What's to understand!
It's a 3G iphone, which have been out for months...
with a PAYG sim card in, which have been around for donkeys years.
Surely they can't cock this up... can they!!!
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iPhone 3G on O2 Pay & Go
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What's to understand!
It's a 3G iphone, which have been out for months...
with a PAYG sim card in, which have been around for donkeys years.
Surely they can't cock this up... can they!!!
What's to understand!
It's a 3G iphone, which have been out for months...
with a PAYG sim card in, which have been around for donkeys years.
Surely they can't cock this up... can they!!!
If you put a normal pay and go sim in the phone, 3G won't work as it isn't the new 3g sims.
Went to o2 store today. Confirmed that they'll have pay as you go iphones tomorrow. Though they were reluctant to tell me this at first (Didnt even mention pay as you go when I asked about iphone tariffs.)
I heard rumours that it might be sold unlocked?
I heard rumours that it might be sold unlocked?
I know that, but's it's still just a sim card enabled for 3g PAYG isn't it. When I got PAYG for my 2G I didn't get a new sim card they just enabled my old PAYG sim card for use in an iphone.
If I'm missing something and this isn't the case then sorry for bringing it up but i still don't see why this launch should pose the same problems as the contract 3G.
Yeah, that's my bad. When I copied & pasted that it did say apple stores, but when I looked again today they've changed it.
What's to understand!
It's a 3G iphone, which have been out for months...
with a PAYG sim card in, which have been around for donkeys years.
Surely they can't cock this up... can they!!!
Hopefully not but you never know!
Should I risk going and be late for work only to be faced with a blank faced sales rep? Mind you I think that's part of their training!
It's a shame that apple (may not) be selling the PAYG iPhone. I really didn't want to have to deal with O2 or the Carphone Warehouse simply because of any possible issues that I may have with the phone in the future, and having to deal with those sales assistant who don't really know the product very well...
I'm still going to go in the apple store tomorrow just to make sure...
I'm still going to go in the apple store tomorrow just to make sure...
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it doesnt matter where you buy the phone. If there's smoething wrong with it you can take it to any apple store. I bought mine at o2 and had it replaced at the apple store.
it doesnt matter where you buy the phone. If there's smoething wrong with it you can take it to any apple store. I bought mine at o2 and had it replaced at the apple store.
A friend got one on a contract upgrade last week from one of the Milton Keynes stores.
So, yes.
wtf! They saying you have to top up by £10 instore. NO there's nothing to that nature on the website!!!
I just popped into town to get one, why did I bother trying! The O2 store said they hadn't received any and not only didn't know when but seemed completely uninterested in bothering to serve me or look it up. I had tried calling them before I went in person but the phone rang off the hook. It wasn't because they were busy, they two idiots were sat together sipping coffee when I trolled up.
So I walked across the mall to the Carphone Wharehouse where two similarly uninterested twerps lectured me on how it should be dearer, hummed and harred, discussed if it was a different stock code or not from contract and then when I asked again if they had any they said no!
No stock I can accept but the attitude of the staff has enraged me. Aaaarrrrrggh!
I'm so pi**ed off now I'm not sure I can be bothered to try again.
So I walked across the mall to the Carphone Wharehouse where two similarly uninterested twerps lectured me on how it should be dearer, hummed and harred, discussed if it was a different stock code or not from contract and then when I asked again if they had any they said no!
No stock I can accept but the attitude of the staff has enraged me. Aaaarrrrrggh!
I'm so pi**ed off now I'm not sure I can be bothered to try again.
I don't think you have to top-up £10. However, in order to use the phone as a phone you need to top-up and the minimum top-up is £10. The sales people like to be ambiguous about this, and make you feel silly not topping up.
Carphone Warehouse has them online now: http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/commerce/servlet/gben-server-PageServer?article=MAIN.UK.INTERNET.STATIC.APPLE.APPLEIPHONE&NODE_ID=11547
Shad0w59 - congrats on your successful purchase ! Any news/views on stock levels of the White version in L'Spa ?
Thanks
Thanks
My father was about to buy one until he realised that he would have to buy from either O2 or CPWH.. having phoned various Apple stores yesterday and all saying they would not be selling the PAYG today. It seems he would rather do without than buy an Apple product from anyone other than Apple ..
It'll be interesting to see how long this actually goes on.. because surely demand is relatively low now, and PAYG would be easy for Apple stores to introduce.
It'll be interesting to see how long this actually goes on.. because surely demand is relatively low now, and PAYG would be easy for Apple stores to introduce.
Shad0w59 - congrats on your successful purchase ! Any news/views on stock levels of the White version in L'Spa ?
Thanks
I asked yesterday if they had white in and a guy said there was only 1 white one left.
Carphone Warehouse up the road said they only had 8GB yesterday but were getting a delivery of iPhones that day.
Don't know about today, when I bought mine she didn't say anything about it being the last one. I think the earlier comment was a bit of a ploy as he didn't check or anything.
Yes. The Carphone Warehouse website when you go to checkout lists two £10 airtime vouchers - one free and one that you have to pay for and a "leaflet" - none can be removed from the cart.