Really? I can't see any info about this anywhere. I suppose it depends on when the stores are open - some info about which stores are taking deposits would be good, too!
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Really? I can't see any info about this anywhere. I suppose it depends on when the stores are open - some info about which stores are taking deposits would be good, too!
Wow, that actually makes me want to deafen myself with a fork.
Every post ive read on here has confirmed it along with the 3 stores I phoned today, one of which I reserved it and am getting a call soon to pay my deposit.
What serial number did you put???! dont put the whole number you see on the sim card. Check the label on the outerpack of the micro sim and it should have the SSN written there, copy the one written there and it should definitely work. when i copied the whole serial number found on the sim card it kept giving me an error! trust me and copy the SSN on the label.
how do u mean? mms or web browsing?Question for existing Orange users, do they do image compression on their data network?
Hi All,
It was late night shopping tonight, and Wife and I had been in Pizza hut to have dinner. So when we finished, we popped into the local Apple store that i have reserved my 2x 32GB phones through.
The Apple rep i spoke to said that O2 had put a block on them doing any upgrades on the 24th.
Really not happy about this. But he said to call the store on the 23rd, as there may not be the option for upgrading on the day.
If that is the case, im taking my money elsewhere and will sign a new contract with Orange. Screw O2 if this is what they are going to do to loyal customers.
It was late night shopping tonight, and Wife and I had been in Pizza hut to have dinner. So when we finished, we popped into the local Apple store that i have reserved my 2x 32GB phones through.
The Apple rep i spoke to said that O2 had put a block on them doing any upgrades on the 24th.
Really not happy about this. But he said to call the store on the 23rd, as there may not be the option for upgrading on the day.
If that is the case, im taking my money elsewhere and will sign a new contract with Orange. Screw O2 if this is what they are going to do to loyal customers.
I tried both when I did it at http://swapmysim.o2.co.uk/
Seems to have worked using http://o2.co.uk/mynewsim. Just waiting for it to switch over now.
thanks, ive already got a phone on order from apple store - i can still cancel it tho?
im looking at the dolphin 25 sim only which is only a monthly contract, however if doesnt mention any bt openzone?
At the moment that is what Apple have told us, yes.
Failing a 'technical problem' that should be OK.
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Hi All,
It was late night shopping tonight, and Wife and I had been in Pizza hut to have dinner. So when we finished, we popped into the local Apple store that i have reserved my 2x 32GB phones through.
The Apple rep i spoke to said that O2 had put a block on them doing any upgrades on the 24th.
Really not happy about this. But he said to call the store on the 23rd, as there may not be the option for upgrading on the day.
If that is the case, im taking my money elsewhere and will sign a new contract with Orange. Screw O2 if this is what they are going to do to loyal customers.
If this proves to be true (and it's a big if) then I'm right there with you. I'm fortunate in that the area I'm in has good coverage from all the major networks, and with prices being broadly similar for both handset and tarriff across all networks, staying on O2 is not a big deal. Additionally, being a die hard mac user, I'm very much Apple's customer over and above O2s. I'm out of contract so if O2 don't want me then so be it. A.N.Other telco will get my money with the only guaranteed winners being Apple and myself. This isn't to say I've not been happy with O2's service for te past couple of years, I have, but I'm not wedded to them.
I would have though that losing some of their very best/high spending customers on launch day for whatever reason is a rather silly thing to do.
Can anyone else substantiate this?
But when you read the press release, it clearly very clearly in fact says that you only keep the unlimited data until 1st October. If you're an existing customer who UPGRADES then you don't keep the unlimited data after 1st October.
By UPGRADE they mean if you have any phone and change to and iPhone4 then that's UPGRADING.
Actually, in fairness (and speaking as one of those people who reported on the Orange situation) that's not entirely the situation as I see it. Sorry if I seem pedantic but I'm just trying to be precise. Here is what I know about Orange:
1) Orange will be selling something on 24th. Evidence - there is a sign in my local Orange shop and info on the web saying this. However, nowhere that I've seen does it say contract and PAYG. I think that we can be pretty sure it will be contract but, on the basis that we at first thought O2 was both contract and PAYG on 24th and not it turns out to be just contract, I don't think that we can definitively say that Orange will have PAYG at launch. My suspicion, for what it's worth, is that Orange will have PAYG on 24th but I am unaware of any hard evidence to confirm that.
2) Orange shops are taking a list of interested people in store (or at least my store but others are reporting it too). They will call people when pre-orders open and they expect that to be in the next few days but they haven't been given exact info by HQ so they're as much in the dark as us.
So the summary is that there's a pretty reasonable expectation that pre-orders will open in-store at Orange in the next few days but right now all there really is are local in-store "register your interest" lists, with an expectation that there will be pre-ordering, and a hope that it will include PAYG as well as contract. We do of course have full handset pricing and tariff info for both contract and PAYG published on their site.
If anyone can go further and be more definitive on any of the above on the basis of published info from Orange then I'd really like to hear it please.
- Julian
Glad to see that the iPad SIM is working. So far then, it looks like the services are provisioned-on-SIM at subscriber registration/activation.
I've moved over to my new micro-sim. I haven't removed the 3FF from the Mini-SIM package, so I'm fine.
I've moved over to my new micro-sim. I haven't removed the 3FF from the Mini-SIM package, so I'm fine.
I'd recommend anyone ring their local Apple store. Each store may have a take on it. The rep i spoke to said that O2 had only put the block on them today since announcing their handset plans. He thinks that O2 want to push as much traffic through their own doors as possible, but it doesnt actually make any difference. O2 still get the same amount of cash whether you buy the phone form Apple or them.
I'm expecting that the real reason is they expect their systems to not be in a position to cope with all the pre orders from Apple and their own retail stores.