Upgrading through carphone warehouse.

[Anonymous]

Hi guys, 

I've been with o2 for six years now, and recently my Iphone 6 was due an upgrade. I upgraded through the carphone warehouse to an Iphone 7+ as they had a better deal than upgrading directly through o2 (£51.50 a month for 3GB of data whereas I could have only got 1GB of data for £53 a month if I upgraded directly through o2!). I've only realised now that the carphone warehouse contracts aren't on refresh. The phone isn't being delivered until the end of October. I've already made the upfront payment, however the contract hasn't yet upgraded as I'm still only paying the airtime bill for the iPhone 6. 

Is it best that I stay with the refresh plan by cancelling the carphone warehouse order and waiting until the phones come into stock and upgrade directly through o2? 

Otherwise, if I continue with carphone warehouse:

Would I be able to upgrade with o2 directly again after the two year contract has finished and when will I start being billed for the new contract? 

Hopefully that all makes sense! 

[MI5 · Accepted solution]

If you stay with CPW you have to stay 2 years or buy out of your entire contract which would be your monthly payment multiplied by the number of months remaining.
After that, you can upgrade wherever you want next time.