Sky flogs Apple's latest iPhone for £19 a month – and special deal gets you 30GB bonus monthly data added on for free
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SKY is flogging Apple's latest iPhone for £19 a month with a tempting data deal to go with it.
It's the brand new model, and currently the cheapest handset in Apple's iPhone line-up.
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The iPhone 16e is Apple's latest smartphone
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In The Sun's official iPhone 16e review, tech editor Sean Keach raved about the battery life.
If you buy the iPhone 16e outright from Apple today, you'd pay £599.
But Sky is selling it for £19 a month over 36 months, which works out about £80 more expensive. As well as spreading the cost, you've got two perks buying this way.
Apple iPhone 16e at Sky for £19pm – buy here
Firstly, there's a special data offer that goes with the mobile.
The deal doesn't come with data outright, but you can tack it on with a deal that quadruples how much you'd normally get.
Sky's 10GB data plan usually costs £12 a month.
But as part of a promotion, Sky Mobile is handing out an extra 30GB of data for the same iPhone plan.
So you end up getting 40GB of data to use each month overall. This'll set your bill at £31 a month in total.
That's also 5G data, which is handy as the iPhone 16e is a 5G-ready mobile.
I've tested the iPhone 16 – the battery is insane but another model is even better
There's no upfront fee, and you can bag the phone in white or black colour options.
It comes with 128GB of storage as standard, buy you can pay extra to get the 256GB or 512GB version if you need it.
Secondly, Sky offers a Swap24 deal that lets you swap to a new phone from 24 months at no extra cost.
E WE GO?
The iPhone 16e came out in February this year.
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The iPhone 16e is the cheapest model in Apple's current smartphone line-up
Credit: Sean Keach / The Sun
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It comes in a matte white colour option – but there's a black model too
Credit: Sean Keach / The Sun
It's a kind of successor to the old iPhone SE phones, which were a series of smaller budget-friendly mobiles.
This model has the modern all-screen iPhone design, undercuts September's iPhone 16 devices on price, and packs in some nice specs.
For instance, it's got a generous 6.1-inch OLED screen, Face ID, an A18 chip (supporting Apple Intelligence), USB-C charging, and an Action Button that you can assign to do pretty much anything.
The battery life is also very impressive – Apple promises 26 hours of video playback.
Apple iPhone 16e at Sky for £19pm – buy here
IPHONE SCREEN SIZES – A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME
Here's how iPhone screen sizes have changed over the years – as measured in inches diagonally from corner to corner... iPhone (2007) – 3.5 inches
iPhone 3G (2008) – 3.5 inches
iPhone 3GS (2009) – 3.5 inches
iPhone 4 (2010) – 3.5 inches
iPhone 4S (2011) – 3.5 inches
iPhone 5 (2012) – 4 inches
iPhone 5S (2013) – 4 inches
iPhone 5C (2013) – 4 inches
iPhone 6 (2014) – 4.7 inches
iPhone 6+ (2014) – 5.5 inches
iPhone 6S (2015) – 4.7 inches
iPhone 6S+ (2015) – 5.5 inches
iPhone SE (2016) – 4 inches
iPhone 7 (2016) – 4.7 inches
iPhone 7+ (2016) – 5.5 inches
iPhone 8 (2017) – 4.7 inches
iPhone 8+ (2017) – 5.5 inches
iPhone X (2017) – 5.8 inches
iPhone XS (2018) – 5.8 inches
iPhone XR (2018) – 6.1 inches
iPhone XS Max (2018) – 6.5 inches
iPhone 11 (2019) – 6.1 inches
iPhone 11 Pro (2019) – 5.8 inches
iPhone 11 Pro Max (2019) – 6.5 inches
iPhone SE 2nd gen (2020) – 4.7 inches
iPhone 12 Mini (2020) – 5.4 inches
iPhone 12 (2020) – 6.1 inches
iPhone 12 Pro (2020) – 6.1 inches
iPhone 12 Pro Max (2020) – 6.7 inches
iPhone 13 Mini (2021) – 5.4 inches
iPhone 13 (2021) – 6.1 inches
iPhone 13 Pro (2021) – 6.1 inches
iPhone 13 Pro Max (2021) – 6.7 inches
iPhone SE 3rd gen (2022) – 4.7 inches
iPhone 14 (2022) – 6.1 inches
iPhone 14 Plus (2022) – 6.7 inches
iPhone 14 Pro (2022) – 6.1 inches
iPhone 14 Pro Max (2022) – 6.7 inches
iPhone 15 (2023) – 6.1 inches
iPhone 15 Plus (2023) – 6.7 inches
iPhone 15 Pro (2023) – 6.1 inches
iPhone 15 Pro Max (2023) – 6.7 inches
iPhone 16 (2024) – 6.1 inches
iPhone 16 Plus (2024) – 6.7 inches
iPhone 16 Pro (2024) – 6.3 inches
iPhone 16 Pro Max (2024) – 6.9 inches
iPhone 16e (2025) – 6.1 inches
Picture Credit: Apple / The Sun
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