Does the iPhone automatically switch to wifi if it's available (rather than utilising 3G)? I was reading about BT Openzone yesterday and their coverage is impressive. I spend most of my time in central London so to be able to have such widespread access to wifi will be great.
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UK 3G iPhone Info
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I have a couple of questions regarding upgrading.
When I upgrade, will my SIM card from my current iPhone be simply put in the new handset? If not does that mean I am going to get a new mobile phone number? That would suck.
Also, the BT Openzone WiFi access - will these access points be opened up to existing iPhone customers along side The Cloud hotspots, or is this just for customers who buy the 3G iPhone?
When I upgrade, will my SIM card from my current iPhone be simply put in the new handset? If not does that mean I am going to get a new mobile phone number? That would suck.
Also, the BT Openzone WiFi access - will these access points be opened up to existing iPhone customers along side The Cloud hotspots, or is this just for customers who buy the 3G iPhone?
Introducing the new SIM-ejector tool:
I hear the 16oz version comes in White too...
Possible, but the laptop/desktop bit is unlikely.
Rubbish. It won't work with another SIM (because it's locked) but the Apple site clearly states there is an extractor tool for the SIM, meaning there's a SIM slot just like in the first phone. Anyway, what happens if you need a replacement phone? Do they sledgehammer your old one in store to get your SIM out and pop it in a new one then Araldite it shut? Not likely.
Translation: "We don't really know, but by saying this might be removed later we've covered our asses".
No way can I see Apple letting O2 brand the iPhone in the same way as other handset manufacturers do. Can you really see Apple letting go of control of the iPhone software/firmware?
All this is believable but actually just repeating stuff we already know from other sources.
Then what do you do next once you have ejected the sim card from your old iphone? Get the hammer smash the iphone 3G and insert old sim????
Even if it needs a new sim, you'll have a temporary number for a couple of days until your old number is ported. You won't loose your number at all - in fact you can port it from contract to contract, network to network. I've had the same number for around 8 years it's been with all of the networks bar vodafone at some point...
They won't restrict it - it will be for all iPhone customers.
Then what do you do next once you have ejected the sim card from your old iphone? Get the hammer smash the iphone 3G and insert old sim????
ha ha
yes, I think the soldered in sim bit is a load of **** too
Same number, the only thing that's going to be a minor pain will be that you'll loose your settings, bookmarks etc.
But then the advantage is pretty much worth it.
Only because it was already being discussed I'd bet - and this does seem to be evolving into the defacto UK 3G iPhone thread...
Merging the "Interesting News from O2 regarding iPhone 3G" was an unfortunate choice in my opinion. A lot fewer people will be aware now of the information in the article published today by 9to5. Why mods here are so anxious to condense everything to such a degree is beyond me. Really this news deserves its own Page 1 or Page 2 News link in my opinion. It is major news for every iPhone owner in the UK, and of interest to those not getting the same treatment from The Deathstar (AT&T).
Thats a good article. I think this is the first time ever we in the UK have had a advantage when it comes to Apple products!
I am getting one on pay as you go! Woo!
Been to an O2 store, spoke with a head honcho. The BTOpenzone link is confirmed, they're not planning pre-order (but Carphone Warehouse is - and it'll be announced soon). CW dones't know there pricing, but expects same as O2 - O2 knows it's pricing.
As of today/tomorrow pretty much, O2 shops will be pushing Simplicity, hard. Then from this, the switchers just buy the iPhone at store for example, activate, and then you get a temporary number for 1-2 days usually, then port your number over. A very simple process, and O2 with the publicity from the 3G iPhone launch filtering into national news and coffeeshops and water cooler conversations will then be able to snag a lot more people.
Hope that's enough info for you
As of today/tomorrow pretty much, O2 shops will be pushing Simplicity, hard. Then from this, the switchers just buy the iPhone at store for example, activate, and then you get a temporary number for 1-2 days usually, then port your number over. A very simple process, and O2 with the publicity from the 3G iPhone launch filtering into national news and coffeeshops and water cooler conversations will then be able to snag a lot more people.
Hope that's enough info for you
Been to an O2 store, spoke with a head honcho. The BTOpenzone link is confirmed, they're not planning pre-order (but Carphone Warehouse is - and it'll be announced soon). CW dones't know there pricing, but expects same as O2 - O2 knows it's pricing.
As of today/tomorrow pretty much, O2 shops will be pushing Simplicity, hard. Then from this, the switchers just buy the iPhone at store for example, activate, and then you get a temporary number for 1-2 days usually, then port your number over. A very simple process, and O2 with the publicity from the 3G iPhone launch filtering into national news and coffeeshops and water cooler conversations will then be able to snag a lot more people.
Hope that's enough info for you
Thanks for that info, useful, however do you know if the wi-fi thing (which sounds realllllyyyyyy cooool!
) will be available on Pay & Go iPhones?Thanks for that info, useful, however do you know if the wi-fi thing (which sounds realllllyyyyyy cooool!
Probably - but as a Bolt On, so you will have to pay extra for it...
Good to hear the wifi is confirmed, so whereever i am i should be able to get 3G, Edge or Wi-Fi, hopefully no more slipping back to gprs, though o2 could roll out 3G a bit more into rural areas.
am I reading this right? They are trying to get people to move:
existing carrier>O2simplicity>O2iphone
rather than just:
existing carrier>O2iphone
remind me why I would do the former?
If you were coming out of contract, and wanted a contract that you didn't have to give 30 days notice to (which would have been ~ today). Yes, you could jump straight from one to the other, if you gave your non-O2 carrier enough notice.
Regarding the data bolt-on with PAYG, can anyone confirm what I posted in that other UK thread (perhaps we need just one thread!):
Hmm, hang on. I read in another thread that O2's data bolt-on, called "Web Bolt On", does not allow email, only web browsing.
I checked the O2 site, and it says:
The O2 Web Bolt On can only be used for internet browsing on your phone.
Huh? Web browsing only? No email, no "general data"? So no maps, no app store, no anything other than Safari?
Hmm, hang on. I read in another thread that O2's data bolt-on, called "Web Bolt On", does not allow email, only web browsing.
I checked the O2 site, and it says:
The O2 Web Bolt On can only be used for internet browsing on your phone.
Huh? Web browsing only? No email, no "general data"? So no maps, no app store, no anything other than Safari?
Sorry if i sound a bit stupid, but what exactly is Bluetooth Tethering?
The article said that ''the 3G iPhone WILL allow Bluetooth Tethering for laptops.''
Thanks.
The article said that ''the 3G iPhone WILL allow Bluetooth Tethering for laptops.''
Thanks.
Same number, the only thing that's going to be a minor pain will be that you'll loose your settings, bookmarks etc.
But then the advantage is pretty much worth it.
You shouldn't do. When I upgraded from an 8 to a 16gb iphone, it allowed me to copy the settings from one to the other using itunes.
Thanks, thats pretty cool, so if its true, does that mean bye bye 3G dongle?