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The U.K. iPhone 4 Thread
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http://iphone.orange.co.uk/plans/
Orange data plans!
EDIT: should have refreshed the page first haha
Orange data plans!
EDIT: should have refreshed the page first haha
Orange is out of it for me. Quite a low cap on data and not the best contracts to suit me.
Tesco Mobile is still winning but that's judging on the 3GS contracts and hoping that only the upfront cost may rise.
Tesco Mobile is still winning but that's judging on the 3GS contracts and hoping that only the upfront cost may rise.
They advertsise unlimited txt + unlimited landline calls on other tariffs, fair useage of 3000min or 3000txt per month.
If you exceed the FUP, you DONT get charged, however if you repeadedly do it, the company can restrict your speed of internet, or send you a snotty letter threatening to pull your unlimited benifit.
On o2 i use 1gb a month MINIMUM... march i used 5GB... well over their fair usage,
If you actually read what i put instead of steaming in with an irrelevant reply, you will see that i mentioned the fair usage policy. People now on the FUP are hitting nearly 1gb per month, and dont get charged for it.
Its much better to have an FUP instead of a data cap. At least if you hit the FUP, they could just throttle your speeds or just warn you not to exceed too much.
Orange is out of it for me. Quite a low cap on data and not the best contracts to suit me.
Tesco Mobile is still winning but that's judging on the 3GS contracts and hoping that only the upfront cost may rise.
That 'low cap' is still higher than o2's...
That's what I thought initially, but then someone asked what size SD card I have in my digital camera which also does 720p HD video . . . it has a 4GB card in it and I have never run out of space. Depends what you would want to retain on the iPhone. I would transfer videos to my iMac regularly, maybe then upload them to my private area of YouTube or DropBox.
Whatever size iPhone you buy you are going to fill it rapidly if you keep large HD video files on it.
I have a 16GB iPad and have ordered a 16GB iPhone and I intend using the HD recording facility quite a bit.
A question for someone who doesn't quite get it.....
I'm on an 18th month 3gs O2 contract (got on launch day)....its going to cost me £100 for the early upgrade plus the handset cost which will tie me into another 18 or 24 month contract.
Am I right in understanding that I can buy a PAYG O2 handset, and get O2 to swap my contract details to a microsim and continue to pay my existing months of my contract, and that that'll just continue on a month to month contract with my current terms (unlimited data etc) so I wont be tied in next year when the inevitable Iphone 5 will be out. So I dont have to bother with an early upgrade fee next year and get to keep unlimited data?
O2's upgrade blurb says:
"If you are going to use your existing Pay Monthly sim in iPhone 4, please ensure you Contact Us to transfer to an iPhone tariff if you are not already on one. Or you can use the Pay & Go Text & Web sim you will be provided with"
I'm assuming I am currently on an iphone tariff so this is fine, or does it mean they'll switch me to one of the "new" iphone tariffs with the limited data?
Advice muchly appreciated!
I'm on an 18th month 3gs O2 contract (got on launch day)....its going to cost me £100 for the early upgrade plus the handset cost which will tie me into another 18 or 24 month contract.
Am I right in understanding that I can buy a PAYG O2 handset, and get O2 to swap my contract details to a microsim and continue to pay my existing months of my contract, and that that'll just continue on a month to month contract with my current terms (unlimited data etc) so I wont be tied in next year when the inevitable Iphone 5 will be out. So I dont have to bother with an early upgrade fee next year and get to keep unlimited data?
O2's upgrade blurb says:
"If you are going to use your existing Pay Monthly sim in iPhone 4, please ensure you Contact Us to transfer to an iPhone tariff if you are not already on one. Or you can use the Pay & Go Text & Web sim you will be provided with"
I'm assuming I am currently on an iphone tariff so this is fine, or does it mean they'll switch me to one of the "new" iphone tariffs with the limited data?
Advice muchly appreciated!
Sorry to bring this up again especially with the excitement that the providers may be getting their acts together (finally) but anyone have any ideas? I'm about to ring Virgin Media to renegotiate my deal and want to know if its worth giving their mobile service a punt!
They advertsise unlimited txt + unlimited landline calls on other tariffs, fair useage of 3000min or 3000txt per month.
If you exceed the FUP, you DONT get charged, however if you repeadedly do it, the company can restrict your speed of internet, or send you a snotty letter threatening to pull your unlimited benifit.
On o2 i use 1gb a month MINIMUM... march i used 5GB... well over their fair usage,
Jesus H Christ
how can you use up 5GB do you tether to a 19" laptop 30 days a month or something ?Most I ever used was 1.2GB and that was almost a months full streaming
Yes and not everyone who exceeds it gets away with it.
It's the same with o2, it's 'Unlimited' but they don't enforce it to everybody.
It is - Orange have always separated out their iPhone stuff. Go to http://www.orange.co.uk/iiphone - which redirects you to http://iphone.orange.co.uk/ then click "Show me iPhone Plans" which takes you to http://iphone.orange.co.uk/plans then select Pay Monthly or Pay as You Go.
Just need to see what the other networks are doing now - I'm with Orange just now, bought a PayG 3GS last December then got a SIM Only 30-day rolling contract from them so that I would be OK to upgrade... Not sure about staying with Orange though because their coverage is pretty patchy in lots of places I go.
Whats the data info on uploading?
With HD recording, I imagine a fair few people may start uploading to FB or YT on the fly. I don't really understand how this all works, does it affect the carriers if we upload more? Is there a cap on this? Same as the d/l caps?
With HD recording, I imagine a fair few people may start uploading to FB or YT on the fly. I don't really understand how this all works, does it affect the carriers if we upload more? Is there a cap on this? Same as the d/l caps?
Well as of right now, Orange have my money as it will be cheaper for me to buy out of my current contract and start up a new £35 a month contract with Orange than it would be for me to just buy an unlock phone straight from Apple, just waiting to see what the other networks have to offer now
Question is.... are these definitely locked to Orange? And is there a 'Free unlock if you're on Contract' like O2 did with the previous iPhones....
I presume these Orange PAYG phone are network locked? Otherwise I cannot see why/how Apple would charge more
I'm sure there will be an Unlock, but probably not until about 8-12 months have passed.
Based on what evidence? You have no idea what compression rate the video is recorded/encoded in, no evidence on the quality of the video and thus the size each recording takes. I doubt you'd be able to fill 14GB with the 720p video without destroying the battery anyway.
Besides which, if you're using THAT much HD video recording on your iPhone, may I suggest you invest in a device actually built to do it as its primary purpose? That's like buying an iPhone to use as a spirit level...