Is the mobile plan a good deal?
Compare a mobile plan from an operator — for you and your family, with or without devices — with buying the same separately, and see whether it's a good deal.
The deal costs you extra
945 kr
3,72 % more than buying separately over 36 months.
The deal costs
- Introductory price 699 kr/mo × 12 mo
- 8 388 kr
- Monthly cost 749 kr/mo × 24 mo
- 17 976 kr
- Total
- 26 364 kr
Buying separately would cost
- Devices at their real price
- 12 495 kr
- Your plan, Unlimited 359 kr/mo × 36 mo
- 12 924 kr
- Total
- 25 419 kr
The deal pays off as long as plans like these would cost you more than 385,25 kr a month in total elsewhere. We assumed 359 kr/mo.
The devices
- Their real price
- 12 495 kr
- What the deal really charges for them
- 13 440 kr
- Above the real price
- 7,56 %
How we calculate
Assumptions
This comparison is for information only and is not financial advice. Check the operator's full terms — total cost, binding period and installment terms — before you sign.
Last updated
- Your plan is compared with a plan of the same size without a device and without binding at a budget operator: 5 GB 120 kr, 20 GB 229 kr, 50 GB 309 kr and Unlimited 359 kr a month (their largest, 100 GB plans) — ordinary prices at Hallon, Comviq and Vimla, without introductory offers, checked 1 October 2026. Each family member is added at 190 kr a month, a typical family price.
- The monthly cost is everything you pay the operator each month, devices included, for the months you enter. If devices are paid off over longer than the binding period, enter the longer period so their full price is counted. One-time fees aren't included.
- A device's real price is the lowest you could buy it for elsewhere. Trade-in and resale value are the same either way and are left out.
- A difference within ±2 % of the cost of buying separately counts as about the same.
- Not included: introductory discounts at budget operators, interest you could earn by not paying for the devices up front, network coverage, and the cost of leaving during the binding period.
- Amounts in Swedish kronor; break-even and per-month amounts rounded to the öre.
How it works
How the comparison works
A plan with a phone is a bundle: one monthly price covers both the plan and the phone. The calculator compares it with buying the same things separately.
Two totals over the same period
- The deal: what you pay the operator each month, with any introductory price for the first months, times the number of months.
- Separately: the phone’s real price, plus a plan of the same size without a phone or binding at a budget operator, plus each family member at 190 kr a month, plus anything else the deal includes, such as a streaming service.
The difference shows whether the deal is cheaper or more expensive. If it’s within 2 % of the separate cost, the two count as about the same.
What you really pay for the phone
Take what the plans would have cost on their own away from the deal’s total, and what’s left is what the deal really charges for the phone. If that’s more than the phone’s real price you’re paying a premium; if it’s less, you get a discount.
The calculator also shows the break-even point: how much comparable plans would have to cost a month for the deal and buying separately to cost the same.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is it worth getting the phone through the plan?
Sometimes. It depends on how much more the plan costs than an ordinary plan without a phone, and what the phone costs elsewhere. The calculator works out both options over the whole period and shows what the deal really charges for the phone.
What price do you assume for a plan of my own?
The ordinary price of a plan of the same size without a phone and without binding at Swedish budget operators – for example 359 kr a month for the largest. Each family member is counted at 190 kr a month.
What price should I enter for the phone?
The lowest price you could buy it for elsewhere, for example at an electronics chain or on a price comparison site. The lower the price, the fairer the comparison.
What if the phone is paid off over longer than the binding period?
Use the longer period, so the phone's whole price is counted. The plans are always compared over the same number of months.
What isn't included in the comparison?
One-off fees, discounts at the budget operators, interest you could earn on the money, network coverage and the cost of leaving the contract early. Trade-in and resale value are the same either way, so they're left out.