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

a456 said:
And who ever uses their exact allowance? Either you use less and lose them or you use more and pay excess. I only ever hear of people trying use up their minutes, and telling me they feel safer with a contract because they know how much they spend.

I tell them exactly how much I spend a month on Virgin PAYG - between £1 and £5 a month, and I've never seen a contract that low.
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I dont even think i hardly use my 600 mins 1000 txts on the O2 £30 web based tariff at all.
 
badgerman said:
Well I dont think we can take what is happening now with the current iphone upgrades to be the rule with subsequent years as they are subing it this time. Hence they want your full ~£750 off you over 18months. If they allow upgrades after 12months they will still need to get that additional 6month line rental plus what ever the 3.0 costs plus another 18 months. :eek:
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Its all getting rather expensive when you look at it that way!
 
I just received an email from O2 themselves... :

Hello ,

Thanks for emailing us to confirm if the Pay & Go service will also available on the day when then new 3G iPhone launch.

I confirm you that the Pay & Go service for the new 3G iPhone will also launch on the 11 July 2008 to our customers.

For more information about the 3G iPhone service on Pay & Go, please click on the following link:

http://o2.co.uk/iphone/paygo

You can also 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,

Kashisha Rangra
O2 Customer Service.
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HOPEFULLY that clears up that problem... if not I'll hunt them down :D :D
 
iSimx said:
I just received an email from O2 themselves... :



HOPEFULLY that clears up that problem... if not I'll hunt them down :D :D
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I rang 10 stores accros the UK today and 6 of the 10 said YES.

I think i just need to let it go now as the iPhone will not be out on PAYG this friday.

:mad:
 
sdm1985 said:
I rang 10 stores accros the UK today and 6 of the 10 said YES.

I think i just need to let it go now as the iPhone will not be out on PAYG this friday.

:mad:
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I had a similar experience. While I know it's totally unrealistic to expect the PAYG version to appear next week, both the O2 stores I rang sounded pretty certain that they would be getting the PAYG phones in for the launch.

Just give it to us straight O2!
 
TomB88 said:
I had a similar experience. While I know it's totally unrealistic to expect the PAYG version to appear next week, both the O2 stores I rang sounded pretty certain that they would be getting the PAYG phones in for the launch.

Just give it to us straight O2!
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Umm and 10 of the 15 Apple Stores said they would have the iPhone in store on the 11th July as they have posters saying it...i am sure Apple Stores are not set to do the credit check process...will PAYG be for Apple Stores only...02 may agree to this as there is a 15 to 300 racial of 02 to Apple Stores

ummmm :confused::apple:
 
sdm1985 said:
Umm and 10 of the 15 Apple Stores said they would have the iPhone in store on the 11th July as they have posters saying it...i am sure Apple Stores are not set to do the credit check process...will PAYG be for Apple Stores only...02 may agree to this as there is a 15 to 300 racial of 02 to Apple Stores

ummmm :confused::apple:
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Likewise, just phoned my nearest Apple Store (Brent Cross) and they stated unequivocally that they would be selling the 3G iPhone next Friday. They said the contract sign-up process had not yet been confirmed, but were certain it would be available through Apple and not just O2. They doubted, but didn't rule out, a PAYG version.
 
my email to 02

I emailed 02 about the Iphone coming out on july 11th on the pay as you go plan, their reply :

Thank you for emailing us to find out if the 3G iPhone will be available on a Pay & Go plan.

We're planning to launch the 3G iPhone on a Pay & Go plan in July but we don't have the exact date when it'll be launched. To find out further information about this matter, please call our Pay & Go team on 08705 678 678.
 
O2 Payg

Ok, the O2 page has sneakerly changed its wording for PAYG. It now says "Available later this year"

Sorry if this is old news, but i just noticed the change on their web site. I wonder if Apple resellers (solutions) wil be selling it??
 
Yeah I saw that aswell, I've just sent a email to 02 asking when ' later this year' is. So ill be waiting for a reply, then I will post it here. :)

JH
 
I would not expect to hear anything apart from 'its out this year'. O2 have really messed up with the iPhone 3G launch with the lack of communication not only between staff and customers but internally with some staff saying 1 thing and others saying totally different.

People got emails saying the PAYG iPhone is out on launch and we now know it will not be, white is not at launch in 16gb.

I have never seen so much lack of communication from a communications company in my life. I am sure because of the PAYG issue many people will just forget the iPhone 3G now and wait for the Nokia N96 to come out next month and get that on a decent contract.

Lets face it 18 months with a 2 megapixel camera with no video support was a bit of a joke anyway when Motorola, Sony Ericsson, LG and maybe Nokia will have 8 megapixel phones out by the end of the year and Nokia will have the S60 touch.

Hardly fills you with confidence paying O2 for 18 months when they cant even talk internally with right information
 
Well, since it's now confirmed that the PAYG version wont be making an appearance on launch day, how long do you reckon we'll be waiting for it? When will O2 give us a date?

Now that the PAYG T&C have made a reappearance on O2's server (http://www.o2.co.uk/assets/O2HybridNav/1_iPhone/Santana/PayGo/PGTariffs.html), I've started thinking about how exactly the PAYG system will work on iPhone. I'm pretty sure that it will a) be locked to O2 and b) will function properly with visual voicemail. But we're still left wondering as to whether or not we'll be able to use it on another O2 sim, such as the Simplicity tariffs. Will using it on O2 simplicity break visual voicemail, and will the £7.50 unlimited data bolt-on work?
 
TomB88 said:
Well, since it's now confirmed that the PAYG version wont be making an appearance on launch day, how long do you reckon we'll be waiting for it? When will O2 give us a date?
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I think one of the difficulties is that O2 isn’t sure when stock numbers will be sufficient to offer PAYG. CW has only just found out the number of units it’s getting (although it had been told to expect a lower number than expected), which has come as a shock. A couple of people within the industry (used to write about wireless technology professionally) said to me that when stock is less limited, that’s when O2 will introduce PAYG, but as to when it’s guess a matter of guesswork.
 
This in an email from someone in 02 on behalf of matthew keys as i sent him an email.

Prior to information released this morning, our front line advisors were unaware of our position on the availability of the iPhone 3g to prepay customers. I can confirm that we will be launching the new iPhone 3g on the 11 July 2008 to post pay customers only. We are scheduled to release the iPhone 3g to prepay customers in December 2008, we will provide more precise details closer to this time.The decision to delay the release of the prepay iPhone 3g was due to the high levels of demand and we felt it prudent to phase the release to manage our stock levels.

It clearly shows they are not releasing the Iphone to December in time for christmas.They just say it is due to stock levels its because the want more people to buy the contract they make more money from it.

Jonathan
 
johnrs said:
Just been posted on the o2 forums that iPhone PAYG will be coming later this year in time for Christmas as they want to get Contract Customers sorted first..

DOHHH!!!!!

http://customerforum.o2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?p=14860#14860
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Im really disappointed but now I can take satisfaction in knowing I wont have to spend my driving lesson money on a iphone and now I can save because before I wasnt expecting a PAYG option to be announced, therefore the only money I had waiting was my lesson money lol.
 
AnonymousOne said:
Im really disappointed but now I can take satisfaction in knowing I wont have to spend my driving lesson money on a iphone and now I can save because before I wasnt expecting a PAYG option to be announced, therefore the only money I had waiting was my lesson money lol.
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They've done me a favour too. I'll be investing the money into my own business not Apple and O2, and making more level-headed decisions based on needs rather than wants. Cheers O2.
 
johnnyi said:
This in an email from someone in 02 on behalf of matthew keys as i sent him an email.

Prior to information released this morning, our front line advisors were unaware of our position on the availability of the iPhone 3g to prepay customers. I can confirm that we will be launching the new iPhone 3g on the 11 July 2008 to post pay customers only. We are scheduled to release the iPhone 3g to prepay customers in December 2008, we will provide more precise details closer to this time.The decision to delay the release of the prepay iPhone 3g was due to the high levels of demand and we felt it prudent to phase the release to manage our stock levels.

It clearly shows they are not releasing the Iphone to December in time for christmas.They just say it is due to stock levels its because the want more people to buy the contract they make more money from it.

Jonathan
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i can't believe it won't be available on pay and go until december!
 
Really, this is entirely to be expected. New phones always come out on contract first. PAYG phones are usually not the very latest model. In a way, I don't mind that it won't be out for a while, but I think they should have made it more clear from the outset. All those emails from O2 that stated it would be out on Friday were clearly just bo**ocks, and that is annoying.
 
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