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O2 to Drop UK iPhone Prices in May?
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I work for O2 and as yet they have not mentioned anything about the price dropping or a new IPhone coming along. Obviously they know about it, but as with the launch of the 3G IPhone last year I no doubt will end up in London for a meeting about the new launch if and when it takes place. So hopefully I can update you guys closer to the time.
I work for O2 and as yet they have not mentioned anything about the price dropping or a new IPhone coming along. Obviously they know about it, but as with the launch of the 3G IPhone last year I no doubt will end up in London for a meeting about the new launch if and when it takes place. So hopefully I can update you guys closer to the time.
Very doubtful. They don't legally owe you, so I can't imagine they feel the need to morally owe you.
$0 for the phone + $50 p/m for 600 mins, 500 texts, unlimited data.Can someone translate to American?
How come lovely AT&T doesn't give away the iPhone for free? They should at some of their package prices...
Right now the phone is $140 + above contract.
I doubt it maybe down a pound or something but there not going to drop the prices unless they keep selling the iphone 3G whilst the next iphone comes out but i still doubt it also if they do would this also include pay as you go which is ok price just now £342 but you need to buy a tenner credit so it's £352 for the 8GB ?
Price drops confirmed, however you now have to go on a 2 year contract instead of 18 months.
"From April 3rd anyone who signs up for the £34.26 tariff will no longer have to pay the £96.89 upfront fee for the 8GB iPhone, whilst anyone signing up for the £44.05 tariff can now get an 16GB model with no upfront payment previously this would have cost £57.74."
Read here for more info
"From April 3rd anyone who signs up for the £34.26 tariff will no longer have to pay the £96.89 upfront fee for the 8GB iPhone, whilst anyone signing up for the £44.05 tariff can now get an 16GB model with no upfront payment previously this would have cost £57.74."
Read here for more info
So do we think the choice will be a free 3g in May or a paid 3rd gen in June?
A rake of people will have gotten a first gen iphone the christmas after the launch meaning the 18 month contract will be up in June. I think that will be a reasonable choice come the summer.
I've also went full circle on my thoughts on the loyalty bit to customers.
I don't think apple/O2 owe anything to any customer that has paid for a contract only to see a better one or new model emerge a few months later.
I think the problem lies in the fact that all 2 iphones so far have the same name and it islikely the third gen will also be called the same (with perhaps another addition like 3g was added to the original)
I used to have Nokia phones all the time and I once bought a N70 only to see I think it was the N95 or similar come out soon afterwards. Never did it enter my head that I should be given one of these new models cheap or have mine upgraded, because that is exactly what they were ... new models.
The same is true of the iphone. Each iteration is really an entirely new piece of equipment, it just happens to share the same name as it's predecessor.
It's not the phone you bought.
A rake of people will have gotten a first gen iphone the christmas after the launch meaning the 18 month contract will be up in June. I think that will be a reasonable choice come the summer.
I've also went full circle on my thoughts on the loyalty bit to customers.
I don't think apple/O2 owe anything to any customer that has paid for a contract only to see a better one or new model emerge a few months later.
I think the problem lies in the fact that all 2 iphones so far have the same name and it islikely the third gen will also be called the same (with perhaps another addition like 3g was added to the original)
I used to have Nokia phones all the time and I once bought a N70 only to see I think it was the N95 or similar come out soon afterwards. Never did it enter my head that I should be given one of these new models cheap or have mine upgraded, because that is exactly what they were ... new models.
The same is true of the iphone. Each iteration is really an entirely new piece of equipment, it just happens to share the same name as it's predecessor.
It's not the phone you bought.
I was speaking to someone in the exec office yesterday, and they said they have literally no demand for the 3g at the moment, in store or online.
Most of the shops don't have any signage for it and it isn't being promoted.
Wouldn't surprise me if Orange got involved. I think o2's appetite is waning.
They let me out of the iPhone contract (to drop to another non iphone tariff at £10 less per month) without a whimper or any fuss.
Most of the shops don't have any signage for it and it isn't being promoted.
Wouldn't surprise me if Orange got involved. I think o2's appetite is waning.
They let me out of the iPhone contract (to drop to another non iphone tariff at £10 less per month) without a whimper or any fuss.
yes I would think very probably they would be keen to do some sort of deal.
If you are an o2 punter then speak to retentions if not go to a store and argue the toss!!!
Really! Can't be that bad - for the sake of an extra 6 months that amounts to a saving of £4.00 a month.
Just a quick report back. Carphone and o2 are remaining stubborn, I explained that it was fairly clear that they were trying to flog them off and would be willing to buy but only for less, Carphone stuck to the 'apple sets the prices, machine can't even do it for less if we wanted' line, o2 woman at first said 'no, we're already giving the phone away for free' before veering towards the apple story. Pah.
Well I took out a second iPhone contract yesterday...on the 24 month contract.
£35 per month and phone for free but best of all I got to keep my previous line rental discount so it works out at £28 per month for 24 months plus on top of the 600 mins I got 300mins off peak extra.....and a bolt on that gives me 3000 mins to call anyone in Ireland....it was there it was free so I just took it...
£35 per month and phone for free but best of all I got to keep my previous line rental discount so it works out at £28 per month for 24 months plus on top of the 600 mins I got 300mins off peak extra.....and a bolt on that gives me 3000 mins to call anyone in Ireland....it was there it was free so I just took it...
I bit the bullet on a 16gb white on £35p/m, and i'm chuffed as hell today. Theres a stuck pixel that i might enquire at the apple shop about, but other than that i'm bumming it silly. I don't even care about 24 months, there should be 2 updates by then. Ahh, all is right with the world.
Can iphone 2008 users upgrade to new iphone 2009?
Hi,
I first bought the iphone on the release day in july 2008 (the 11th I think).
I was wondering if apple bring out a new iphone in 2009, presuming in june or july, can I upgrade to that for another 18 months, even though Im only 12 months into it?
Was wondering if iphone 2007 users could do that for the 2008 model.
Thanks,
Hi,
I first bought the iphone on the release day in july 2008 (the 11th I think).
I was wondering if apple bring out a new iphone in 2009, presuming in june or july, can I upgrade to that for another 18 months, even though Im only 12 months into it?
Was wondering if iphone 2007 users could do that for the 2008 model.
Thanks,
Why is it a penalty? I was there on launch night, first person out the store with an iPhone, and the 18months has just expired, and the new version is out in a few months...so it all ties in pretty good for us early adopters tbh!
I upgraded from the 1st Gen iPhone to the 3G last year and they just transferred my contract. The 'phone cost about £150 to upgrade on the £35 tariff, it would have been 'free' if I'd changed to a higher tariff.
Well I took out a second iPhone contract yesterday...on the 24 month contract.
£35 per month and phone for free but best of all I got to keep my previous line rental discount so it works out at £28 per month for 24 months plus on top of the 600 mins I got 300mins off peak extra.....and a bolt on that gives me 3000 mins to call anyone in Ireland....it was there it was free so I just took it...
This sounds good, congrats.
I am trying to work out what to do, my contract with O2 is up in September and I really want an iPhone. I have had an O2 contract since about 2002/3 which I would hope makes me a fairly valuable customer.
I have considered going into the store and asking if they would be willing to let me have one now even though I still have a few months left of my contract, but maybe it's worth waiting til the new iPhone is out? I wonder if the prices will be similar when it arrives...
From the experience you have had, it looks like I might be able to negotiate a pretty nice deal on a 3G iPhone as they try and shift the last of their stock.
am really not all that surprised. Everyone is being told left right and centre that we are entering 'diffiuclt financial times', and as such people are thinking much more before reachine for their wallet. Just look around at the high street stores who are all begging for custom with enormous signs advertising this that and the other.
In the case of the iphone, I shall just say that I got my mother a free blackberry 8900 on Vodafone with 750 minutes, 250 texts, stop the clock and passport for £23 a month (18 month contract). I was going to get her an iphone, but in the end, there was just no comparison, to counter the minutes she now uses with stop the clock she would have had to go on the higher £45 tarriff, and would have wanted the white iphone, an extra £59.
Vodafone over 18 months = £414
O2 iPhone over 18 months = £869
That is why fewer iPhones are being sold