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The U.K. iPhone 4 Thread
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You'll be able to buy sim-free and then sign up for a PAYG tariff. I'd think it would be stupid of O2 to not allow you do take out a new PAYg iphone plan. I assume that they aren't offering it at launch simply because of demand, so if you have an unlocked one, I can't seem thee being a problem!
The £35/month is for 24 month and £40/month is 24 month. They've changed it now so that you get a £5 discount for taking 24month contract.
is it me or does it seem remarkably cheap???
for example
simplicity 12 month @ £20 = £240 + 32gb @ £209 = TOTAL £449 (12 months) £600 (18 months)
Sim free 32gb @ £599 + Simplicity £20 for 18 months £360 = £959
Have i read the table wrong?!?!
for example
simplicity 12 month @ £20 = £240 + 32gb @ £209 = TOTAL £449 (12 months) £600 (18 months)
Sim free 32gb @ £599 + Simplicity £20 for 18 months £360 = £959
Have i read the table wrong?!?!
Seriously, it took them 2 extra days to announce that they would be pricing it pretty much identically?! Man alive.
You'd be as well buying it unlocked and getting a £20 a month rolling contract. Works out at exactly the same price after 24 months, and you're not tied into a contract.
Thats me back again with the spreadsheet.
http://bit.ly/dqmdsn
O2's prices now added to the spreadsheet.
Waiting for Vodafone now to reveal their prices, but based on the move from O2 and Orange, Id expect Vodafone to upp their phone costs by £30 to come into line with them.
PAYG prices coming from O2 this afternoon.
Get grabbing and compare - http://bit.ly/dqmdsn
http://bit.ly/dqmdsn
O2's prices now added to the spreadsheet.
Waiting for Vodafone now to reveal their prices, but based on the move from O2 and Orange, Id expect Vodafone to upp their phone costs by £30 to come into line with them.
PAYG prices coming from O2 this afternoon.
Get grabbing and compare - http://bit.ly/dqmdsn
So on all but the most basic package, the handsets are the same price on 18m and 24m?
If so, on a 18m contract, o2 are over £100 cheaper @ £35 per month.
If so, on a 18m contract, o2 are over £100 cheaper @ £35 per month.
Whats the point in being pushed into a 24 month contract if the price is no cheaper? Seems pointless.
lol they havent released the PAYG pricing so why did they add simplicity to the tariff table ??? This is just so silly. Personally i dont think it's o2s fault. They dont want to promise anything until they know they can get enough handsets which at the moment doesn't look likely.
Guru Sarah can bite my ass.
As soon as my O2 contract finishes in October I'm outta there.
Seems to me that giffgaff offer much better deals on monthly rolling contracts than O2 do. Plus you get money off for recommending people. The wife is on a simplicity contract at the moment, so I'll switch her over to giffgaff too and I'll get £5 credit for recommending her.
CoolI'm just going outside, I may be a while.
Got back from Tesco with £75 worth of iTunes cards for £50
Should be enough for the TomTom app and the traffic detection in app purchase.yes. I just bought 6 in the last hour from 2 different stores. I might well pop out and pick up another couple later today.
None of the Tesco checkout staff seem to know how to swipe the iTunes cards at the till though so be prepared to have to explain to them what to do. (They need to swipe the mag strip on the card in their till reader first, an then their screen should give them further instructions. If they just try to scan the barcode like any other item then it doesn't go through.)
- Julian
Yep, mine scanned at £15 but I got charged £10.People at HotUKDeals were reporting that the cards were scanning through the till at £10, instead of £15 as part of an offer however the offer wasn't advertised and price checking the card shows up at £15.
If the offer's still on, I could do with some iTunes goodness
I know why now. Tariff prices are different per column. Thought i was going mental for a moment.
If those leaked Vodaphone prices were right, for the 32GB phone they're looking about £40 cheaper than 02 (with double the data) for the 300 minute contact on both 18 and 24 months...
and the Vodaphone prices work out to exactly the same as buying a phone from the applestore and adding the £15 simplicity contract
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VODAPHONE
18 months - £35
32GB phone £239
minutes - 300
texts - unlimited
data - 1GB
Cost = £869
24 month - £30
32GB phone - £239
minutes - 300
texts - unlimited
data - 1GB
Cost = £959
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02
18 months - £35
32GB phone £279
minutes - 300
texts - unlimited
data - 500mb
Cost = 909
24 month - £30
32GB phone - £279
minutes - 300
texts - unlimited
data - 500mb
Cost = 999
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Phone from apple store
32GB phone - £599
02 Simplicity
12 month - 15
minutes - 300
texts - unlimited
data - unlimited
Cost over
12 month - 779
18 month - 869
24 month - 959
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and the Vodaphone prices work out to exactly the same as buying a phone from the applestore and adding the £15 simplicity contract
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VODAPHONE
18 months - £35
32GB phone £239
minutes - 300
texts - unlimited
data - 1GB
Cost = £869
24 month - £30
32GB phone - £239
minutes - 300
texts - unlimited
data - 1GB
Cost = £959
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02
18 months - £35
32GB phone £279
minutes - 300
texts - unlimited
data - 500mb
Cost = 909
24 month - £30
32GB phone - £279
minutes - 300
texts - unlimited
data - 500mb
Cost = 999
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Phone from apple store
32GB phone - £599
02 Simplicity
12 month - 15
minutes - 300
texts - unlimited
data - unlimited
Cost over
12 month - 779
18 month - 869
24 month - 959
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