I'm just getting one because it just looks awesome and I'm also a bit of a gadget freak. I'm not too fussed about MMS - that's just software at the end of the day and I'm sure it'll be sorted out in a future update
Warranty or Insurance is not the point here at all.
I think you haven't understood the point of my question, its not the hardware its the contract which continues to run, I can insure the hardware but the customer would maybe have to sign up for a new contract thats defnitely not only a customer problem even if he broke the iphone himself!? These are two separate things, its not that if I get money from the insurance to replace the hardware, but the issue is the exclusivity bundled with hardware! Thats a new situation. Without phone and the possiblity to replace it even with payment would make it impossible to make use of the signed contract, therefore there is no basis for the contract anymore, little example if you move the house though your hommephone contract would still run for some month, there is nevertheless no basis for the service anymore so you just can cancel it. So what I mean is the customer MUST have the possibility to get back and be able to use the exclusive tarif even if the phone gets lost or stolen, of course this risk must financially be covered and basically the customer will have to pay for it somehow but my poinit is THERE IS NO WORD FROM ANYBODY HOW THIS "PROCESS" WOULD WORK, or did I miss something! I hope I might myself clear now
PS don't forget that the mobile tariffs do contain special services like the visual voicebox which is only usable with the iphone!
Quite obviously, you didn't get what I was hinting at
When you lose, break, or otherwise end up requiring a new handset, how does it work in the UK?
It works one of the following ways, depending on your network:
1. You get a new handset, at full price, and can activate it on your current contract.
2. You get a new handset, at full price, and your contract is reset to the 12, 18, or 24 months it was at when you started.
3. The network offers you a free handset again, if you promise to take out insurance. This obviously won't happen with the iPhone, as it's not subsidised (much, if at all).
So it looks like it will be option 1 or option 2. Neither are horrific. Except the £30-£50 networks charge for a replacement SIM card if you're not careful.
Quite obviously, you didn't get what I was hinting at
When you lose, break, or otherwise end up requiring a new handset, how does it work in the UK?
It works one of the following ways, depending on your network:
1. You get a new handset, at full price, and can activate it on your current contract.
2. You get a new handset, at full price, and your contract is reset to the 12, 18, or 24 months it was at when you started.
3. The network offers you a free handset again, if you promise to take out insurance. This obviously won't happen with the iPhone, as it's not subsidised (much, if at all).
So it looks like it will be option 1 or option 2. Neither are horrific. Except the £30-£50 networks charge for a replacement SIM card if you're not careful.
(a) macrumros.com is registered by Arnold who happens to live in Virginia, USA - while that implies by now means that the majority of the forum members is indeed from the US, I took the liberty to convert EUR 50,- to USD since most of the people will be familiar with the rate plans and prices in the US.
Congrats to those of you in the UK and Germany, about time you guys got to play with these phones
Apple will be launching the iPhone in the UK and Germany this Friday, November 9th.
A press release details the launch details for Apple, O2 and Carphone Warehouse. The iPhone will be available from more than 1,300 Apple, O2 and Carphone Warehouse retail locations across the UK starting at 6:02pm. O2 has hired and trained hundreds of new iPhone specialists who will be in all 450 O2 stores. The UK iPhone will be sold for £269 and require an 18 month contract with O2. Only two iPhones may be purchased per person.
Despite some early comments indicating that there would be a data cap on the O2 network for EDGE-data, a recent Telegraph.co.uk article states that O2 has scrapped plans to limit web usage on the iPhone -- instead allowing users to download as much as they like.
The iPhone is also launching in Germany on November 9th through Telekom Shops of Deutsche Telekom as well as the T-Mobile web shop starting at midnight. The German iPhone requires a new 2-year T-Mobile rate plan and will be available for 399.
We've reopened our iPhone Purchaser Meetup forum to allow MacRumors in coordinating with others.
Existing iPhone users should also find interest in the the UK/German iPhone launch as it will likely coincide with the release of the 1.1.2 iPhone Firmware which is said to offer a number of bug and security fixes along with international language support.
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