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O2 rejigs iPhone plans

Is interesting shot in the arm for O2 - Just last week I was in a shop, listening in on a conversation between a sales rep and a customer who knew there was an upgrade coming in a few months. All she could offer was the Simplicity tariff - basically a rolling 1 month contract, SIM only, where you could add the data /txt/call bolt ons if wanted, but you have to have a phone already.

The thing is, with all this, we're still no further to find out what happens to people who've just started a plan/are already a few months into an 18 month iPhone plan, when the new iPhone comes out.
With a 1/4 of people unlocking phones, there must be a decent crowd who didn't jump into the Rev A iPhone, and wanted 3G before buying. I'd imagine a lot of these didn't buy an iPhone at the start, as there wasn't (and still isn't) any clear indication of upgrade paths.
The best you could get? Carphone Warehouse's insurance, which meant after 9 months you could stop the contract, and enter a new contract with the upgraded phone. Except the insurance over 9 months comes to >£200 if iI remember rightly.

They've entered the smart phone market. Since November 2007, Nokia have pumped out or prepped to the press afaik at least the 7900, E51, N82, N81, updated N95, and possibly also the Nokia 6500, Nokia 6500, 8600 N800, 7500, 7900. Oh, and have already shown off WUSB through a Wisair chip.

So we're waiting for the Japan release I guess :|
 
t0mat0 said:
Is interesting shot in the arm for O2 - Just last week I was in a shop, listening in on a conversation between a sales rep and a customer who knew there was an upgrade coming in a few months. All she could offer was the Simplicity tariff - basically a rolling 1 month contract, SIM only, where you could add the data /txt/call bolt ons if wanted, but you have to have a phone already.

The thing is, with all this, we're still no further to find out what happens to people who've just started a plan/are already a few months into an 18 month iPhone plan, when the new iPhone comes out.
With a 1/4 of people unlocking phones, there must be a decent crowd who didn't jump into the Rev A iPhone, and wanted 3G before buying. I'd imagine a lot of these didn't buy an iPhone at the start, as there wasn't (and still isn't) any clear indication of upgrade paths.
The best you could get? Carphone Warehouse's insurance, which meant after 9 months you could stop the contract, and enter a new contract with the upgraded phone. Except the insurance over 9 months comes to >£200 if iI remember rightly.

They've entered the smart phone market. Since November 2007, Nokia have pumped out or prepped to the press afaik at least the 7900, E51, N82, N81, updated N95, and possibly also the Nokia 6500, Nokia 6500, 8600 N800, 7500, 7900. Oh, and have already shown off WUSB through a Wisair chip.

So we're waiting for the Japan release I guess :|
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My understanding, from talking to O2 about calling plans, was that the iPhone is in a different league to all other phones because it isn't a subsidised phone. That being said, contracts are there for 2 main reasons:

1) Ensure customer retention for the length of the contract
2) Customers don't exploit the 'free phone' and through the length of the contract, the network operator can recover some of the costs from the subsidy.

Now I see Apple and O2 allowing you to buy iPhone 2, probably a similar £269 price tag and letting you just renew the 18 month contract.

And my personal view as to when iPhone is released is that they know their main market and the people who will jump at the product are the most of the early adopters (plus some others waiting for 3G). Will the release a new iPhone months after the early adopters have bought the device? No, I really don't think so.

iPhone 2 will b making it's appearance at the end of the year in the US and a few months after that in the UK and mainland Europe.

With technology, I believe enjoy the good things while they're around, if you keep waiting for the next big thing, then you won't get the amazing user satisfaction that all us iPhone users get ever day. Best phone I've ever bought, worth every penny with the old contracts, now they just got even better :D
 
great that everyone is much happier with the new o2 plans now.
I had a US iPhone originally and got it unlocked etc, but got annoyed that i did not get all of the features as a uk iPhone such as visual voicemail, warranty, cloud access.
There is no difference to the normal consumer plans and we even get a better customer service team. I love my non jaibroken iPhone
 
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