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Apple's London Media Event Live Coverage

Markleshark said:
Wi-Fi Hotspots, free. Very nice. Plus point for my touch. 😀
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What if they only offer free access to the iPhone. It should be able to recognize the difference between the two and they said it was a partnership with O2 and cloud right?
O2 would careless about the touch.
 
Project said:
It comes with unlimited data. I dont see what the big deal is. £35 is quite competitive in that respect.
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The "big deal" is that it's a phone too. What's the point of spending all that money if it comes with so little minutes/texts that it's useless as a phone?
 
Matthew: "18 months contract. There is a limit: 1,400 internet pages per day would break the deal as part of fair usage agreement."
 
redwin11 said:
Well, I'm glad the iPhone is finally here, but I'm not touching it with a bargepole.

£270 for a handset is quite ridiculous and while a lot of Mac fans in the U.S. were prepared to stump up for it, Apple will get a big shock come November.
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What the hell is the problem with the price? Ever heard of the Nokia 8800?
 
Q: What's the revenue sharing from data and device sales between Apple and O2?

Steve: "Unfortunately, we're not going to go into that, but good question!" Laughter.
 
£35 for the cheapest contract!? Naaaaaaah, that sucks. T-Mobile UK do unlimited data, and a decent talk plan, for £22.50.

I've already got an iPhone and was sure that when they were officially released in the UK I'd just contract up with O2. However, now I think I'll keep my phone unlocked and sign up with T-Mobile.
 
erandall38 said:
What if they only offer free access to the iPhone. It should be able to recognize the difference between the two and they said it was a partnership with O2 and cloud right?
O2 would careless about the touch.
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If they allowed the touch it would undermine iphone sales but it would be a huge + for touch sales...huge...
 
If Apple is teaming up with Cloud, does that mean Microsoft is teaming up with Sephiroth?

Anyway good choice, I also know of a couple of pubs that have Cloud Wifi. Never used it because it's normally quite expensive, same price as a home broadband line for something you'll use once in a blue moon, hmm. But free = sweet.

Might think about it when my Three contract is up (next year). 3G is not all that good, it's only really available in the centre of towns or cities, and Three are absolutely atrocious for Customer Service.

Of course, that also depends on how the Touch turns out, I want an Apple not a Lemon.
 
shadowmoses said:
I am pretty sure come November they will fly off the shelves. when you take into account its an iPod as well as a phone/web browser £270 is not ridiculous.

ShadoW
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It will be popular with those who have no problem paying for a handset on pay monthly contracts. In other words, not too many.

Whilst many people (myself included) would be prepared to pay an extra £5/£10 a month for a decent tariff, having to stump up almost £300 on top of that for a handset which cannot be upgraded for 18 months is not realistic.
 
Project said:
And do you know what the minutes/texts are?
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That's why I was asking. It's kind of pointless simply saying "unlimited data" for £35 per month but not telling us how many texts/minutes we're getting. They could be horrendously low, meaning it's a rip-off. Or fairly decent. But we have no idea yet.
 
Did O2 guy just say that only 30% of the country will have O2 EDGE at launch? This is a complete swizz. No-one will buy this till iPhone 2... avec 3G!
 
maverick808 said:
£35 for the cheapest contract!? Naaaaaaah, that sucks. T-Mobile UK do unlimited data, and a decent talk plan, for £22.50.

I've already got an iPhone and was sure that when they were officially released in the UK I'd just contract up with O2. However, now I think I'll keep my phone unlocked and sign up with T-Mobile.
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That T-Mobile deal was about the price I was hoping for. £35 is too expensive for me 😡
 
Manic Mouse said:
That's why I was asking. It's kind of pointless simply saying "unlimited data" for £35 per month but not telling us how many texts/minutes we're getting. They could be horrendously low, meaning it's a rip-off. Or fairly decent. But we have no idea yet.
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Perhaps he means there's no free minutes/texts 😛
 
On the Touch:

Steve: "Well, one's a phone, and one's not. The iPod touch is training wheels for the iPhone." Ha! Oh boy, that's rich.
 
O2 store back up with pricing but no pre-orders

O2 iPhone £35 O2 iPhone £45 O2 iPhone £55
Inclusive Minutes 200 600 1200
Inclusive SMS 200 500 500
Data Unlimited* Unlimited* Unlimited*
WiFi Unlimited* Unlimited* Unlimited*
Voicemail Free Free Free
Roaming Special roaming
rates with ITS Special roaming
rates with ITS Special roaming
rates with ITS
 
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