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iPhone 3GS UK Discussion thread
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i'm on the £45 Contract... Ends Jan 2010...
If the Upgrade is around £100 to get it next week, i'll upgrade... Anymore... i'll just wait....
If the Upgrade is around £100 to get it next week, i'll upgrade... Anymore... i'll just wait....
I am very glad I held out for this, I haven't got a 3g so won't be cutting any contract short.
I am going to be queing on the 17th for a new, having sold my old phone and ipod touch 16gb on ebay!
I am going to be queing on the 17th for a new, having sold my old phone and ipod touch 16gb on ebay!
Prepare to be disappointed my friend.
This is from O2's twitter.
The early upgrade cost is likely to be monthly cost x months left on your cotract, but specifics may vary slightly
Can't believe they didn't have the new pricing / upgrade options ready to go online as soon as the keynote was finished !! it's not like if they didn't have time to prepare !
This sucks. Obviously I didn't expect O2 to be throwing the new iPhone away for free, but I did expect some sort of subsidy in return for starting up a new 18 month contract.
you may of stated that how ever the post asks about the uk apple store... not the 02 store!! this is the updated store!!
think before you post!
Same, I also do not mind paying the extra plus you get the 12 months free 3g and wifi usage its a good deal in my book. I just hope the price is not to extortionate. I dont mind if I have to pay for contract however.
Utterly stupid.
They're nearly three times the price of the 3G on launch in the UK.
Phazer
On my contract, it's going to cost £230 to get the new 3gs, which isn't actually too bad. I think it's pretty bad that the more expensive your monthly line rental, the more it will cost you to upgrade!
So what are you going to do? steal one, buy yourself out of your existing contract or take out another one at these high prices so you can have some video on your phone?
I don't understand why so many of you are saying that O2 should allow you to upgrade early.
The original iPhone was not subsidised by them - you paid the up front cost and that covered what O2 had to pay Apple for the unit. With iPhone 3G they reduced the up front cost but recovered some of it from the monthly fees.
Do you think owners of Samsung or Nokia handsets go running to them when there is a new model launched, complaining that they deserve to have their financial obligations nullified because the new model adds a tiny little bit more? No? So why are you doing it here?
The original iPhone was not subsidised by them - you paid the up front cost and that covered what O2 had to pay Apple for the unit. With iPhone 3G they reduced the up front cost but recovered some of it from the monthly fees.
Do you think owners of Samsung or Nokia handsets go running to them when there is a new model launched, complaining that they deserve to have their financial obligations nullified because the new model adds a tiny little bit more? No? So why are you doing it here?
Me too.
That doesn't change the fact that those of us who are out of contract are being ripped off so severely.
Phazer
Sorry but you are not currently eligible to upgrade. You can upgrade when you're in the last month of your contract. To check your contract renewal date visit My O2.
Whats the link on o2 to see how much you'll be for the iPhone 3Gs?
Whats the link on o2 to see how much you'll be for the iPhone 3Gs?