Iphone PAYG Question

kylew said:
Uh? Ah, I didn't realise you'd posted about getting one unlocked.

I still maintain that you got bent over though :p

Are from the UK, or are you South African, if so, I'm guessing you mean than £528 is just how much they are in SA?

I got mine for £391 in the UK and used a proxy SIM, a few people have implied I got bent over for buying it at that price, £528 though? Especially when a proper unlock has just been announced too.
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I'm from the UK but live in South Africa. All phones here are unlocked as it's against the law to lock them to a network. It's completely official, bought from a shop and has a years warranty

If you think I got bent over for the iPhone, i paid more for my HTC Touch Diamond and will admit I got truely rodgered over that cos it's an awful phone
 
Thats gotta be the worst thing, buying a phone for such a large amount money and it be rubbish, I'm only joking when I say you got bent over :p, I felt a bit the same for a few days after buying my iPhone, I got over of though of course :D. Ah well, it's definitely the most satisfying phone ive ever bought. I couldn't go back to those primative phones with hard buttons :p.
 
Why dont you just get O2 I mean seriously why spend hundreds of pounds or risk breaking the phone just to get it on a network its not supposed to be on so some features dont work and just so you can have the issues I see all the time of having an unstable phone?
 
unknowndomain said:
Why dont you just get O2 I mean seriously why spend hundreds of pounds or risk breaking the phone just to get it on a network its not supposed to be on so some features dont work and just so you can have the issues I see all the time of having an unstable phone?
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Because I don't expect o2 exist in South Africa.
 
I see that is fair enough but the iphone is actually available in South Africa on Vodafone/Vodacom....

Any way I don't get this thread and by the sounds of it kylew, it sounds like you want to unlock a uk phone but why bother when its available in South Africa for the network you want and unlocked, is it really more than £528 over there?
 
unknowndomain said:
I see that is fair enough but the iphone is actually available in South Africa on Vodafone/Vodacom....

Any way I don't get this thread and by the sounds of it kylew, it sounds like you want to unlock a uk phone but why bother when its available in South Africa for the network you want and unlocked, is it really more than £528 over there?
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You're getting confused, sunshine. It's me that wanted the phone in South Africa. Yes, it did cost me £528 from a Vodacom shop, but it has a years warrany and is factory unlocked, so i can use it with my Vodafone sim or Vodacom sim or whatever sim i want to put in it without having to mess about with jailbreaking or unofficial hacks.
 
unknowndomain said:
Why dont you just get O2 I mean seriously why spend hundreds of pounds or risk breaking the phone just to get it on a network its not supposed to be on so some features dont work and just so you can have the issues I see all the time of having an unstable phone?
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What are these broken features you talk of?

Also, it seems you're confused about who is who :p.

I've already got an iPhone, that I've got working on the 3 network, I bought it on 02 and I'm using a proxy sim until the unlock is released on December 31.

I'm already on a 3 contract, but I wanted an iPhone, and I didn't want to try and break the contract as I'm happy with 3.
 
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