topic Re: 3 year mobile contracts in Sky Mobile

3 year mobile contracts

Yoghurt — Sat, 23 May 2026 10:30:55 GMT

I've had sky mobile now for almost 4 years I always took a 3 year contract for the cheapest iPhone as no admin fee as they do admin fees on the 12 month contract looks like I will have to leave mobile side in 2028 since when did Sky start charging admin fee for 3 year mobile contract it used to just be the 12 month contracts it's slightly annoyed me

Re: 3 year mobile contracts

PandJ2020 — Sat, 23 May 2026 10:40:12 GMT

I've never heard of admin charges related to mobile contracts... (Can be charged for TV/Broadband deals)

Re: 3 year mobile contracts

daveNOS — Sat, 23 May 2026 10:38:52 GMT

@Yoghurt Where are you seeing an admin fee being charged? The only thing i see on device contracts is an upfront payment and thats not an admin fee(its taken off the overall balance).

Re: 3 year mobile contracts

Yoghurt — Sat, 23 May 2026 11:48:43 GMT

@PandJ2020 When you click when you pick a device on 12 months it says so much upfront but never saw it on a 24 month device until today on a 24 month one it used to say £0 but I looked at my next cheapest one eg iPhone 15 they want £12 upfront admin fees for a 3 year contract

Re: 3 year mobile contracts

Yoghurt — Sat, 23 May 2026 11:51:21 GMT

@daveNOS I looked at my next cheapest for 2 years time iPhone 15 3 year contract normally Upfront £0 but now they want £12 and I never normally have had an upfront fee

Re: 3 year mobile contracts

PandJ2020 — Sat, 23 May 2026 11:54:46 GMT

I haven't checked myself but I suspect it's a down payment as per @daveNOS said. (Reducing the balance as opposed to an admin charge)

Re: 3 year mobile contracts

daveNOS — Sat, 23 May 2026 12:22:44 GMT

@Yoghurt The upfront fee is not an admin fee, Sky have always had them it's just they where mainly requested of those who only just passed the credit check(the amount would vary based on how close the application was to being declined), now though it seems they are adding it to most new contracts as standard.

Any upfront fee is taken off the overall balance of the device.

Re: 3 year mobile contracts

63johnw — Sat, 23 May 2026 12:46:43 GMT

You can also trade in u used data from your piggybank @Yoghurt and that can reduce/cover the upfront cost in some cases.