PAYG 2G iPhone available on July 11th!

[Pointer]

Hi guys,

Having a look around the O2 website I found this little nugget:

Don't need 2 iPhones!

We want to make sure you find a good home for your old iPhone once you upgrade. If you've a friend, colleague or family member they can use it as a phone by choosing any of the three options below.

1. If they're on an existing O2 18-month minimum term contract, they can just transfer onto a Pay Monthly tariff for iPhone*. The end date of their contract will stay the same. Once their tariff has been transferred, they just need to connect to iTunes to activate the iPhone.


2. If they're an O2 business customers, they'll need to move onto a current business tariff with an iPhone Bolt On and will be able to keep their existing contract term*. Once their tariff has been transferred, they just need to connect to iTunes to activate the iPhone. To arrange this they'll need to contact Business Customer Services.


3. Existing O2 Pay & Go customers can use their current O2 Pay & Go SIM card or new customers can join O2 by getting a free Pay & Go iPhone SIM card from an O2 store. Then add the unlimited Web and Wi-Fi iPhone Bolt On (£10 a month). The only thing that does not work with this option is the Visual Voicemail.

As you can see from number 3, if you can get hold of an iPhone that somebody had on an iPhone contract (i.e. it was legitimately activated) then you can just plug your O2 PAYG sim card into it and away you go! PAYG iPhone 2G!

 

[johnrs]

being talked about here

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/497326/

 

[MojoWill]

you need an iPhone PAYG SIM!

 

[arkitect]

Not new. It has been that way since it was announced (10th June?).

So I can see the 1st Gen iPhones having quite a bit of resale value until the "official" O2 PAYG iPhone is released in December…