*Proper* syncing? You mean you get ANY syncing with the E65? If you do, PLEASE tell me how you do it! :-(
http://europe.nokia.com/A4299040
*Proper* syncing? You mean you get ANY syncing with the E65? If you do, PLEASE tell me how you do it! :-(
I've been with 02 for around 3 years now and my contract is up this month (I have to make a decision by 30th Sep) I definitely want the iPhone but realise I am a couple of months short of the November release.
Facebook killed MMS photo sharing for every single one of my friends.
In fact, Facebook killed SMS too. I use to send around 600 a month. Now its about 100-150. Text conversations are conducted on FB now.
Even though I am not happy that the iPhone is on O2, I'm glad the thing is finally going to be available here.
O2 has one of the largest networks in this country with a very good coverage, it's just too bad that they absolutely suck in customer service.
Surely you don't get cut off at the 'end' of your contract - you just have the option at that point to leave O2, renew a contract, usually with a handset upgrade and/or new tariff, or (importantly) keep your current handset and tariff on an ongoing basis. That's they way Orange & 3 work (I have never been with other phone networks) With the last option, you can always quit or renew at some later point. So, call and check with O2, but you should be able to stay with them on your current deal until November, then switch to iPhone.
Ah, mobiles hadn't been invented when I was a teen
I think that's why we have two very distinct opinions on here - to my age group unlimited data is essential (email, web...), voice and texts far less so. MMS worthless.
Can't compare... unless you facebook on your phone... in which case 3G is nicer![]()
Sorry, maybe it's late but I don't understand the question.Thanks for the info Owen.
Having an unlocked phone myself currently on Vodafone, I'm thinking I might want to swap to O2 to remove the hassle/worry of unlocking in the future. Do you think I can sign up to an 18 month iPhone contract without having to buy a second iPhone, and O2 would just mail me the sim card (as without the sim card I'm presuming I wouldn't be able to activate via iTunes).
I am still in that age group that seems to like sms, and I agree with you that having a unlimited data plan would be better than sending bloody text.
Hey dude, welcome.
Okay, quick answers based on having been in touch with O2 today and asking them loads of questions about it all:
- no, you can't get an iPhone tariff with another phone now. They go live when the iPhone does, and are very much tied to the iPhone. If you sign up to another O2 tariff now, with an N95 (for example) thrown in, that's a contract you'll probably have to try and get out of come the iPhone launch. However, being as you're with O2 already on that contract, it's possible they'd let you switch. After all, it wouldn't cost them anything and they'd retain you for a new 18 month period. Best thing to do is call them and find out.
- an alternative is to get that N95 and 18 month contract now, get a nice deal, sell the N95 immediately, get the iPhone with the proceeds, and use the unlock technique (free, and detailed very nicely on 9to5mac.com) to unlock the iPhone to whatever network and tariff you're on. However, you run the risk of the unlock being disabled by a future firmware update (although I think you can choose NOT to install new firmwares), and you categorically will NOT get to use Visual Voicemail (I don't see that as remotely offputting, personally). You would also need to negotiate an unlimited-data bolt-on for your tariff after October, as the iPhone tariff comes with one but other O2 tariffs don't (although they're coming in October).
Hope this helps!
Sorry, maybe it's late but I don't understand the question.
Very weak. I think they have underestimated the maturity of the European mobile market by excluding 3G. Most phones are 3G capable and most are free with a contract.
C- must try harder.
No problem. I have an america iPhone, unlocked. At some point I might get fed up unlocking it or watching out for patches that screw my phone up, so I might like to get an official O2 contract. I'm wondering if O2 will let me sign up and send me a sim card (in November), because I wouldn't have an O2 sim otherwise. I don't want to buy a second iphone just to get a contact on O2.
No, it's the only thing that won't work if you don't use the official network tariff.I'm on O2 at the moment, and pay £30 a month, which includes 200mins, 1000texts, and 6mb GPRS(/EDGE). As I'm now using WiFi 95% of the time, 6mb is enough really for the odd crucial webpage, and emails.
I hope to keep this, and just unlock my UK iPhone and pop in my current O2 SIM. Obviously EDGE will work, as O2 are upgrading EDGE for all customers of course...but what about Visual Voicemail? When it's enabled by O2, will it work on my Unlocked (not official) O2 UK iPhone??
Surely you don't get cut off at the 'end' of your contract - you just have the option at that point to leave O2, renew a contract, usually with a handset upgrade and/or new tariff, or (importantly) keep your current handset and tariff on an ongoing basis. That's they way Orange & 3 work (I have never been with other phone networks) With the last option, you can always quit or renew at some later point. So, call and check with O2, but you should be able to stay with them on your current deal until November, then switch to iPhone.
No, it's the only thing that won't work if you don't use the official network tariff.
Like many people already mentioned...Going to Europe without 3G or HSDPA is a bad move. For that amount of money you can get an nice iPod Touch and a brand new Nokia N serie. Also you can choose which carrier you like. More value for money.
Ok battery could be an issue, but when Apple updates the iPhone to 3G they could do something about that. HP also releases now 3G iPAQ's...