Pay as you go iphone on O2

[dankes]

Hi.
Am thinking of getting a Pay as you go 3g Iphone in the UK which is locked to the O2 network. I have just signed up with O2 on a sim-only deal and was wondering:

1) Will I need to get the iphone unlocked to use the O2 Simplicity sim?

2) Will I still get all the features on it, if I use the O2 sim card?

3) If I do miss out on features how can I get them?

4) Is there a way of getting and sending picture messages without having to log onto a website?

5) Is there a way of improving the camera and being able to record videos ?

Thanks in advance for any help.
D x

 

[jav6454]

Hi.
Am thinking of getting a Pay as you go 3g Iphone in the UK which is locked to the O2 network. I have just signed up with O2 on a sim-only deal and was wondering:

1) Will I need to get the iphone unlocked to use the O2 Simplicity sim?

2) Will I still get all the features on it, if I use the O2 sim card?

3) If I do miss out on features how can I get them?

4) Is there a way of getting and sending picture messages without having to log onto a website?

5) Is there a way of improving the camera and being able to record videos ?

Thanks in advance for any help.
D x

1. iPhone 3G jut needs to be activated, not unlocked.
2. Yes.
3. See 2.
4. Yes, e-mail.
5. Camera is very good quality even though its 2.0 MP. To record video you have to jailbreak and use Cydia to install Cycoder into the phone. Cycoder is video recording software.

 

[leez]

2. Yes.

Not so sure, I'm using Pay as you Go with my contract SIM (O2 35) and I can't use visual voicemail...

 

[jav6454]

Not so sure, I'm using Pay as you Go with my contract SIM (O2 35) and I can't use visual voicemail...

I'm US based so maybe that's what explains the difference. My brother used PAYGO here from AT&T and he got the whole deal from EDGE to Visual VM. Data plan does wonders sometimes.

 

[ppc750fx]

I'm on O2's PAYG tariff using an unlocked 1st gen. iPhone. Visual voicemail is the only that doesn't work. Everything else works great.

Couple of pointers:

1) Don't bother getting the "official" iPhone SIM. Unlock your phone and get a regular old PAYG sim.

2) Don't buy the £10 "iPhone" data bolt-on unless you want/need WiFi from The Cloud. The regular £7.50 mobile data bolt-on is exactly the same (sans WiFi access), and works just great.

 

[dickovski]

I'm on O2's PAYG tariff using an unlocked 1st gen. iPhone. Visual voicemail is the only that doesn't work. Everything else works great.

Couple of pointers:

1) Don't bother getting the "official" iPhone SIM. Unlock your phone and get a regular old PAYG sim.

2) Don't buy the £10 "iPhone" data bolt-on unless you want/need WiFi from The Cloud. The regular £7.50 mobile data bolt-on is exactly the same (sans WiFi access), and works just great.

Second both of these, £2.50 wasted in my opinion. By the time you've logged on to the cloud in McDonalds it's time to leave anyway!

 

[dankes]

Thanks for your answers. I got it in the end and got unlimited data as my free bolt-on. I have no visual voicemail but everything else seems to work. Thanks again.
D x

 

[Pearly King]

Need to Confirm

Thanks for your answers. I got it in the end and got unlimited data as my free bolt-on. I have no visual voicemail but everything else seems to work. Thanks again.
D x

I've had a UK O2 simplicity sim since it came out. Works great and fantastic value for money. I've been wanting a 3G iPhone since they came out but don't like the £35+ per month contract. Can I just confirm, a 3G pay as you go iPhone works with an O2 simplicity sim and the only thing that doesn't work is the visual voicemail...

Is that right?

 

[Tokiopop]

To confirm, if you don't use the PAYG 'iPhone' SIM you wont get visual voicemail, methinks.

 

[Agent-W]

Second both of these, £2.50 wasted in my opinion. By the time you've logged on to the cloud in McDonalds it's time to leave anyway!

It really depends how much you use the internet on your iPhone - the £7.50 bolt on has a fair usage policy of 200meg (although on our systems, the actual fair usage is 500meg).

Whereas the iPhone web bolt on has no fair usage

So it really depends on how much your browsing on your phone. As one meg is £3 on payg, the extra £2.50 is really useful for some people!

I work for O2 on payg so if anyone has any queries, just PM me

 

[dickovski]

I work for O2 on payg so if anyone has any queries, just PM me

Is there a way of finding out your usage? I don't think I use anywhere near 200MB but how would I know.

 

[Agent-W]

Is there a way of finding out your usage? I don't think I use anywhere near 200MB but how would I know.

Go into Settings->General->Usage and it tells you how much data you have received (that's what you’re paying for)

I'm not entirely sure how accurate that is though

If you call into customer service (and get through to someone who knows what they are doing), we will be able to tell you your usage

On our systems, usage is shown in kb so some people who aren't clued up won’t be able to tell you (!)

With regards to visual voicemail, it's not available on payg

And another fallacy - you 'need' an iPhone sim

ANY 3G sim can be provisioned to be used in an iPhone, all it means is having no service for an hour or so (and again, getting through to someone who knows how to do it)

 

[daneoni]

Simplicity works without needing to unlock just activate as per normal but you dont get visual voicemail even if you use an iPhone PAYG sim. Visual voicemail is only available to contract users

 

[dickovski]

Go into Settings->General->Usage and it tells you how much data you have received (that's what you’re paying for)

I'm not entirely sure how accurate that is though

Cheers for that. Mine shows 272MB which I guess is from the last system update 2 months or so ago. Anyway I've reset it to see what I do this month.

Thanks Agent-W for the info.