MOBILE users can save hundreds on the cost of a new iPhone 12 if they trade in their handset or use cashback.

It comes as the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro become available to pre-order from today before they go on sale on October 23.

Apple's new iPhone 12 handset (pictured) is available to pre-order from today

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Apple’s new iPhone 12 handset (pictured) is available to pre-order from todayCredit: Rex Features

There are a number of different ways to save money on the cost of the new mobile though – we outline some of your key options below.

Save up to £360 off the price of a new contract

Major mobile providers are releasing their new contract prices for the iPhone 12 and 12 Pro today.

Use a comparison tool (see the box below) to work out which option is best for your needs.

How to save on your mobile phone bill

NOT happy with your current mobile phone deal?

If you’re outside the minimum term of your contract then you won’t need to pay a cancellation fee – and you might be able to find a cheaper deal elsewhere.

But don’t just switch contracts because the price is cheaper than what you’re currently paying.

Take a look at how many minutes and texts, as well as how much data you’re using, to find out which deal is best for you.

For example, if you’re a heavy internet user it’s worth finding a deal that accomodates this so you don’t end up spending extra on bundles or add-ons each month.

Also note that if you’re still in your contract period, you might be charged an exit fee.

Ready to look elsewhere? Pay-as-you-go deals are better for people who don’t regularly use their phone, while monthly contracts usually work out cheaper for those who do.

It’s worth using comparison websites, such as MoneySupermarket and uSwitch.com, to compare tarrifs and phone prices.

Billmonitor also matches buyers to the best pay-monthly deal based on their previous three months of bills.

It only works if you’re a customer of EE, O2, Three, Vodafone or Tesco Mobile and you’ll need to log in with your online account details.

There’s also MobilePhoneChecker,which has a bill monitoring feature that recommends a tariff based on your monthly usage.

If you’re happy with your provider then it might be worth using your research to haggle a better deal.

If you decide to go for Vodafone’s contract you can, however, get £15 a month off your new bill if you trade in an old iPhone X, XS, XS Max, or XR.

That’s a saving of £360 over the required 24-month contract.

If you have an iPhone 8 or 8 Plus, you can get £5 a month off your new bill instead, which is a saving of £120 over two years.

None of the other major mobile providers were offering similar trade-in deals with money off new iPhone 12 contracts when we checked.

Check for £93 cashback

Once you’ve checked contract prices, you should then see if you can earn cashback on top.

EE is offering £93 cashback for those who pre-order an iPhone 12 or 12 Pro contract via either Quidco or TopCashback.

Meanwhile, Three is giving customers who pre-order the new handsets £80 via Quidco or £65 via TopCashback.

There aren’t, however, any cashback deals being offered by O2 or Vodafone for those pre-ordering contracts for the new iPhone handsets.

And Vodafone has confirmed that if you use the trade-in off above you won’t get cashback on top.

Don’t just check cashback sites for provider discounts though, check third party mobile selling sites too, such as Carphone Warehouse and Mobiles.co.uk.

Get up to £436 in cash trading in old handsets

Before you go for Vodafone’s contract trade-in scheme, work out if you’d be better off taking a larger cash lump sum trade-in offer and putting that towards the cost of a new handset instead.

You usually save more in the long-run buying handsets outright and getting a cheap Sim-only deal.

EE, O2, Three, and Vodafone, for example, all run trade-in schemes offering cash for mobiles. How much you get varies by handset, condition, and the storage.

When The Sun checked Vodafone’s cash trade-in tool to compare it to its money-off contracts trade-in deal, we found you couldn’t earn more than £360 on the iPhone X (£200 to £220), XS (£270 to £315), XS Max (£280 to £310), or XR (£260 to £280).

But it will, however, pay you more in cash than you’ll get off your contract for the iPhone 8 (£125 to £135) and the iPhone 8 Plus (£155 to £175).

Meanwhile, mobile recycling comparison site Sell My Mobile lists even bigger trade-in deals. It has firms offering between £166 and £436 for the iPhone X, XS, XS Max, XR, 8, or 8 Plus.

Consumer site MoneySavingExpert.com recommends using three mobile recycling comparison tools – Sell My Mobile, Compare and Recycle, and Compare My Mobile – and then checking deals against Cex and Mazuma, which are often missed.

But you need to do your research as consumers have complained of not always being offered what they were originally promised by some sites.

It’s also worth checking for sold prices on eBay to see if you can get more on there.

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Check out the brand-new iPhone 12 Pro, Apple’s most powerful phone yet!

This post first appeared on thesun.co.uk

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