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Confirmed (again!) O2 PAYG 8GB=£349.99 16GB=£399.99
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er, the contract prices are still there....
When i click on pay monthly then the tariff tab all i get is the "spinning wheel". The pay monthly page does still say that the iphone will be free on xyz tariffs but the tariff page doesn't load.
I suppose the only thing to hold onto is the bit on both CPWH and O2 PAYG holding page that says they will be getting in touch early july if you register your interest.......so maybe we'll hear something this week?!
And as soon as i wrote that last note i've just received a text from O2.
" O2: Apple Iphone 3g lands 11/07. We will text you shortly before with order details. As demand is very high, orders will be on a 1st come 1st served basis."
" O2: Apple Iphone 3g lands 11/07. We will text you shortly before with order details. As demand is very high, orders will be on a 1st come 1st served basis."
Email back from O2
So i recieved a reply from O2 via their online web contact form. Nothing exciting and also really bad grammar! Seems like they are no where near to letting the cat out of the bag!
"Hello,
Thanks for emailing us about the cost of the iPhone 3G on our Pay & Go plan.
I'm sorry but at present we don't have any information that when we'll be releasing the cost and the launch date of the iPhone 3G on our Pay & Go Plan. We also don't have the information if we'll launch the 16Gb iPhone 3G on our Pay & Go plan.
You can register your interests in our iPhone 3G by clicking on the link below:
http://iphone.o2.co.uk/registeryourinterest/
After you've registered your interests, we'll contact you in early July to tell you about the new iPhone 3G.
I hope you'll find this information useful and many thanks for your keen interest in the iPhone 3G. Please visit our website using the link www.o2.co.uk/iphone for the most up to date information on iPhone.
Important - When you email us please provide: your date of birth, postcode and mobile number as it helps us answer your query faster.
Kind regards,
Sushil Sharma
O2 Customer Service."
So i recieved a reply from O2 via their online web contact form. Nothing exciting and also really bad grammar! Seems like they are no where near to letting the cat out of the bag!
"Hello,
Thanks for emailing us about the cost of the iPhone 3G on our Pay & Go plan.
I'm sorry but at present we don't have any information that when we'll be releasing the cost and the launch date of the iPhone 3G on our Pay & Go Plan. We also don't have the information if we'll launch the 16Gb iPhone 3G on our Pay & Go plan.
You can register your interests in our iPhone 3G by clicking on the link below:
http://iphone.o2.co.uk/registeryourinterest/
After you've registered your interests, we'll contact you in early July to tell you about the new iPhone 3G.
I hope you'll find this information useful and many thanks for your keen interest in the iPhone 3G. Please visit our website using the link www.o2.co.uk/iphone for the most up to date information on iPhone.
Important - When you email us please provide: your date of birth, postcode and mobile number as it helps us answer your query faster.
Kind regards,
Sushil Sharma
O2 Customer Service."
Well that's as far as I figure "early July" can realistically be stretched, i.e. to its midpoint. Whenever we hear late March, or late October, etc. at the moment it ends up be the very final day.
Is this the most botched release of a product ever? They published the prices, then took them down again. None of the staff in O2 seem to know what's going on. Some seem to think the PAYG will definitely be released on 11th. Now this strange email stating they don't even know if the 16 gig will be on PAYG. I've had enough of O2 already and I haven't even signed up with them yet.
I missed the 'if' there.. read it as 'when'.
So there's now a suggestion that they might not even release the 16gb on payG at all? WTF?
I've seen clown acts with more coordination than these guys...
So there's now a suggestion that they might not even release the 16gb on payG at all? WTF?
I've seen clown acts with more coordination than these guys...
This is really annoying me and 02 are really unorganized with this.It is now 9 days until the launch we don't know anything about pay as you go,what phones will be available on the day,what to do,what time stores are opening(confirmed),We do not no anything at all, what it happening 
and 02 come-one get your finger out your **** and get it sorted please !.
I still love though.
Regards
Jonathan
and 02 come-one get your finger out your **** and get it sorted please !.I still love
though.Regards
Jonathan
I know!
At the moment it looks like O2 couldn't organise a row of chairs! The last bit of hope im holding onto is that they've had so many queries that they're now just giving everyone the same answer and all staff have been told to deny all knowledge, but yes a very cr*p way of running a company and a major phone release. It seems to me O2 still haven't got the idea that the iphone is a different kind of phone release and they are just going about their usual clumsy way. But again, they also know they're the only carrier so they probably dont give a sh*t.
At the moment it looks like O2 couldn't organise a row of chairs! The last bit of hope im holding onto is that they've had so many queries that they're now just giving everyone the same answer and all staff have been told to deny all knowledge, but yes a very cr*p way of running a company and a major phone release. It seems to me O2 still haven't got the idea that the iphone is a different kind of phone release and they are just going about their usual clumsy way. But again, they also know they're the only carrier so they probably dont give a sh*t.
1st gen iphone
So after the email i recieved from O2 today and the fact they don't seem to know what is going on, im now very tempted to get a 16gb 1st gen iphone from ebay.
Has anyone done this? What should i look out for (apart from the obvious ebay things).
I know this means i'll be stuck with 1.14 (until someone hacks v2?!) and i wont have gps or mobilme and slightly less battery life, but apart from that im finding it hard to think why else i'd go for a 3g. I know the speed difference between 2/3g but i can probably live with that!
I really wanted to get a 3g (as i didnt go for the 1st gen) but the thought of the 11th coming and going with still no PAYG 3g iphone and even at that point maybe no info about when it may turn up and then it might only be the 8gb version is all a bit depressing!
Any thoughts?
So after the email i recieved from O2 today and the fact they don't seem to know what is going on, im now very tempted to get a 16gb 1st gen iphone from ebay.
Has anyone done this? What should i look out for (apart from the obvious ebay things).
I know this means i'll be stuck with 1.14 (until someone hacks v2?!) and i wont have gps or mobilme and slightly less battery life, but apart from that im finding it hard to think why else i'd go for a 3g. I know the speed difference between 2/3g but i can probably live with that!
I really wanted to get a 3g (as i didnt go for the 1st gen) but the thought of the 11th coming and going with still no PAYG 3g iphone and even at that point maybe no info about when it may turn up and then it might only be the 8gb version is all a bit depressing!
Any thoughts?
If you're wavering wait anyway... it's only 8 days and after that you'll know precisely what O2 are selling.
Also there's some indication that we'll know more on Friday.
Also there's some indication that we'll know more on Friday.
Be patient. It is frustrating the way that O2 are handling this but there isn't long to go, and if you get a V.1 16GB on eBay it is not likely to be cheap and my guess is that you will regret not having waited.So after the email i recieved from O2 today and the fact they don't seem to know what is going on, im now very tempted to get a 16gb 1st gen iphone from ebay.
Has anyone done this? What should i look out for (apart from the obvious ebay things).
I know this means i'll be stuck with 1.14 (until someone hacks v2?!) and i wont have gps or mobilme and slightly less battery life, but apart from that im finding it hard to think why else i'd go for a 3g. I know the speed difference between 2/3g but i can probably live with that!
I really wanted to get a 3g (as i didnt go for the 1st gen) but the thought of the 11th coming and going with still no PAYG 3g iphone and even at that point maybe no info about when it may turn up and then it might only be the 8gb version is all a bit depressing!
Any thoughts?
ouch! Who would have thought a few months ago we'd be thinking of going back to the 1st gen......not great for a company such as Apple, not that its their fault, but more to do with the carriers (O2, im looking at you!)
Just the usual rumours. Friday 4th crops up occasionally. It's a week from launch, may be the date that the PayG prices appear (or may not) and may be the date that O2 will actually give concrete information (or may not).
Its going to be about £340 for a 16gb V1 !
And i can see them going up if we dont get a good result with the PAYG 3g!
Hhmm, If friday comes and goes with no info then the PAYG is definitely going to be delayed!
i used my old iphone with o2 pay and go and it worked out pretty well. i have a pay and go tariff called talk anytime. when i top up £10, i get 50 anytime mins. i hardly ever used more than the 50 mins per month and i topped up every month so i could pay for the £7.50 internet bolt on. now those 50 free anytime mins make all the difference to pay and go being viable for me. whereas with the new pay and go tariffs, i'll only get off-peak mins. so i'll actually be paying for daytime minutes. and at 25p per minute for the first two mins.
Yes. I sold a three-month old 16GB on eBay a few weeks ago for £350.Its going to be about £340 for a 16gb V1 !
It was in excellent condition though. It was also unlocked and was fitted with a BSE skin and Power Support Crystal Film screen protector.