UK: What network?

[WillEH]

Further evidence how bad US carriers are screwing us--you guys have some great plans available to you.

On AT&T, I pay $75 (not including taxes/fees), or about £47 a month for 450 anytime min, unlimited mobile to mobile (AT&T only), 5000 night and weekend minutes, 200 text messages, and unlimited data (not even offered any longer)

I'd say you guys get it pretty good on everything else. My £2000 MBP, would cost $2649 in America.

2,649.00 USD = 1,660.50 GBP

Nearly a £400 saving if I was to buy it in the USA.

400.00 GBP = 638.011 USD

So you save $600 buying in the USA.

I'd say that shows how bad Apple are screwing us in the UK

Also, it's not so simple. Most people replying to this are on sim only. Therefore they still have to buy the phone, which costs around £400-500 ($600-700)

On a contract you get it free, but you have to pay £50/month ($80/month) 12 or 24 month contract (which is what I was paying, my contract runs out in a few days) hence why I'm on sim only till iPhone 5.

 

[jdaniel]

I'd say you guys get it pretty good on everything else. My £2000 MBP, would cost $2649 in America.

2,649.00 USD = 1,660.50 GBP

Nearly a £400 saving if I was to buy it in the USA.

400.00 GBP = 638.011 USD

So you save $600 buying in the USA.

I'd say that shows how bad Apple are screwing us in the UK

Also, it's not so simple. Most people replying to this are on sim only. Therefore they still have to buy the phone, which costs around £400-500 ($600-700)

On a contract you get it free, but you have to pay £50/month ($80/month) 12 or 24 month contract (which is what I was paying, my contract runs out in a few days) hence why I'm on sim only till iPhone 5.

buy ur macs from ebay. I bought my first mac from http://stores.ebay.com/electronic-king-inc

I have no idea why prices in UK r still so high, I am from Canada and they used to be a bit different too and when I moved temp to here in Asia there were also diff by quite a bit.. but now its levelled off. Well just an off topic tip.

For UK Sim only for travellers I would recommend Vodafone, $2 a day data roam in EUrope 20 or 25MB a day... best data roaming you can find. Voice wise everyone is the same. I also think you get 500MB in UK if you are on some kinda of voice pay per use plan.. or was that only T-mobile...

 

[seble]

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Orange, £20/month. 600 mins, unlimited texts, 500 MB internet. Perfect. Also get to use T-Mobile signal

How long have you been with orange?

 

[WillEH]

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How long have you been with orange?

4 years now.

 

[Piarco]

Just switched on Saturday last to 3 £25 One Plan. The coverage around where I live & work is brilliant, shame I couldn't say the same for O2... I got tired of having to run to the nearest window so who ever was calling could here me/calls going straight to voicemail even though I had a (weak admittedly) signal.

Will move to a full contract when the new iPhone is released.

 

[cookiesnfooty]

Giffgaff here being using them over a year.

£10 unlimited text and Internet and 250 minutes. (or is it 300 don't use many).

Internet is a good speed where I am 2.9MB in tests and stream music/movies easily.



Anyone want a sim I can send one with £5 credit.

 

[AAPLaday]

Im surprised that so many people are on 3. I was with them when they first launched and had load of headache. Id imagine that have improved a lot since then but still didn't expect so many people use them!

Was looking at their deals last year and they are good but one thing that put me off was the fact that their phones aren't unlocked and unbranded (CPW-Internet phone sites). I love being able to switch sims.

 

[JASApplications]

Tesco PAYG It's really cheap and pretty fast Perfect for a student!

 

[skoldpadda]

T-Mobile
iPhone 32GB Black -
900 mins -
Unlimited texts -
Unlimited Internet -
Handset was £50,,, Tariff is £32.50

 

[Andy Ftw]

GiffGaff FTW

Unbeatable prices, as simple as that.

 

[TheOriginalKi]

I'd say you guys get it pretty good on everything else. My £2000 MBP, would cost $2649 in America.

2,649.00 USD = 1,660.50 GBP

Nearly a £400 saving if I was to buy it in the USA.

400.00 GBP = 638.011 USD

So you save $600 buying in the USA.

I'd say that shows how bad Apple are screwing us in the UK

The US sites usually list the prices PRE-tax.

For example the 17-inch: 2.2 GHz MBP costs the following in the UK - US based on pre-tax prices:


UK Price £1,749.17 ($2,792.49) (excluding TAX)

US Price £1,565.40 ($2,499) (excluding TAX)

So yes it is cheaper in the US but not £400 cheaper...

Granted the tax in most US states will probably be a fair bit cheaper than 20% vat in the UK.

 

[Certinfy]

For UK Sim only for travellers I would recommend Vodafone, $2 a day data roam in EUrope 20 or 25MB a day... best data roaming you can find. Voice wise everyone is the same. I also think you get 500MB in UK if you are on some kinda of voice pay per use plan.. or was that only T-mobile...

Couldn't agree more on this. Vodafone's signal around Europe is absolutely amazing as well, I drove a few years ago around Europe and I was so glad at the time I was on Vodafone.

 

[TraceyS/FL]

On a contract you get it free, but you have to pay £50/month ($80/month) 12 or 24 month contract (which is what I was paying, my contract runs out in a few days) hence why I'm on sim only till iPhone 5.

BUT, obviously you have cheaper options once your contract runs out? Ours stay the same, and you pay the same monthly regardless of how you acquired the phone. I keep waiting for someone to file a class-action about this.... Technically since I'm not financing the phone any longer after 24 months my bill should go down ~$20/mo. I'm sure their answer would be to raise the prices $20/mo in order to be able to drop them down.

And ya, the whole tax thing - don't forget to add 6-9% (or higher) to our prices for sales tax.

 

[Certinfy]

BUT, obviously you have cheaper options once your contract runs out? Ours stay the same, and you pay the same monthly regardless of how you acquired the phone. I keep waiting for someone to file a class-action about this.... Technically since I'm not financing the phone any longer after 24 months my bill should go down ~$20/mo. I'm sure their answer would be to raise the prices $20/mo in order to be able to drop them down.

And ya, the whole tax thing - don't forget to add 6-9% (or higher) to our prices for sales tax.

Yeah once our contracts run out we have much cheaper options here in the UK. I mean we don't even need to have data plans if we don't want one on the iPhone (or any other phone for that matter).

 

[ckc]

Vodafone sim only- monthly contract:

300 mins, unlimited texts, 500Mb = £10 month (USD16)

 

[therationalist]

O2 is pretty good round where I live

 

[seble]

4 years now.

Do you get any kind of loyalty discounts from them ?

 

[thegasman]

Orange Business Sim only deal. 450 mins, free landline calls, 300 texts & 1 gig of data per month for £18 + vat (£21.60)

I have the sim in an unlocked/sim free HTC Desire HD handset which can act as a mobile wireless hotspot to connect the 32gig Ipad 2 wi-fi only I'm picking up on Sunday!!

Pleased with the Orange network and Business customer services are in the UK which is, it seems, a bonus in these times.

I'm pleased with my handset but am looking forward to seeing what the next Gen. iPhone is like. I may be tempted!!

 

[andybno1]

Orange
£35 a month
600 mins
unlimited texts
500mb internet data
unlimited wifi (fair usage of 3gb)

 

[yateseyd1991]

Factory unlocked iPhone 4 32GB + Vodafone 12 month sim only contract for iPhone - 300 minutes, unlimited texts, 500MB data and 1GB BT Openzone, for £15 p/m

GPRS signal strength much better than 02 in my area, but 3G signal a bit patchy where ever I go - I got my first iPhone when it was exclusive to 02 back in 2008, never had any problems with them, but switched to Voda earlier this year as they offered a better deal, however after being charged for tethering data every month so far when it is switched off I will probably switch back to 02

 

[WillEH]

Orange
£35 a month
600 mins
unlimited texts
500mb internet data
unlimited wifi (fair usage of 3gb)

Contract? I get the same but for just £20/month.

Do you get any kind of loyalty discounts from them ?

Not as far as I know... maybe. They've been good to me, much more slack for me. I think they did the £20/month as a special deal..

 

[wordoflife]

I'd say you guys get it pretty good on everything else. My £2000 MBP, would cost $2649 in America.

2,649.00 USD = 1,660.50 GBP

Nearly a £400 saving if I was to buy it in the USA.

400.00 GBP = 638.011 USD

So you save $600 buying in the USA.

I'd say that shows how bad Apple are screwing us in the UK

Also, it's not so simple. Most people replying to this are on sim only. Therefore they still have to buy the phone, which costs around £400-500 ($600-700)

On a contract you get it free, but you have to pay £50/month ($80/month) 12 or 24 month contract (which is what I was paying, my contract runs out in a few days) hence why I'm on sim only till iPhone 5.

I know in the UK, carriers heavily subsidize the costs of phones. Like we have to pay about £187 ($300) for a 32GB iPhone while signing a contract and paying more expensive rates.

I'm not gonna lie though, Apple sucks with foreign markets. They seem to change the currency symbol on their price tags but they don't seem to account for the actual conversion rates.

 

[kendo88]

I was on a 12 month contract with my iPhone 4 with tesco mobile.

250 mins
Unlimited texts
1gb data

£18 per month

Now that has obviously finished, on 3 now

100 mins
3000 texts
1gb data

£10 per month.

Bring on next iPhone

 

[kendo88]

I know in the UK, carriers heavily subsidize the costs of phones. Like we have to pay about £187 ($300) for a 32GB iPhone while signing a contract and paying more expensive rates.

I'm not gonna lie though, Apple sucks with foreign markets. They seem to change the currency symbol on their price tags but they don't seem to account for the actual conversion rates.

Whilst this is true, we get a much better deal than in the states.

I may be wrong, but if the top of my head, 3 do the 16gb for £69 upfront, then £35 a month for 2 yeas.

In the states they would be looking at $199 upfront and somewhere between $70-100 depending on plan (obviously 100 is the massive extreme)

 

[TraceyS/FL]

In the states they would be looking at $199 upfront and somewhere between $70-100 depending on plan (obviously 100 is the massive extreme)

And the $199 (plus tax) is the 16gb, the 32 is $299.