an S6 which has a excellent camera for a phone. I have a Z3c and the camera is rubbish compared to s6.

I think the deals here beat this, £32.49 with no upfront for the 5Gb deal.
http://www.mobiles.co.uk/sony-xperia-z5-compact-black.html?tid=LC3TMMAR15

Beware cancelling O2 refresh contracts is difficult. and frustrating. They often take the full airtime amount incorrectly. Best to ensure you speak with a supervisor even in initial correspondence. That said good deal

You sure this hasn't been plugged yet? Previous attempts at this on other handsets seem to have failed on here.

Just wondering, if you're on O2 refresh, you can still pay off the phone and cancel the contract without any additional charges right?

​ok got it..thanks :smiley:

I can see the 5gb tariff with £59.99 upfront but monthly airtime cost shows as £34??

very good deal.

Just remember to pay off phone before canceling- even day or so to avoid any problems. Unlock can be done before hand online, and code took a few hours.