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3G iPhone PAYG??

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rickms08

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Sorry if this is a repeat, but rumors is flooded today and I dont see anything about this...

Is the new iPhone going to be available as PAYG? And if, I'm already a PAYG iPhone G1 owner is there a cost to transfer over when activating other than transfering my SIM card?
 
rickms08 said:
Sorry if this is a repeat, but rumors is flooded today and I dont see anything about this...

Is the new iPhone going to be available as PAYG? And if, I'm already a PAYG iPhone G1 owner is there a cost to transfer over when activating other than transfering my SIM card?
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what country are you in? there will be pay and go in the uk.
 
thats a good question, its different now because of the subsy
Why wouldn't you just get the contract, it is so much more expensive for pay as you go
 
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Its actually not that more expensive I only pay, i think, 85 which is what my contract was with vzw...I dont talk much on my phone and with rollover, and not having to be stuck in a contract...i'm only losing a little bit.
 
rolex54 said:
thats a good question, its different now because of the subsy
Why wouldn't you just get the contract, it is so much more expensive for pay as you go
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pay as you go - ditch the sim

unlock and use existing plan

that's what im doing ( in UK)

i think a lot of the 3G iPhone sold on ebay in the next few months will be from the UK as it is the only country offering pay as you go.
 
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well im thinking...in all reality the phone and service is not much different tech wise, other than the obvious 3G...i think att might go PAYG for the 3G as they did with the current iPhone, but if im correct they didnt do PAYG until months after the initial release date...if im correct
 
Aravintht said:
pay as you go - ditch the sim

unlock and use existing plan

that's what im doing ( in UK)

i think a lot of the 3G iPhone sold on ebay in the next few months will be from the UK as it is the only country offering pay as you go.
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Not true - both Vodafone and Optus here in Australia have announced the iPhones will be available to purchase outright so that people can keep their existing sim, or buy prepaid (PAYG) sims.
 
paulej69 said:
Not true - both Vodafone and Optus here in Australia have announced the iPhones will be available to purchase outright so that people can keep their existing sim, or buy prepaid (PAYG) sims.
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Oh man I hope O2 does this in the UK, I get the feeling we're about to be screwed. (With any provider's sim of course)
 
good lord I hope there is no Prepay.

Can you imagine what security they would impose to prevent people from stealing them.
 
how do people know that o2 will offer pay as you go for the 3g iphone? where did you read this? i want to know...
 
my god is at&t screwing us americans over im scared that i will get shot soon because of the iphone. Theres a penalty for not activating in 30 days whats up with that???:confused: my friend wants to actually join at&t but now its like your forced to do something that you really dont want to hell me and my friend are glad that we have the first gen iphone. He has tmobile i have att but i still rather have the itunes approach
my 2 cents
 
polishmacuser said:
my god is at&t screwing us americans over im scared that i will get shot soon because of the iphone. Theres a penalty for not activating in 30 days whats up with that???:confused: my friend wants to actually join at&t but now its like your forced to do something that you really dont want to hell me and my friend are glad that we have the first gen iphone. He has tmobile i have att but i still rather have the itunes approach
my 2 cents
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they are trying to stop unlocking, and I don't blame them, Not to mention the new 3G iphone is pretty worthless on tmobile since they don't have a 3G network
 
I want pay as you go just to avoid a Rogers contract...I'd pay full price too.
 
man american cellular networks suck :( eh ya to stop unlockers but what about the first gen guys will they get a unlock code one day :confused: when it comes to this phone its the biggest hassle to unlock lol but when it comes to a blackjack to blackberry nobody cares lol
 
Tragedies said:
For Australians PAYG, will Optus and Vodafone RAISE the price above the 200 mark if we go prepaid? That would suck.
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I'm damn sure that the price to buy outright will be a lot more than USD200 (AUD230?) - e.g. my wife bought an N95 outright for around AUD1000 a year or so ago. I'm hoping the iPhone outright price will be nowhere near that.

Still, if Vodafone or Optus offer better plans than the Telstra ones we are on, I've got no problem switching carriers for a better price - in fact we have already pre-ordered through Optus and paid $100 deposits..."no obligation to buy"...
 
polishmacuser said:
my god is at&t screwing us americans over im scared that i will get shot soon because of the iphone. Theres a penalty for not activating in 30 days whats up with that???:confused:
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Tats what i'w heard, but how are they gonna find out who you are, if you buy it in the store and then unlock it home?
 
thats absolutely brilliant.. i mean now when i get the 3G iphone on PAYG i can still get my warranty even though when i use it abroad. what i have to do is simply virginize and reactivate the payg sim --- absolutely fantastic... so it will be a legit iphone when its in the uk, when im abroad it wont;
 
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