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

I had registered my interest a few weeks ago but the more I've "slept on it",
the more definite I am I won't be buying an iPhone.

Why?
I can get a Nokia N95 sim-free for a few £s cheaper.

I thought that the iPhone not having a front camera was no big deal but
after looking at a number of phones, even the most basic 3Gs have
front cameras. To me, this is the biggest oversight of the iPhone.

The iPhone hype hasn't helped either :(
 
Well, I couldn't resist:
 

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forget about the N series, they are great, but compared to iphone..not realy..
wathcing movie clips in 30 fps, having an ipod, and browsing with a real html based browser and within wifi...with a cool keyboard... heck...
 
In response, O2 has issued Pocket-lint with a comment on the situation, stating: "We have in fact confirmed that the iPhone 3G will be available on Prepay in time for the Christmas period."

"Due to the high levels of demand we felt it prudent to phase the launch of the iPhone 3G to best manage stock levels. The iPhone 3G will be available on Pay & Go in time for the Christmas shopping season. We will provide more precise details closer to this time."
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Seems to me that O2 got people to register their interest in the forthcoming iPhone 3G not so much to keep us informed, but more to use the information to plan their marketing
of the iPhone.

In fact it very much looks as if the very big response they received directly resulted in their decision to delay the PAYG version.

What suckers we are! :rolleyes:
 
jaykay74 said:
The press have now caught on to the fact that pay & go customers are not very pleased with how they handled the launch, at least we may now get some kind of official response.

http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/15987/17011/o2-accused-misleading-iphone-payg.phtml
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Well I certainly won't pay £359 for a 16 GB in December, the price will have to come down drastically in return for the half year of waiting. My suggestion would be £99 for the 8 GB and £159 for the 16 GB if they want to regain my interest (why not? let's be unreasonable too). Especially when a 32 GB will probably be released in the first quarter of 2009. No way am I waiting like a faithful puppy dog to be charged so much money for a phone. For a brand new piece of tech it was an acceptable price, for a six month old piece of tech it's not. In the meantime if my need of mobile email becomes drastic I will get a Blackberry data only business tariff with Orange.
 
a456 said:
Well I certainly won't pay £359 for a 16 GB in December, the price will have to come down drastically in return for the half year of waiting. My suggestion would be £99 for the 8 GB and £159 for the 16 GB if they want to regain my interest......
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I can't see them selling the PAYG version for the same price that people get them on contract!
 
CD3660 said:
In fact it very much looks as if the very big response they received directly resulted in their decision to delay the PAYG version.

What suckers we are! :rolleyes:
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What would be beautiful is if a high enough percentage of these people were/are only interested in PAYG. Whilst I'm sure o2 will come close to, or completely, sell out (no pun intended ;)), it would be quite nice for it to backfire and them to have a fair few spare 3G iPhones after the weekend - and then they can scratch their heads until they realise that the PAYG market is bigger than they think...
 
I really hope o2 are aware of how unhappy/disappointed the pay & go customers are. I also hope they respond to that...
 
moabon.rob said:
it would be quite nice for it to backfire and them to have a fair few spare 3G iPhones after the weekend - and then they can scratch their heads until they realise that the PAYG market is bigger than they think...
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I'm sure you're right. Nothing is impossible, just like the price drop last year. The fact is that, not to blow our own trumpets or anything, Mac users demand a different kind of service to your average consumers. We don't just want a bit of bling, we want a functional piece of kit at a workable price. Now for a good number of people a £30+ a month contract is a workable price but for an equally good number the sums don't add up with the contract, and when this happens we don't just cave in we demand better.
 
moabon.rob said:
.....It would be quite nice for it to backfire and them to have a fair few spare 3G iPhones after the weekend - and then they can scratch their heads until they realise that the PAYG market is bigger than they think...
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I agree.

In fact, even though I am not in the market for a PAYG myself (although a family member might be) and I was intending upgrading to the iPhone 3G on Friday, I'm beginning to wonder whether I should bother in the light of stories about stock shortages.

Queuing is bad enough, but then to be told that there is no stock of the one you want! :mad:
 
Time to resurrect this long dead thread... There is another thread on the now released Pay as you Go prices, but I wanted to get some peoples opinions now we know the iPhone is more expensive than the leaked ones!

"Pay & Go customers can now enjoy the iPhone 3G without a monthly contract. The new iPhone 3G 8GB for Pay & Go will be available for £349.99 and the 16GB version for £399.99."

Has this put any of the waiters off?
 
£350 for a ****ing phone? I could get a computer for that... And have £150 left for a few PS3 games or software... Or I could use it to buy a phone that actually records video, sends files through Bluetooth and handles MMS! :rolleyes:

Plus, after a year you have to pay £10 a month or the main attraction to the iPhone will be gone, but of course by then the new iPhone will be out and people will buy that, coz then they get a new phone and more free internet... So Apple forces you to upgrade or get ripped off (well actually, you will probably get ripped off either way)... So what they have done is made this deal EVEN WORSE than the old and new iPhone contracts put together!

Those tricky BASTARDS!
 
Well even though its a little bit cheaper than I predicted (I guessed between £369 to £399 for the 8GB) it does now seem a little expensive given the current crunchy credit climate. On the plus side it helps to keep the price up of the iphone V1.
I suspect once the initial rush is over that a price drop will not be that far away, probably just after xmas?
 
senorFunkyPants said:
Well even though its a little bit cheaper than I predicted (I guessed between £369 to £399 for the 8GB) it does now seem a little expensive given the current crunchy credit climate. On the plus side it helps to keep the price up of the iphone V1.
I suspect once the initial rush is over that a price drop will not be that far away, probably just after xmas?
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I was actually hoping the price of the first iPhones would go down a bit so I could buy one :(

Coz there is no way I am buying a new iPhone with those prices! Read the new signature! :p
 
You don't HAVE to top up £10 a month, but if you do you get free minutes/texts etc depending which plan you're on. Alternatively, you can just top up when you need it as you would normally would without getting the bonus.
 
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