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All these insurance plans offered by the likes of O2 and Carphone Warehouse are very expensive. The best (and cheapest) way to basically insure your 'phone is to include it on your household "contents" policy. If you want to go the whole hog and extend the warranty, get AppleCare too.
You don't need to have the PAYG SIM actually in the phone. When you log into Cloud or BT it only knows the MAC address of your iPhone, it has no idea what SIM you are using. You can do it with a Simplicity SIM in the iPhone and just enter the PAYG number when you login. You can even do it with no SIM in the iPhone.
I can't find a simplicity 12 month contract for £20 a month. They are either 18 or 24 months and £30+ to get the internet bolt on.
LOL, try living where I am (population 100,000), 18 months down the line and we do not even get Edge let alone 3G.
Just GPRS for us.
Oh dear! Please read the preceding threads!
Simplicity is a Monthly contract. Prices per month range from £9.79 (150 min. 300 texts) to £29.38 per month (1200 min. 2400 texts plus unlimited web access). The cheapest with unlimited web access is £19.58 per month which also includes 600 min. and 1200 texts.
Yeh I agree for sure, but all the experiences people I know have had with O2 insurance have been very positive. No usual insurance company BS, all phones have been replaced next day without hassle. I agree there are cheaper companies out there for insurance, but if they aren't going to replace my phone becuase I cracked the screen when Mars was in alignment with Jupiter or some shiet then its not worth having.
I don't have home and contents insurance, so any suggestions for phone insurance companies that cover loss, theft, accidental breakage and have a proven track record of paying up?
So just to ensure I'm hearing you right, you don't even need to do an initial "registration" with your PAYG SIM. The cloud network already has a record of your MAC from the iPhone because O2 provided it to them before you bought it and you can just log in using your PAYG number straight away? Do you need to top up any credit to activate the service?
You don't?
With respect, if you are a home owner, you must be totally mad! What if you have a fire, burglary, burst water pipe etc???All reputable insurance companies cover mobile 'phones and pay up promptly.
You don't?
All reputable insurance companies cover mobile 'phones and pay up promptly.
I rent, and anything of any value (ie cameras, laptop etc) is covered under specialist insurance for those devices. Clothes etc I couldn't care less about insuring.
It's funny how you used the words "reputable" and "insurance companies" in the same sentence
didn't think they went well together. I was looking for specific recommendations, hoping someone has had to make a claim with one becuase as well all know the main aim of insurance companies is to not pay out if at all contractually possible.I was thinking of doing exactly the same as the OP, for my GF.
I have a iPhone contract that ran out last month so I'm free to upgrade to the iPhone 3Gs and give my old iPhone to her and have her sign up to the 12 month Simplicity contract, which give you 800 mins, 1600 texts and unlimited data for £20 quid a month. She won't be interested in Visual Voicemail or tethering so it will work well for her.
Pretty good value I'd say! Glad to know other people have it working already too!
I have a iPhone contract that ran out last month so I'm free to upgrade to the iPhone 3Gs and give my old iPhone to her and have her sign up to the 12 month Simplicity contract, which give you 800 mins, 1600 texts and unlimited data for £20 quid a month. She won't be interested in Visual Voicemail or tethering so it will work well for her.
Pretty good value I'd say! Glad to know other people have it working already too!
I rent, and anything of any value (ie cameras, laptop etc) is covered under specialist insurance for those devices. Clothes etc I couldn't care less about insuring.
It's funny how you used the words "reputable" and "insurance companies" in the same sentence
A bit of advice - you need to think about exactly why you want the insurance.
Having had a mobile stolen in the past, the cost of the overseas calls made by the thief in the few hours before I noticed it had gone far outweighed the cost of the handset, and paying the bill was very painful!
Many insurances (including household insurance) only cover the cost of the handset alone. You need to check what you are getting for your money, and think carefully about the cost versus the risk you are bearing. Only you can decide whether it is worth it in your particular circumstances.
Heres the great deal I have on my iPhone 3G PAYG from O2:
O2 PAYG UNLIMITED:
£15 topup a month. Activates:
Unlimited Calls to O2 Phones
Unlimited Texts to O2 Phones
You still have the remaining £15 Calltime to spend
After the first 12 months of Free Web and Wifi, Get the unlimited web and wifi bolt on for £10 a month.
The bolt on is taken out of your balance, leaving you with £5 to spend on anything.
Texts are 10p to other networks, on contract they are 12p.
Calls are 20p for the first 3 minutes, then 5p/pm for the rest of the day to other networks, on contract they are 20p/pm no matter what.
On the minimun simplicity plan of £15 a month, to get the unlimited wifi, you have to add the £10 bolt on ontop of the monthly fee, working out to be £25 per month. Not forgetting you only get a certain small ammount of texts and calls.
All in all... For £15 PAYG a month you are left with:
Unlimited Calls to O2 Phones
Unlimited Texts to O2 Phones
Unlimited Web and Wifi
£15 Balance (£5 after the first 12 months)
Cheaper Calls to other networks than Contracts
Cheaper Texts to other networks than Contracts
Free Web and Wifi for the first 12 months
Cheaper deal than the contracts on offer
Not forgetting there no obligation to top up
And you are not stuck in a contract, isnt that good?
LOL, try living where I am (population 100,000), 18 months down the line and we do not even get Edge let alone 3G.
Just GPRS for us.
Used to be the same for me (live in Central Scotland). Just got 3G in last week.
O2 insurance covers the cost of calls made on your handset. Up to £3k worth of calls on the top insurance.
From O2's website:
"O2 will cover the cost of unauthorised calls up to a total of £3000 for O2 Insure Premier and £1000 for O2 Insure Standard."
Hi everyone
Im going to do the same get a PAYG 3Gs and put my contract SIM in it ride out the next 6 months then move to Simplicity.
But i was going to use my 3G iphone with my work o2 SIM in it will this work ok as i tried and its asking me to connect to Itunes did not want to incase it messed my phone up.
Thank You
K
Im going to do the same get a PAYG 3Gs and put my contract SIM in it ride out the next 6 months then move to Simplicity.
But i was going to use my 3G iphone with my work o2 SIM in it will this work ok as i tried and its asking me to connect to Itunes did not want to incase it messed my phone up.
Thank You
K
Its Cool
Put work sim in again and its all working with 3.0
Is there away to turn off connecting to the Net and only do it when got wifi as i will get the bill for the data use but i dont want to loss my email and calendar
Thank You
K
Put work sim in again and its all working with 3.0
Is there away to turn off connecting to the Net and only do it when got wifi as i will get the bill for the data use but i dont want to loss my email and calendar
Thank You
K
Not completely sure about this but you could try the following:
Settings > General > Network > Cellular Data Network: erase the settings after making a note of them in case you want to restore them at another time.
Plane mode with wifi on? SIM out? You want phone signal, but not wanting GPRS/Edge/3G being used for data? Maybe change one of the data settings perhaps to be wrong, so it only uses wifi?
You can call your network and ask them to disable data. My GF did this on her normal O2 contract, and O2 switched it off straight away.