Either this is the most boring press event ever, or Phil Schiller isnt just there for morale support.
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Only in some countries. In some, it is illegal to lock a GSM phone to a contract but 3G phones can be locked.
That T-Mobile deal was about the price I was hoping for. £35 is too expensive for me
I was hoping for £30-ish. £35 is a little steep (that's £690 with the phone for a year) whereas you could simply buy a bigger iPod touch for less. I spend 70% of my time within easy reach of a computer with broadband (as do most of us), is £420 a year worth it for the other 30%?
Nope.
Everyones saying that £35 is too expensive, but that's with unlimited data. In fact it'll save a lot of money, I'm spending £30 on line rental (which includes 1100 texts and 500 minutes), £5 on phone insurance and about £40-50 on data. That's £80-90 a month I'm spending.
Agreed, if thats the prices for Aus as well then I am happier with my decision to get a touch.
Steve: "Well, one's a phone, and one's not. The iPod touch is training wheels for the iPhone."
Way to diss your supposed top end iPod there, Steve.
Way to diss your supposed top end iPod there, Steve.
Considering I currently get 500/300 for £19 a month with O2 that really is piss-poor.
I feel sorry for the saps who'll end up paying this.
Heck, with Pay and Go you get 300 texts free a month when you top up £10, so you can use your other £10 for calls.
I'm definitely gonna go for a refurb 8gb ($369 incl tax) when I'm in DC next week...I get 500 minutes on orange for £22.50 and will hopefully be able to piggy back off the cloud
I bet by Christmas Apple will start adding more features to the touch once they have their torrent of sales in the US and UK/Europe for the iPhone.
its funny how the red coats were making fun of how us yanks complain. now....FEEL OUR PAIN! just be thankful you don't have AT&T over there. I'd pay $20 extra a month just be on a different service provider, or at least for R&D on new and improved customer/technical support...like a donation.
Matthew: "80% of high end customers from other networks would be willing to switch carriers based on their data." But he won't discuss specific sales numbers.
That's a huge call, and I hope O2 haven't based their business model on those figures. Maybe if it had 3G, but 30% Edge coverage of the UK (so 70% are stuck at 9,600 speeds) really doesn't make me even mildly interested in jumping ship to O2
I was thinking about an iPod touch but seeing as how Apple apparently hold it in disdain (see previous comment), I may have to re-consider.
That's a huge call, and I hope O2 haven't based their business model on those figures. Maybe if it had 3G, but 30% Edge coverage of the UK (so 70% are stuck at 9,600 speeds) really doesn't make me even mildly interested in jumping ship to O2
I was thinking about an iPod touch but seeing as how Apple apparently hold it in disdain (see previous comment), I may have to re-consider.