The U.K. iPhone 4 Thread

[Peter Harrison]

I was just looking at the Giff Gaff sims, based on what people were saying on here, I was very interested!

Seems the unlimited internet offer ends June 2010 though, and they don't currently offer MicroSims.

Guess I'll have to play the waiting game and see which of the carriers has the best offer/tariffs....the waiting games sucks, lets play hungry hungry hippos!

Internet is free the same way that calls are 8p. That data is going to start costing money. But the unlimited data that comes as part of the goody bags will remain unlimited. If you dont have a goody bag covering data, then data will cost whatever after June. It's just the same as calls costing 8p per minute if you aren't using a goody bag.

 

[Hermes Monster]

Haha. I'll just drop it again and get a new one again until they run out and give me a 3Gs... maybe this is the answer to all our troubles?

- Keep current contract on 3Gs
- Wait until iPhone 5 when 3Gs is discontinued
- Drop 3Gs
- Get iPhone 4 for free
- Insert SIM

Guru James has already planned for this, he spends hours stroking his beard thinking of ways to thwart you - he's your nemesis now

In all seriousness, I'd take out a third party insurance that will give you cash and you can spend it on whichever handset floats your boat, perhaps an insurance that comes with a bank account?

 

[Duck117]

Hahah, I just got my iPhone original replaced, with exactly the same model and everything. They always replace the same product, of if it's not available, they tell you it's not available, and send you something crappy.

Aahhh rubbish. Well at least I have a mint condition iPhone 3G to sell now instead of an awful condition one that i've dropped countless times in the past two years.

Maybe earned £100 off my iPhone4 by dropping my 3G? Thank the lord for anonymity on forums... O2 would hunt me down otherwise.

 

[Westyfield2]

yes, any £5 pair has superior sound quality than apples bundled headphones

Yup!

For the price we pay for this phone I think we should all be allowed a free pair of B&W P5's.

They are really nice.

Heck, you don't get any or even a micro-fibre cloth with the iPad!

 

[Duck117]

Guru James has already planned for this, he spends hours stroking his beard thinking of ways to thwart you - he's your nemesis now

In all seriousness, I'd take out a third party insurance that will give you cash and you can spend it on whichever handset floats your boat, perhaps an insurance that comes with a bank account?

Hmm worth considering actually. Although... would they just hand over the cash? Or would they just pay for a repair? I like how O2 just can't be bothered to repair it and just give us new ones.

 

[Hermes Monster]

Internet is free the same way that calls are 8p. That data is going to start costing money. But the unlimited data that comes as part of the goody bags will remain unlimited. If you dont have a goody bag covering data, then data will cost whatever after June. It's just the same as calls costing 8p per minute if you aren't using a goody bag.

Sorry, what I meant was free mobile internet was ending this month

 

[Hermes Monster]

Hmm worth considering actually. Although... would they just hand over the cash? Or would they just pay for a repair? I like how O2 just can't be bothered to repair it and just give us new ones.

I couldn't say in all honesty, you make a fair point about O2 though.

You'll get £150-200 for the new 3G though

 

[kezza47]

Off the running topic... but it's UK related so it's on-topic if we're talking title of the thread:

I just claimed on my O2 Insure and they are going to replace my White 16GB iPhone 3G on monday... do you think I'll be lucky and get a 3Gs since they don't do the 16GB 3G anymore?

I had to claim the other week with O2 insure and they upgraded my iPhone 3G 16gb to a new iPhone 3gs 16gb. So you never know you might get lucky as well.

Tom

 

[AppleCallum]

or o2 can claim that they are water damaged like they did to me! Apple didn't seem to agree with them and replaced it!

Surely the £45 tariff will give you the iPhone 4 for free - the lady at o2 seemed to think so!

Staff seem to think it will follow 3GS pricing with the 3GS slumping to 3G pricing for the time being!

 

[Pushkar]

I sold my iPhone 3G 16GB for £211 on eBay tonight, provided how damaged it was, cracked and detached - A very good deal!

But it will be 10 days without access to an iPhone

 

[Logicality]

Haha. I'll just drop it again and get a new one again until they run out and give me a 3Gs... maybe this is the answer to all our troubles?

- Keep current contract on 3Gs
- Wait until iPhone 5 when 3Gs is discontinued
- Drop 3Gs
- Get iPhone 4 for free
- Insert SIM

Hmm, yes that's how insurance fraud works!

Who ever said crime doesn't pay?

 

[Rookie1986]

or o2 can claim that they are water damaged like they did to me! Apple didn't seem to agree with them and replaced it!

Surely the £45 tariff will give you the iPhone 4 for free - the lady at o2 seemed to think so!

Staff seem to think it will follow 3GS pricing with the 3GS slumping to 3G pricing for the time being!

I'm expecting the 16gb to cost £119 and the 32gb to be something like £199 on most contracts.

I hope they do price the iPhone 4 around the 3Gs pricing, I would be happy with that, But i think we will pay through the nose for the iPhone 4 here in the UK we always do....

 

[TurboSC]

yea I'm jealous, at least you don't have to suffer the carrier BS that is AT&T

 

[ct2k7]

yea I'm jealous, at least you don't have to suffer the carrier BS that is AT&T

Sometimes I prefer AT&T, then again, I don't want to be charged for recieving calls...

 

[CD3660]

Only 3 Days To Go Before Pre-Ordering Begins!

With only 3 days to go before pre-ordering starts, the excitement is definitely building but where are those handset prices? Where too are the tariffs from all the other networks? I reckon we'll probably have to wait until Monday now.

 

[redgaz26]

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I got an email from orange yesterday, saying the usual stuff about iPhone 4. At the bottom it said they will email me back on tuesday to give me all the info about preordering!!

 

[redgaz26]

 

[Aravintht]

I think we'll get emails from the various networks that we've registered with on Tuesday.

They want us to give the minimum amount of time to compare as they'll all be offering roughly the same deal. I think they're hoping preorders will be filled up quickly and people will go with whatever network still has preorders left to guarantee a iPhone 4 on launch.

My plan is to not get sucked and wait to pick it up at the Apple store. Im away on holiday till the 26th anyway, have a feeling i'll be stopping at Regent Street on my way home that evening.

 

[softandy]

Any idea what time we will be able to order through the apple store online?

 

[sparkie1984]

Any idea what time we will be able to order through the apple store online?

probably at midnight on monday/tuesday night same as ipad

 

[Nicholas.C]

Any idea what time we will be able to order through the apple store online?

think it might just be early hours of tuesday the 15th.

 

[JulianL]

I think we'll get emails from the various networks that we've registered with on Tuesday.

They want us to give the minimum amount of time to compare as they'll all be offering roughly the same deal. I think they're hoping preorders will be filled up quickly and people will go with whatever network still has preorders left to guarantee a iPhone 4 on launch.

If true then I wonder whether the hand of Apple can be seen in all this.

Apple opened up iPad pre-orders on a Monday but not during business hours. The iPad went live on the Apple online store in the early hours of the Monday morning and lots of people stayed up late on the Sunday night and hit the store within minutes of it going live at just before 1am on the Monday (I was one of them and I was amazed how many people here had still got orders in before me).

It's possible that Apple have told the networks that they need to leave it until 8:00am or so until they're allowed to send their emails and open their ordering. This way Apple can catch all the people who really will stay up late on Monday night and into the early hours of Tuesday morning in order to get in as soon as the online ordering opens. From the iPad experience, that is likely to be quite a lot of people so Apple are pretty much guaranteed to sell out their initial stock within hours, possibly being able to genuinely announce very soon after pre-order day that their initial allocation is sold out and that delivery dates are now pushed back (just like they did with the iPad and it's always good publicity - demand outstrips supply, grab them while you can, etc, etc).

- Julian

 

[macmedal]

Originally Posted by Duck117
Haha. I'll just drop it again and get a new one again until they run out and give me a 3Gs... maybe this is the answer to all our troubles?

- Keep current contract on 3Gs
- Wait until iPhone 5 when 3Gs is discontinued
- Drop 3Gs
- Get iPhone 4 for free
- Insert SIM

Its attitudes like this that makes insurance unaffordable, as fraudulent claims just pushes up premiums for all of us

 

[duction]

hope the apple store doesnt open at like 3am, id be pissed then.

 

[Duck117]

Its attitudes like this that makes insurance unaffordable, as fraudulent claims just pushes up premiums for all of us

I thought £7.50 was quite a good deal