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Confirmed (again!) O2 PAYG 8GB=£349.99 16GB=£399.99

sananda said:
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.
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Are you in one place mainly during the day? Favourite place might work out cheaper for you.
 
CD3660 said:
Yes. I sold a three-month old 16GB on eBay a few weeks ago for £350.

It was in excellent condition though. It was also unlocked and was fitted with a BSE skin and Power Support Crystal Film screen protector.
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The way i look at it (and i can talk myself into buying anything shiny!) is that if they release the 16gb PAYG 3g it'll be £360....and by the sounds of it thats a big if! And at least i know an ebay'd 1st gen will work with my O2 contract SIM and i can get hold of one without selling my soul!
 
TonyHoyle said:
Are you in one place mainly during the day? Favourite place might work out cheaper for you.
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i am mainly in one place during the day (and use the landline) but its the odd phone call every now and then when out which were taken care of so well by the 50 anytime minutes.
 
I suppose maybe they might lower the price. Good marketing strategy. Just release to see what people think about the prices then put them down. God I wish I worked for 02 could find out all the info.

Jonathan
 
This price includes unlimited browsing and Wi-Fi for the first 6 months after you activate your iPhone, but does require a £10/month plan to continue after that time.
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im sorry, but i dont understand this part quite well

if i buy iphone3g in GB w/o a contract (with this pay-and-go thing) will i still be able to use Wi-Fi in another country?
 
they better not raise the price of the 8gb model from the "accidently" released prices... :rolleyes:
 
Vald said:
even after the first 6 months ?

sorry for asking so much... :T
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You can use the iPhone on wi-fi anytime you want as long as wi-fi is available, whether it is free or something you have to pay for.

The free 6 month wi-fi service included in the O2 PAYG model is not available abroad.
 
Vald said:
even after the first 6 months ?

sorry for asking so much... :T
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The free 6 month wifi just refers to The Cloud and BT Openzone wireless, i used an unlocked iPhone last year and still found a few free hotspots around the place (e.g. Mc Donalds)
 
I've just set my sights on getting the 8gb 3g Iphone but £300 is alot of money. Im a student and Im just learning to drive so it will hit my pocket hard. But hopefully it will be worth it. :)
 
Tomorrow

Soooo, second time around, who thinks well hear anything about PAYG tomorrow from O2?

Friday has to be crunch time. If no news i think we're looking at a big gap (of at least a month) between the contract release and the PAYG. :(
 
I think that they would be very foolish not to release the PAYG on the 11th of July, and the more they delay the release, the more they will lose out to imports from abroad.
 
CD3660 said:
I think that they would be very foolish not to release the PAYG on the 11th of July, and the more they delay the release, the more they will lose out to imports from abroad.
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Hhmm, true, but in my experience there's foolish and then there's O2!
 
I think all we're going to get tomorrow are more details concerning the contract phones. I'd love to be shown to be wrong on this, but if we want PAYG in both models (as im waiting for!) i think we have a long drawn out wait thanks to O2 's thinking of how to handle such a big launch!:mad:
 
CD3660 said:
So true, but there are faint indications that the patient is on the mend: Remember the original iPhone tariffs?. :D
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I hope your right! I suppose the one saving grace for them is that this time it looks like the UK is finally is getting a good deal, with the states and canada below us!.

BUT, if the PAYG pricing comes back more expensive than the leak then there'll be hell to pay! and they still could string out the release of them. Im thinking they will delay the PAYG's to get more people on board contracts. There will be some fanatical people wanting an iphone on the 11th that will just sign up for anything to be one of the first. After that has died down then they're bring out the PAYG and my thinking a 2 week gap from contract to PAYG is not enough (2 weeks and people will just wait, so more like a month or 6 week gap).
 
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