April price increase and upgrade

[brettd1981]

I’m due my upgrade in April , been on a sim only deal and can upgrade now and was going to go for the s23 ultra .

Just noticed about the price increase in April which could potentially be 13 /14% , would I be better off just waiting till April as potentially that’s a £63 contract rising to £70 , or is there a cut off point where the price increase doesn’t effect new contracts 

[chistery]

Personally, I'd buy direct from Samsung at 0% finance, and stay SIM only with Vodafone and just upgrade in April if the price is better following the price increase.

I'm not sure I can think of any benefit to getting a handset from Vodafone if you can get direct at the same price?

Samsung are also offering some great deals on trade in, and add a case (or any mobile accessory), you get 10% off the phone.

Networks don't seem to like discussing the cut off date to renew with no increase this year, as it implies no one should ever take out a contract before that date (which they really shouldn't!)

[alfredoFALK]

My question is what has Vodafone done to justify an increase of 12-15%? Is the network better: no. Is the speed better: no. Hardware better: no.

Increases in profits: most probably yes.

It is unfair to ask for increases like this just because‼️I hope more users complain and make Vodafone stick to a smaller increase. My pension does not increase at all this much!!

[garetc]

Not wanting to stick up for Vodafone in any way but costs for the networks has also gone up. Power/Energy is a prime example, commercial entities they have not had as much relief compared to consumers. as well as the cost of staffing has also increased. 

It's no secret that Vodafone group isn't doing well, if you have a Google around there's been significant issues, share prices has dropped significantly.

iirc they're selling off bits across Europe to try and cushion themselves/free up cash to drive changes.