Available for a limited time only: The best mobile phone plan deals this week

Finding the best among the countless mobile phone contracts is not easy – GIGA will help with the search. We have filtered the tariffs with the best price-performance ratio from all available offers. The highlight tariffs can be found in this article.

In addition to the offers from the network operators Telekom, Vodafone and o2, there are also a number of third-party providers who use the existing networks but offer their own tariffs under their own brand – often at significantly lower prices. In addition, there are discount brands of the network providers themselves, again with their own offers – keeping an overview is almost impossible. That is why GIGA takes on this task: Week after week we look at a large number of all tariffs available on the market and determine which of these offers offer the best price-performance ratio. The five highlight tariffs of the current week are in the first table, you can find several other good offers below in the article.

These are the current highlight tariffs

What distinguishes a good mobile phone contract?

There are a number of factors that make a good cell phone contract:

• Network: Depending on where you live, the network is the most important criterion when choosing a contract – because the cheapest offer is of no use if the signal does not reach your own apartment. Outside the cities, the Telekom network is often the strongest, followed mostly by Vodafone and Telefónica (o2). But that doesn’t necessarily have to be the case, in some areas another network operator is also ahead of the curve. Find out from neighbors, friends and relatives who live nearby which networks they have had the best experiences with.
• Data volume: The more, the better – the rule of thumb applies especially if you are committed to one provider for a long time. If the data volume is used up in a month, almost all providers reduce the Internet speed to an almost unusable rate.
• Speed: In megabits per second (Mbit / s), the providers indicate how fast downloads and uploads are possible in the best case. Here, too, a higher value is better, but unlimited top speeds are almost only available in the contracts of the network operators themselves. The good news: LTE speeds from 21.6 Mbit / s are also sufficient for almost all applications, from WhatsApp to video Streaming.
• Contract term: Classically, there are mobile phone tariffs in the contract with a two-year term followed by a one-year extension, if not terminated in good time. More and more providers now also offer monthly or even daily cancellable tariffs that offer significantly more flexibility. Often the only disadvantage is a higher (one-time) connection price.
• Data automatic: The data automatic increases the monthly data volume after consumption by a few hundred megabytes – but at very expensive prices. Better: Book more data volume straight away and deactivate an automatic data control included in the contract immediately after signing the contract
• LTE & 5G: Fortunately, tariffs without LTE are now the big exception and should not be booked under any circumstances. The situation is different with 5G, which is currently only available in tariffs of the network operators themselves. Anyone who already owns a 5G smartphone and lives in a place where there is already 5G must therefore conclude a contract directly with Telekom, Vodafone or o2. However, 5G is currently not necessary.

Overview: Other top tariffs under 30 euros

In addition to the highlight tariffs mentioned above, the following offers are currently also worth a look. All mobile phone contracts displayed are Allnet flat rates, which allow unlimited calls and SMS sending in all networks. Also LTE is standard in all tariffs. Data volume, download speed and contract duration can be found directly in the table.

Keep your phone number when you change your contract: Here’s how

Every mobile phone provider is obliged to release the phone number of its customers upon termination and to transfer it to a new provider – the costs for this are on 6.82 euros capped. The new provider often gives a bonus for the number brought with you that covers this amount. How to take the number with you can be seen in the video.

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