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02 Pay & Go iPhone

This is from O2's website, Does this mean you have to be over 16 to get the pay as you go iphone when it comes out? I hope not!

''Switching to iPhone is easy and we have a wide range of tariff options available to suit all your needs. To purchase an iPhone with a Pay & Go tariff you need to be over 16 or over 18 if you want to purchase online.

To keep your existing number, just contact your current network provider for a PAC code. Then let us know your PAC code when you purchase your iPhone in-store, or contact us online when you have received your iPhone. Your existing number will be transferred within two working days of us receiving the PAC code. We'll give you a temporary number whilst you wait for your number to transfer so you can continue to use your iPhone.''
 
iphonesarecool, that is stupid. Must be a typo. You NEVER have to be over 16 to buy a pay as you go phone, anyone can go and get one, even a 5 year old if they have enough money! :p

If this turns out to be true I will just get my mum to go on the shop and buy it for me :p
 
iphonesarecool said:
This is from O2's wensite, Does this mean you have to be over 16 to get the pay as you go iphone when it comes out? I hope not!

''Switching to iPhone is easy and we have a wide range of tariff options available to suit all your needs. To purchase an iPhone with a Pay & Go tariff you need to be over 16 or over 18 if you want to purchase online.

To keep your existing number, just contact your current network provider for a PAC code. Then let us know your PAC code when you purchase your iPhone in-store, or contact us online when you have received your iPhone. Your existing number will be transferred within two working days of us receiving the PAC code. We'll give you a temporary number whilst you wait for your number to transfer so you can continue to use your iPhone.''
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I read it twice and what i think it means is that you have to be 16 to get it in store and 18 or over to get it online.

You under 16?
 
PowerFullMac said:
iphonesarecool, that is stupid. Must be a typo. You NEVER have to be over 16 to buy a pay as you go phone, anyone can go and get one, even a 5 year old if they have enough money! :p

If this turns out to be true I will just get my mum to go on the shop and buy it for me :p
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you under 16?
 
i would be very happy paying 329 pounds for an unlocked iPhone at 329 pounds and it will almost definitely be hack-unlockable....
 
markym07931 said:
No!

o2 PAYG mobiles are notoriously LOCKED to o2, branded to ****.
It used to be the case that o2 Contract phones were always unlocked, but this wasn't the case with the 1st Gen iPhone.
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They used to not brand or lock them, however they do now.

Oh yeah, jailbreaking will still work.
 
I will definately buy the iPhone 3G on Pay as You Go, my old Motorola V3X-V
is getting older and more scratched by the minute! I just hope that it will be atleast £169 for the 8 GB model!




Stuart :apple:
 
StuartCH said:
I will definately buy the iPhone 3G on Pay as You Go, my old Motorola V3X-V
is getting older and more scratched by the minute! I just hope that it will be atleast £169 for the 8 GB model!




Stuart :apple:
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I am hoping for that price, too, although I hear it will cost a lot more than that :(
 
one thing the UK is probably going to become, if the PAYG price is a good price, is a hotbed for exporting jailbroken unlocked iPhones to other countries, as we're the only ones able to get them without a contract as such!
 
The official O2 Contracts are here in case anyone wants to see them;

http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/paymonthly

(Click on the tariff tab)

If they did a £200 8Gb with £7.50 per month unlimited data plan, I would be in. I don't really use my phone much so calls/texts don't matter to me. Currently I am on BT Total Broadband; £5 for 50 texts and 50 minutes a month, currently free unlimited data plan but with a sucky HTC-S620. Maybe once the 18 month contract on that is up I might be able to buy an iPhone for what I want to pay...
 
I am on an O2 contract (with a sony ericsson phone), but it doesn't expire for ages.

Wonder if I can buy the PAYG and put my O2 sim in it? Will it allow me to use it as my contract phone? I reckon it should as I'm still on O2, but perhaps it will be locked to a PAYG sim?
 
Anyone actually beliving in prices under £300 for the PAYG without any contract? Seriously?
 
I bet it takes proprietary iPhone PAYG SIMs, meaning when I top up i don't get my 300 free texts :(

I hacked my old iPhone on PAYG and still got my 300 texts for topping up, but if the new one took any SIM i would put that in and get a £7.50/month bolt on.
 
OS X Dude said:
I bet it takes proprietary iPhone PAYG SIMs, meaning when I top up i don't get my 300 free texts :(

I hacked my old iPhone on PAYG and still got my 300 texts for topping up, but if the new one took any SIM i would put that in and get a £7.50/month bolt on.
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It's GSM (2G/3G), so it has to have a normal SIM.

Also, laws in the UK mean that the phone has to be unlocked on customer request. It's not in a contract and you own the handset, not O2, therefore it is all possible.

You can go elsewhere if you wish.
 
SimonTheSoundMa said:
It's GSM (2G/3G), so it has to have a normal SIM.

Also, laws in the UK mean that the phone has to be unlocked on customer request. It's not in a contract and you own the handset, not O2, therefore it is all possible.

You can go elsewhere if you wish.
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Hmm, that's interesting. I'm on Vodafone at the moment and with my PAYG, there is no monthly minimum top-up required. From what I can see on the O2 site, there IS a monthly minimum top-up.
 
SimonTheSoundMa said:
It's GSM (2G/3G), so it has to have a normal SIM.

Also, laws in the UK mean that the phone has to be unlocked on customer request. It's not in a contract and you own the handset, not O2, therefore it is all possible.

You can go elsewhere if you wish.
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I don't know about the UK, but in Denmark we have a law like this. Any phone must be sold with an option to buy it unlucked and unsubcidized.

Also we have a maximum binding period of 6 months for any phone.
 
PowerFullMac said:
still slightly cheaper, also I always top up £10 a month, no more.

Plus, with unlimited data and near wi-fi data speeds with 3G I can tell Apple where to shove the Cloud and BT openzone access!
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Yes, but I think the posts earlier in this thread implied that you really won't be getting unlimited data with the £7.50 bolt on. I may be wrong here, but I can easily see myself going way over 260MB/month with 3G browsing, especially if I really go for the whole MobileMe thing.
I was reading elsewhere that the smart thing to do is sign up for one of the contracts (perhaps the £45 to get free 8GB/cheap 16GB) and then you can downgrade (possibly to the £30 one) after 9 months?
 
OS X Dude said:
I bet it takes proprietary iPhone PAYG SIMs, meaning when I top up i don't get my 300 free texts :(

I hacked my old iPhone on PAYG and still got my 300 texts for topping up, but if the new one took any SIM i would put that in and get a £7.50/month bolt on.
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yes, i wouldn't be surprised if it's not the usual pay and go deals. i was using pay and go on my iphone and topped up £10 per month to get 50 free mins and then from that paid the £7.50 web bolt on.

zen said:
Hmm, that's interesting. I'm on Vodafone at the moment and with my PAYG, there is no monthly minimum top-up required. From what I can see on the O2 site, there IS a monthly minimum top-up.
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really? should i worry because i haven't topped up since i sold my iphone a few weeks back?

tallyho said:
Yes, but I think the posts earlier in this thread implied that you really won't be getting unlimited data with the £7.50 bolt on. I may be wrong here, but I can easily see myself going way over 260MB/month with 3G browsing, especially if I really go for the whole MobileMe thing.
I was reading elsewhere that the smart thing to do is sign up for one of the contracts (perhaps the £45 to get free 8GB/cheap 16GB) and then you can downgrade (possibly to the £30 one) after 9 months?
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i was a pretty heavy user of browsing on my iphone and never exceeded 200MB per month.
 
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