iPhone 3G + PAYG + Topup question

mrochester

mrochester

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Hi all,

I've searched threads, and read the O2 terms and conditions, and I'm still a little confused about the iPhone 3G on PAYG. All I'm interested in is the data and wifi, which I understand you get for free for the first 12 months. I would have no intention of using the phone to text or makes calls, so I wouldn't need to top it up with credit at all. Is the free data and wifi subject to you topping up a certain amount each month, or does you get it regardless of whether you top up or not? My though is that you get it regardless, as I can't see anything on the O2 website to say 'subject to minimum topup of £10pm' etc etc.

Hopefully someone can clear this up for me.

Many thanks,

Michael
 
You have to top up once as part of the process of getting the phone up and running. From that point, you'll have the 12 months of free web/wifi access regardless of whether or not you top up again.
 
wush said:
You have to top up once as part of the process of getting the phone up and running. From that point, you'll have the web/wifi access regardless of whether you top up again.
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Thanks for clearing that up. Does anyone else use the iPhone 3G in this way, whilst also having another phone to hold their standard texting/calling sim card? I'm interested to know how convenient you find carrying around 2 devices?
 
mrochester said:
Thanks for clearing that up. Does anyone else use the iPhone 3G in this way, whilst also having another phone to hold their standard texting/calling sim card? I'm interested to know how convenient you find carrying around 2 devices?
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my brother just got the iphone today, with the purpose of not really using it much for phone/txt's. no idea why he spent £440 :eek: on it...
but afaik he looks to be using it loads for wifi.
 
yeah - you need at least 17p on your phone to use the data services.

but thanks to fing, unlimited texts bundle and some apps that keep programs running in the backround/while locked, I have never spent more than £20 and had it now for 3 months. with £8 left and I've been calling 0845 numbers :p
 
codec said:
yeah - you need at least 17p on your phone to use the data services.

but thanks to fing, unlimited texts bundle and some apps that keep programs running in the backround/while locked, I have never spent more than £20 and had it now for 3 months. with £8 left and I've been calling 0845 numbers :p
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Your battery will need serious counseling after the repeated buggery from keeping those apps running in the background :(
 
Could you not just use the iPhone with a different 02 plan and disable mobile data connections to anything other than WiFi. Then sign up to the Wifi offer seperately?
 
OspreyO said:
Could you not just use the iPhone with a different 02 plan and disable mobile data connections to anything other than WiFi. Then sign up to the Wifi offer seperately?
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I've already got a Three contact that doesn't run out until September sometime. I've cancelled the data plan from that, and I'm selling a couple of other phones to cover the cost of the iPhone. I updated to the 2.2 firmware the other day thinking that I wouldn't be wanting to unlock the phone anyway because of the free data/wifi the PAYG sim gets you, but now 2.2 is unlockable too!
 
Ah ok.

I'm not in the UK, but where I am the iPhone bill pay tariffs are pretty poor. So much so that you can be better off to get a PAYG phone and use it on O2's other tariffs.

The other thing to think about is insurance. If you buy a cheaper handset you wouldn't bother, but when you buy an expensive one its definately something to consider, at least for the first 6 months.
 
codec said:
yeah - you need at least 17p on your phone to use the data services.

but thanks to fing, unlimited texts bundle and some apps that keep programs running in the backround/while locked, I have never spent more than £20 and had it now for 3 months. with £8 left and I've been calling 0845 numbers :p
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Think I might be being a bit thick here but how do you get the unlimited texts bundle. What is fing? The tariffs available on the o2 site http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/paygo seem to only offer this Favourite Palce tariff.

I am a lo-user for calls but send quite a few texts. Is there some other way I could get set up with a PAYG setup?
 
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