Do *any* O2 contract SIMs work with the iPhone?

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Im planning on getting a iPhone when V2 comes out but the £35 is a total rip off as I only spend £20 a month maximum, 95% of which is on texts at 3p each and free over the weekend every two weeks when I top up on a friday!

Now you might say I shouldn't buy a iPhone if I can't get the tariff. I need a new phone = £100, I want an iPod Touch = £160, £100+£160 = ooh look iPhone territory. So im getting one.

I'd rather have O2 sim and a warranty than a t-mobile PAYG sim with an unlocked iPhone but if the contracts **** thats the way I will have to go.

So is it possible and will the O2 staff be clever enough and give me the tariff I want instead of loosing a customer for 18 or whatever months they want?

Cheers CR :)
 
you dont need to take out any contract to get an iphone.

when you buy it you buy just the handset. no signing or anything at all in the store. the contract is setup through itunes when you get home.

get a simplicity plan and stick that in there ;)
 
If you don't unlock it then it will only ever work with the official iPhone tarrifs after you activate it (using the SIM it comes with) in iTunes. O2 won't offer you any other deals on the iPhone.

If you unlock (which is easy to do, and you can buy the iPhone itself without signing up for the contract) then you can use any SIM card you want including other O2 contract SIM cards. Of course as you mention you'll have no warranty, visual voicemail won't work and any future firmware release will need a new unlock.

Of course all this might change when the 3G iPhone comes out - O2 might change the activation method (for example, to make it like any other phone), or the phone might not be "unlockable" immediately or even at all.
 
Trifid said:
I assume you don't get the unlimited internet access though? How much is it per min/meg of internet use?
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If you buy the £7.50 bolt on then yes you do :)

And I know how it works, its just some people said they were on a O2 contract but not a iPhone one and didn't say they had unlocked or not.

If I have to unlock it then i'll stick with my T-Mobile PAYG sim which allows for 3G anyway :D

Bit silly on O2s part TBH, they have basically lost £200ish of my money because they want to be tight *******s and not offer there usual tariffs.

Oh well, their loss :D
 
I wonder how many thousands of times this question has been answered in the last year... hmmm... :D

PinkPig said:
Of course all this might change when the 3G iPhone comes out - O2 might change the activation method (for example, to make it like any other phone), or the phone might not be "unlockable" immediately or even at all.
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Highly, highly doubtful, i'd say 99% certain, that thisphone won't be unlock-proof. It'll be cracked in a short amount of time.
 
Richdog said:
I wonder how many thousands of times this question has been answered in the last year... hmmm... :D



Highly, highly doubtful, i'd say 99% certain, that thisphone won't be unlock-proof. It'll be cracked in a short amount of time.
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TBH apple know it will be so I doubt they'd make it HARDER.

I for one would buy a V1 off someone if they did completely lock down a V2.

I think apple are on the ball and it'll be cracked easier, just like new versions are now.

And I think i've found some good deals (Unlimited texts etc!!!) So now im going to phone around and see if I can get the minutes turned into free web surfing!!
 
O2 SIMplicity - £30 a month - 1200 minutes and 1000 texts + free unlimited internet browsing bolt-on.

Best deal bar none. :)
 
The Simplicity Online 25 is a good deal, £25 a month for 500 texts, 600 minutes and unlimited web bolt-on with no contract period (30 days). You do however need to unlock the phone still.

Justin said:
Can't believe this question is still being asked.
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It's because that useful FAQ we have stickied is rather ambiguous when it comes to explaining what unlocking does. Most people assume a phone is locked to a network and not a specific contract on a network so it isn't clear that you still need to unlock it even if you want to use an O2 sim in it. The FAQ could do with being updated as threads appear with common questions like this.
 
Concorde Rules said:
I think apple are on the ball and it'll be cracked easier, just like new versions are now.
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Err, the new ones are considerably harder to crack than the old ones.. that's the whole point of the new bootloader and why ZiPhone bodges it back down to the old one to unlock it.. it's taken quite a while for more 'delicate' hacks to surface and although the latest firmware was cracked quickly that's more down to the fact they're getting more experienced at it and have better tools to work with than Apple making it easier.
 
true, but there's no way Apple can ignore the fact that the majority of iPhone buyers are not using 02/Vodafone AT&T etc. And I don't think Jobs is stupid enough to think that locking the V2's down is the way forward.

I have a feeling the 3G's are going to be plenty more than £260 though :(.
 
Beepcake said:
Err, the new ones are considerably harder to crack than the old ones.. that's the whole point of the new bootloader and why ZiPhone bodges it back down to the old one to unlock it.. it's taken quite a while for more 'delicate' hacks to surface and although the latest firmware was cracked quickly that's more down to the fact they're getting more experienced at it and have better tools to work with than Apple making it easier.
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So they are going to cut off the 25% or maybe even more of their revenue just for some stupid single carrier thing?

I don't think apple are that stupid TBH!! Ok it might not get easier but Im 99% sure it won't get harder.
 
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