iPhone 3G on O2 UK

[neiltc13]

I've spent a lot of time studying lots of topics here and lots of information elsewhere and I've come to a few conclusions.

• iPhone 3G will not be available on Pay and Go at launch
• You will be able to buy iPhone 3G online for delivery on July 11th
• Online ordering will open some time during the week but phones will ONLY be sent out on Thursday for Friday delivery
• Buying online will be subject to you agreeing to a new contract
• You will be able to buy in store
• Stores may open early, but if your local is in a shopping centre then it will be subject to the opening hours of that centre
• If you buy in store, it's likely that the phone will be activated for you before you take it home

 

[mailliw]

I've spent a lot of time studying lots of topics here and lots of information elsewhere and I've come to a few conclusions.

• Online ordering will open some time during the week but phones will ONLY be sent out on Thursday for Friday delivery
• Buying online will be subject to you agreeing to a new contract
  

This is as clear as mud. We already know we can't activate at home, and have to pass a credit check in the store at the POS. So why would they agree to accept online orders and post them to us "bricked"? We then take it to an O2/CPW store to activate? Seems a little pointless to me, other than beating the initial queues...

 

[t0mat0]

great. But do we need *another* thread for it? It seems that the O2 threads are numerous enough. Why not post that information on the threads already running?

 

[neiltc13]

This is as clear as mud. We already know we can't activate at home, and have to pass a credit check in the store at the POS. So why would they agree to accept online orders and post them to us "bricked"? We then take it to an O2/CPW store to activate? Seems a little pointless to me, other than beating the initial queues...

O2 already sell all of their other phones online and perform the credit check before supplying the handset. There is no reason why they couldn't send an activated phone to people by mail after having someone at their distribution centre perform the same procedure as would happen in the stores.

 

[zeasar]

Nope, the iTunes 7.7 which is going to be available on 11th of July is going to include an un-bricking function. All the mobile phone companies are interested is your signature on that piece of paper called contract, then you can do the unbricking at home.

see:
http://www.appleiphoneschool.com/20...3g-in-store-activation-process-documentation/

Note: As of July 11 2008, an updated version of iTunes (7.7) will be publicly available from www.apple.ca. It will have the activation only mode built in (like 7.6.3b4) so you will not need to use unique Weblinks to download it. As it is a publicly available version of iTunes it still needs to be configured for store use. Therefore you MUST ‘enable’ version 7.7 in the same way as you did for version 7.6.3b4 that is detailed above.

 

[mailliw]

Fair do's. Thanks for the info!

 

[badgerman]

great. But do we need *another* thread for it? It seems that the O2 threads are numerous enough. Why not post that information on the threads already running?

Agreed its almost adding salt in the wound.

 

[t0mat0]

Agreed its almost adding salt in the wound.

It's not like we don't have enough threads eh Badgerman

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Hopefully! O2 PAYG 8GB=£299.99 16GB=£359.99
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o2 [UK] store opening times for 11 July - 7:02 or 8:02?
You guys can forget about O2 PAYG...
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02 iPhone 3G PAYG Reserved..for delivery on 11th July!
My call to O2 stores in Birmingham...
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why does o2 have so much ****?
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UK/O2 Information required for signing contract?
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VIP Pass for O2 online orders??
U.K. No O2 PAYG at launch? No Deal?
O2 no longer allowing pre-registration of interest
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[johnwin]

It's not like we don't have enough threads eh Badgerman

Iphone 3G O2... this is getting ridiculous
What time is your O2 store opening?
02 PAYG Apple iPhone 3G Latest...WTF?!!!
iPhone 3G on O2 UK
No 16GB iPhone 3G at Launch
02 Upgrade Confusion
o2 iPhone 3G query...
Maybe no o2 PAYG 3G iPhone this Friday but what about iPhone Pay & Go SIM cards?
Hopefully! O2 PAYG 8GB=£299.99 16GB=£359.99
White iPhone on launch in the UK?
o2 [UK] store opening times for 11 July - 7:02 or 8:02?
You guys can forget about O2 PAYG...
new launch info
Macworld: O2 plans for iPhone 3G launch revealed?
02 iPhone 3G PAYG Reserved..for delivery on 11th July!
My call to O2 stores in Birmingham...
iPhone 3G UK Launch. Bit of info.
why does o2 have so much ****?
o2 not doing suspended credit checks as from today- stock worries.
O2 post to work address?
UK/O2 Information required for signing contract?
Contract phone ....o2 payg sim
VIP Pass for O2 online orders??
U.K. No O2 PAYG at launch? No Deal?
O2 no longer allowing pre-registration of interest
UK - Contract or PAYG? - If contract, which one, why?
UK supply to be limited?
Any difference between O2 and CPWH contract?
iPhone O2 uk contract
Uk O2 Payg Coming After July 11
iPhone 3G not available at Apple Stores in UK?
O2 upgrade
02 Pay & Go iPhone
CPW: No PayG in the UK at launch
iPhone to launch in the UK at 7:02am BST Friday 11th July
o2 UK allowing preorders?

Great post t0mat0 - must have taken awhile to collect all the links!

 

[t0mat0]

Great post t0mat0 - must have taken awhile to collect all the links!

Ack, I collect links like a magpie
It's just a hopefully subtle nudge towards seeing if the whole O2 + details of launch thread area could be not some thread hydra...

Me, I think we don't have enough iPhone threads

 

[MojoWill]

move this to wasteland about now

 

[notsofatjames]

It's not like we don't have enough threads eh Badgerman

Iphone 3G O2... this is getting ridiculous
What time is your O2 store opening?
02 PAYG Apple iPhone 3G Latest...WTF?!!!
iPhone 3G on O2 UK
No 16GB iPhone 3G at Launch
02 Upgrade Confusion
o2 iPhone 3G query...
Maybe no o2 PAYG 3G iPhone this Friday but what about iPhone Pay & Go SIM cards?
Hopefully! O2 PAYG 8GB=£299.99 16GB=£359.99
White iPhone on launch in the UK?
o2 [UK] store opening times for 11 July - 7:02 or 8:02?
You guys can forget about O2 PAYG...
new launch info
Macworld: O2 plans for iPhone 3G launch revealed?
02 iPhone 3G PAYG Reserved..for delivery on 11th July!
My call to O2 stores in Birmingham...
iPhone 3G UK Launch. Bit of info.
why does o2 have so much ****?
o2 not doing suspended credit checks as from today- stock worries.
O2 post to work address?
UK/O2 Information required for signing contract?
Contract phone ....o2 payg sim
VIP Pass for O2 online orders??
U.K. No O2 PAYG at launch? No Deal?
O2 no longer allowing pre-registration of interest
UK - Contract or PAYG? - If contract, which one, why?
UK supply to be limited?
Any difference between O2 and CPWH contract?
iPhone O2 uk contract
Uk O2 Payg Coming After July 11
iPhone 3G not available at Apple Stores in UK?
O2 upgrade
02 Pay & Go iPhone
CPW: No PayG in the UK at launch
iPhone to launch in the UK at 7:02am BST Friday 11th July
o2 UK allowing preorders?

Can we get a mod to merge and lock all threads on said topic until friday!?

 

[TonyHoyle]

There are only about 4 or 5 active ones... if they merge all the O2 threads to be fair they'd have to merge all the AT&T threads too - which would leave 2 humungous meta threads (3 with the canada thread) and a couple of extra posts.

Until launch it's going to be like this... after launch it'll calm down.