Prices in work hours · United Kingdom
How many hours of work is an iPhone 17 in the United Kingdom?
At the UK minimum wage of £12.71 an hour, an iPhone 17 costs 70.7 hours of work. That is about 8.8 workdays.
iPhone 17: £899. 256GB.
Minimum wage: £12.71 an hour (National Living Wage for workers aged 21 and over, from April 1, 2026).
The maths
£899 ÷ £12.71 an hour = 70.7 hours
With 8-hour workdays, that is 8.8 workdays, or about 0.4 months of full-time work. These figures are before tax.
At other pay levels
| Pay | Work hours | Workdays |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum wage (£12.71/hr) | 70.7 | 8.8 |
| £15 an hour | 59.9 | 7.5 |
| £30,000 a year | 62.3 | 7.8 |
| £45,000 a year | 41.6 | 5.2 |
| £70,000 a year | 26.7 | 3.3 |
Yearly and monthly salaries are converted using 2,080 hours a year.
After tax
If you keep 80% of your pay after deductions, every figure above is 25% higher. At minimum wage that means 88.4 hours instead of 70.7.
Saving up for it
Setting aside 10% of a minimum-wage day (£10.17) every workday, it takes 88 workdays to save £899. That is roughly 0.3 years.
Ways to make it cost fewer hours
- Buy last year's model. Older models usually get cheaper when a new one comes out, and they keep getting updates for years.
- Look at certified refurbished phones, which come with a warranty.
- Trade in or sell your current phone to cut the price.
- Keep your next phone longer. A phone kept for four years costs half as many hours per year as one kept for two.
See also
- Netflix in the United Kingdom
- Spotify Premium in the United Kingdom
- Minimum wage in the United Kingdom: what it buys