If I don't upgrade, do I pay less?

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What the title says.

I'm considering just letting my Vodacom contract roll over, not upgrading my phone and buying a phone. That way I can sell the phone and upgrade myself less than every 24 months. Is this foolish?
 
I don't think so unless your paying a premium price for your current contract. You need to upgrade to a SIM only option to get the reduced price. Also with the new law I believe you need to confirm in the last month if you want to continue with your contract.

I may be under correction.
 
I don't thnk I'm on a premium price. I just got the crappy free phone with a Talk 120. Maybe it's worth keeping the Talk 120...
 
In your 2 year contract you also pay off the phone you chose, so keeping the contract makes no sense. It would be best to contact your provider and find out if you can get a better deal from them once your contract is about to expire.

Make sure you do this well in advance, you need to give 30 days notice of your intentions (keeping or changing the contract).
 
Best bet would be to go talk to a service rep and find out what your monthly fee would be , your cost can sometimes increase e.g

had a 24 month contract locked at xx.xx
contract expires

same contract costs more
month to month for same contract could be xx.xx + yy.yy
 
If you dont upgrade then you will pay the normal published rates for the tarrif that you are on.

If you upgrade to a "No Phone" deal (which can be found in my Vodacom SP deal thread), then you will get a discounted rate for 24 months.

OC
 
my first ever contract was a special for R29 for a weekender incl a phone, i didnt renew the contract as i was waiting for a decent deal to come along,
so it went back to R129, but only for 3 months, then it just went back to the R29 deal - i didnt upgrade for awhile and got a new phones when i felt like it
 
Also couldn't find a phone deal that I liked, so I went and requested the "No Phone" retention deal. Aside from the consultant being visibly depressed that I wasn't spending more money with VC, I'm happy with saving R150 per month
 
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