{"id":6127,"date":"2022-06-27T06:37:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T04:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/mobile-deals-how-to-buy-a-smartphone-for-less\/"},"modified":"2022-06-27T06:37:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T04:37:21","slug":"mobile-deals-how-to-buy-a-smartphone-for-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/mobile-deals-how-to-buy-a-smartphone-for-less\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile deals: how to buy a smartphone for less"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>They are essential tools but can be expensive. From trade-ins to refurb there are ways to get a better deal<\/p>\n<p>Prices for the same model regularly fluctuate between retailers. While manufacturers typically only sell their phones at the recommended retail price, third-party retailers can discount them depending on stock levels and age, so shop around and check multiple price comparison tools such as <a href=\"https:\/\/shopping.google.com\/\" title=\"\">Google Shopping<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kelkoo.co.uk\/\" title=\"\">Kelkoo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricerunner.com\/\" title=\"\">PriceRunner<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/pricespy.co.uk\/\" title=\"\">Price Spy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2022\/jun\/27\/mobile-deals-buy-a-smartphone-for-less\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0c73b0d18d87ccbb912f44bbed178b0ea70bbf64\/0_0_5000_3000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=020e2d6d28c67b28bd9a408d02b270d7\" title=\"Mobile deals: how to buy a smartphone for less\" \/>They are essential tools but can be expensive. From trade-ins to refurb there are ways to get a better deal<br \/>\nPrices for the same model regularly fluctuate between retailers. While manufacturers typically only sell their phones at the recommended retail price, third-party retailers can discount them depending on stock levels and age, so shop around and check multiple price comparison tools such as Google Shopping, Kelkoo, PriceRunner or Price Spy. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They are essential tools but can be expensive. From trade-ins to refurb there are ways to get a better deal Prices for the same model regularly fluctuate between retailers. While manufacturers typically only sell their phones at the recommended retail price, third-party retailers can discount them depending on stock levels and age, so shop around &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/06\/27\/mobile-deals-how-to-buy-a-smartphone-for-less\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mobile deals: how to buy a smartphone for less<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6127"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}