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Nokia Lumia 800 vs. Samsung Galaxy Nexus: Best monthly contract deals
By Alex Bentley on November 16,
 2011 at 00:00,

Nokia Lumia 800 vs. Samsung Galaxy NexusAs the new Nokia Lumia 800 and Samsung Galaxy Nexus go head to head this Christmas, we thought we’d take a look at the best monthly contract deals you can find, to see which offers more value for money. With some great bargains to be had, it’s easier than ever to bag the fantastic Lumia 800 this Christmas and save yourself nearly £300 in the process.

Orange
First we checked out Orange, where we found the Nokia Lumia 800 for £26 per month on 24-month contract, with the handset included for free. For this you get 400 minutes of calls, unlimited texts and 250MB of data each month, with the whole deal costing you a total of £624 over the life of the contract.

In comparison, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus costs £36 per month with Orange, on a 24-month contract. Again the handset is included free and you get 900 minutes of calls, unlimited texts and 250MB of data per month, totalling £864 over the full duration of the contract - £240 more than the Lumia 800.

Vodafone
Next we stopped at Vodafone, where the Lumia 800 costs the same £26 per month on 24-month contract. Again you get the handset free, along with 100 minutes of calls, 500 texts and 250MB of data downloads per month. In total, this will again cost you just £624 over the full term of the contract.

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is again more expensive, costing £33.50 per month with Vodafone on 24-month contract. As with the Lumia 800, you get the handset free, with 500 minutes of calls, unlimited texts and 500MB of data, costing £804 over the course of the contract - £180 more than the Lumia.

T-Mobile
Then we popped over to T-Mobile, where you can get the Lumia 800 on one of the best deals around. For just £25.54 per month you get the handset free on 18-month contract. This bags you 300 minutes of calls, 300 texts and 500MB of data and costs an incredibly affordable £459.72 over the term of the contract.

Compared to this, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus costs a whopping £30.64 on a 24-month contract. The handset is again free and you get 900 minutes of calls, 500 texts and 500MB of data, but this deal works out at a huge £735.36 over the life of the contract – a total of £275.64 more than the Lumia 800 costs.

As you can see, whichever provider you go for, the Nokia Lumia 800 makes a fantastic deal, that’s very hard to ignore. As well as grabbing yourself the world’s best and most stylish Windows Phone, you could even save yourself almost £300 by opting for the Lumia 800 over the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

We know which smartphone we’ll be buying this Christmas, but what do you think about the Nokia Lumia 800 and the great deals you can find? Why not let us know in the Comments below?

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  • Jon Ingram

    Or you could go for the Orange Panther 26 deal for the Galaxy Nexus ( + £119 initial fee), which gives you 750Mb of data a month. So, £119 more upfront, but you actually get a sensible data cap.

  • Vfcxs

    Hardware wise looks like the Lumia offers less capabilities, and besides, it’s windows, not exactly wide open is it.

  • Paul McArdle

    Vodafone are currently offering the Lumia 800 for free on pay monthly plans from £36 per month. Unless Nokia is telling a ‘miss-truth’, I suggest they post some links on this page that go to these deals. Or perhaps I should inform the Advertising Standards Agency?

  • Sukhi

    Could you please share what t mobile shop you saw that deal, finding it hard to get that offer

  • Guest

    You are quick to point out the lower cost of the Lumia contracts, but in every case you conveniently ignored the fact that the Galaxy Nexus contract offered significantly more. More call minutes, more texts, more data. Why is that?

  • andymc

    As of 17th Nov, this is simply not true. The t-mobile deal charges £200 for the phone upfront.

    I know these companies change prices often, but we are talking 24hours ago here.

    In fact, what is the point of the article? Both phones have great specs, a customer would *expect* to pay roughly the same amount for either.
    If the Nokia is consistently cheaper, a consumer is either going to think (1. Nokia is selling these at a loss to get folks hooked on WinPhone7) or (2. There is something substandard about the phones construction).

    The Lumia stands up well on it’s own, this kind of “you are being ripped off by samsung” article doesn’t help Nokia’s image in any way, to my mind at least.