Do not just leave your old cell phone in your cupboard drawer, you can upgrade it without any contract extension with your present service provider. Old mobile phones lack the new features and functionality of the new phones. You might not be in the mood for a contract extension beyond the expiry date, if you have signed one, especially when you are bound by an expensive contract for a couple of years. However, there still ways you can update your phone without contract extension, follow the below instructions on how to do so.

Buy a new mobile phone from the service provider of your old phone for full amount. Request your service provider to not provide you with a contract extension. You shall have a new phone but not for the same discounted price that you get when you renew your contract.

Buy a refurbished mobile from the network carrier of your old phone. Sometimes people buy a mobile and just use it limitedly and update to another one. Buy such ones from your service provider, when compared to your old one it is and you get to save money from buying a new one. Your refurbished phone can be activated with your network carrier, but check if it is compatibility to the present service.

You have another option of upgrading your phone. You can buy a new phone from a third party which works with your present network carrier. In case you will not buy a new phone from your network carrier, then your contract will not be extended and ultimately you have to pay full amount for the mobile.

If your mobile phone contract is at the verge of expiry and you don’t wish to continue with the cell phone provider as your dissatisfied with their service, switch to a new cell phone provider. The new network carrier’s customer care executive will assist you to choose a phone, which caters your needs, and also you will be given a discount. However, to avoid future problems with the service provider pay the remaining bill of your old phone and disconnect it.

These are few ways how you can upgrade your phone without extending the contract with your service provider.