The new iPhone 4s has now had deals available for some two weeks and has exceeded all expectations to make it the fastest selling iPhone to date, this has had a knock-on effect with iPhone 4 deals as retailers clear their shelves of their remaining stocks.
Greatly benefiting the consumer, iPhone 4 deals have continued to be heavily discounted for both the 16GB and 32GB models which are no longer being manufactured, however there is a new 8GB model that is to take the place of these two larger memory capacity phones which has also now been released alongside the iPhone 4S.
Just a few weeks ago, it would have been impossible for consumers to hope to gain a free iPhone 4 deal without paying at least £35 upwards in line rental costs, however the cheapest deal for a free iPhone 4 now currently sites at just £30 per month providing a massive saving of £120 over the minimum 24 month contract period.
These discounted deals are usually for what it known as a 'clearance' handset, this means that the phone has already been sent out to a customer and returned within the mandatory 7 day window, inspected and refurbished if required and then re-boxed for sale at a discounted price.
In comparison, the new iPhone 4 8GB does not currently have 'clearance' deals available and so in some cases is actually costing more per month to buy than the larger 16GB model.
The new iPhone 4S has been a sales phenomenon, in its first 24 hours of being made available to consumers there were a staggering 1 million handsets sold, the excitement around the release of this new iPhone has not waned and recent reports suggest a further 3 million units were sold in the following 2 days.
There is one problem with the current iPhone 4 starting to fall out of stock with some retailers, they are now only selling the phone on their preferred networks to gain the most amount of commission out of their remaining stocks, this means that the choice for consumers when requiring the iPhone 4 on a chosen network has dwindled.
As an example of this, the iPhone 4 is only currently available with one supplier on the O2 network for the 16GB model whereas before the launch of the iPhone 4S there were at least 7 competing retailers offering the handset on O2.
There still remains a good quantity of stock for the iPhone 4 in the UK, however as the refurbished handsets start to run dry, deals will follow suit. Should a consumer be looking to buy this model of iPhone in the near future it may be a wise idea to start looking now rather than later to save some money.
If you are looking to buy the recently discounted iPhone 4 deals or are in the market for iPhone 4S deals as they become available then please feel free to check out our website: Phones Limited.
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