Obtaining a contract-less iPhone 3G

[philip456]

All the media are concentrating on the news that the iPhone 3G can only be bought from the phone service providers, with a long contract.

However, O2 in the UK are going to offer the iPhone as pay-as-you-go. See www.o2.co.uk/iphone/paygo.

Will this be a way to get the iPhone with out being tied into a contract or will they have a sneaky way of tying you up, with some sort of monthly charge???

 

[philgilder]

it wouldn't be pay as you go if there was a monthly charge - that would be a contract

it will be locked to o2 however

 

[Slip]

it wouldn't be pay as you go if there was a monthly charge - that would be a contract

it will be locked to o2 however

And cost a small fortune. Unsubsidised ey. :/

 

[SFStateStudent]

Sounds like a brilliant idea, for those unwilling to make a 2-year commitment, everybody makes out like a bandit, don't they?

 

[Abstract]

How is it a brilliant idea? That phone will cost MORE than it would unsubsidized, and you're still locked to O2. O2 won't let you buy the phone for the unsubsidized price, as they'd lose your nice big 24 month contract, thus losing guaranteed money for 24 months. No way they'd let you walk away so easily.

The only way to make this worth it would be to unlock this phone, but even then, you're going to pay out the ass for an unlocked version of the iPhone. I guess this is worth it if you're rich.

 

[tubechallenger]

The o2 contract is 18 month though, and is the same cost as before from what I can see...