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How does Uswitch calculate its savings messages?

Around the site, you'll see that we use examples of the great savings you could make when you compare and switch with Uswitch.

These figures are intended to be an indication of how much money you might be able to save, and are based on averages of real savings we've provided to our customers. No two households are the same though, so you could find that your savings might be less or maybe even more than the amounts we use in our examples.

You can find the details of how we calculated these savings in the table below.

ProductPotential savingsHow was the potential saving calculated?
Broadband£179 averageSwitching to a new broadband deal after your initial contract has ended could save you £179 (£178.98) a year. This calculation is based on the average out of contract costs in January 2024 for Vodafone, BT, Virgin Media, NOW Broadband, Sky and Shell Energy Broadband (£488.98) compared to the average cost of the most popular three new deals (Virgin Media M125 Ultrafast Fibre broadband only at £318 per year, Sky Superfast Broadband at £324 and Vodafone Fibre 2 at £288). Correct as of 1st February 2024.
Mobile phones (handset contract to SIM Only)£321 per year averageSwitching from an ending 24 month handset contract to a SIM-only contract (and keeping your existing handset) could save you £321 per year, or £26 per month. This calculation is based on the price of the top selling 24 month handset package in Q1 2022 (Apple iPhone 13 with 100GB data) against the against the cheapest equivalent SIM only deal on the Uswitch site as of Jan 2024 (TalkMobile 120GB data £11.95 per month). Correct as of 1st February 2024.
Mobile phones (handset contract to handset contract)£84 per year averageSwitching from an existing handset contract to a new handset contract with a top smartphone could save you £84 per year, or £7 per month. This calculation is based on the price of the top selling 24 month handset contract on Uswitch.com from Oct 2021 (Apple iPhone 13 Pro with 100GB data), against the most popular 24 month handset contract on Uswitch.com in Oct 2023 with a similar amount of data (Apple iPhone 15 with 100GB data).

Last updated February 2024