A Handy Phone Insurance Money Saving Tip

It is not uncommon these days to receive a free mobile phone from your network provider or high street retailer at the start of a 12 or 18 month contract. They can do this as you have offered them your business and custom for a fixed period of time, so they know a minimum figure of income they will receive, from you over the length of the contract.

Just because you were given the phone free of charge, do not assume it is of no or little value. It is not uncommon for mobiles to have a very high replacement value if you lost or damaged your phone, some of the latest phones are worth well over 400 pounds!

This is the time when it would be worth considering if it is worth taking out some protection in case the worst happens to your phone!

iphone insurance for example, with a replacement value of almost 500 pounds and a monthly insurance premium of just 5 or 6 pounds per month, it could well be worth taking out a stand alone policy to protect it for the first two thirds of the contract life.

A handy tip with phone insurance is to choose a policy that will not tie you into a lengthy contract as you may well know, many network providers may be willing to give you another free replacement phone, if you are in the last couple of months of your contract, as they can then be sure of your custom for another year or so!

Basically choose an insurance policy that you can cancel when you are at about two thirds of the way through your contract. If you do not lose your phone, then you have saved, if you do lose or damage it you can get another free one from the network, but remember to insure the new phone again!