iPhone V2 speculation...

iMacMart · 8 Jun 2008 at 13:27

Fstop11 said:
i wonder how they will give you the phone as a current iphone/o2 customer.

Over the counter like they always do?

There's a lot of unanswered questions that will become clear tomorrow evening I think

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 8 Jun 2008 at 16:13

Yeah I meant if they force you to sign a contract in store I meant.

J1234 · 8 Jun 2008 at 16:13

http://arstechnica.com/journals/app...tail-receiving-shipments-new-signs-for-monday

Looks like they will be in stores ready for Tuesday!? Who knows!?

Stinky · 8 Jun 2008 at 16:53

Justin said:
http://arstechnica.com/journals/app...tail-receiving-shipments-new-signs-for-monday

Looks like they will be in stores ready for Tuesday!? Who knows!?

how exciting

there still no news on prices or features etc?? (or have i been living under a rock for a few weeks)

J1234 · 8 Jun 2008 at 16:54

Existing?

Meatball · 8 Jun 2008 at 16:59

I'll be annoyed if they make you sign a contract in store. I know it's not very honest but they either get business from me just buying an iPhone and no contract or nothing.

iMacMart · 8 Jun 2008 at 17:02

Meatball said:
I'll be annoyed if they make you sign a contract in store. I know it's not very honest but they either get business from me just buying an iPhone and no contract or nothing.

Yeah thats a major concern of mine now

I'm happy to pay the £269 (I know this was the old price) and walk out with the handset

Stinky · 8 Jun 2008 at 17:06

Justin said:
Existing?

nothing to see here....

Cosmic182 · 8 Jun 2008 at 17:07

wasnt there word of O2 doing a pay as you go anyway?

iSam · 8 Jun 2008 at 17:40

Wow, its been awhile, good to be back in the fold.

Can't wait for a new iPhone, I don't think I will be upgrading straight away, have a stack of student debts to pay off.

Steedie · 8 Jun 2008 at 17:41

Does anyone know whats happening with existing customers yet?

I read an article about it being a free upgrade which I highly doubt, or a £50 to £100 upgrade fee

Either would be great, first being the better of course, just wondered what the real situation is

iSam · 8 Jun 2008 at 18:04

Probably free to kick all the unlockers in the teeth.

G-MAN2004 · 8 Jun 2008 at 19:18

I hope the new one is white, or I'll cry. The ones in that site posted above look awful..

iMacMart · 8 Jun 2008 at 19:23

White is apple but I'd be worried that it would show the dirt or marks to much....

Black would do me, however what ever it turns out to be i'll be buying one lol

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 8 Jun 2008 at 19:23

upgrade option really would be a good move if Apple did that. Forcing more people to sign a contract and by the time its ready for iphone v3 they scrap the idea and have already forced you onto the contract.

iMacMart · 8 Jun 2008 at 19:29

Took this from the telegraph newspaper online

"As part of the shake-up, which is designed to help Apple shift 10m iPhone handsets globally this year, O2 is expected to offer the first pay-as-you-go version of the iPhone, and to force contract customers to sign up to the network before leaving stores with the phone"

So you could just buy a "pay as you go" and walk out with the handset too then?

"Apple also wants to prevent contract customers "unlocking" the iPhone for a small fee at specialist mobile phone shops and inserting the SIM card from their existing provider into the handset"

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 8 Jun 2008 at 20:25

well you could just buy it on pay as you go and walk out of the store with it but a pay as you go version isn't going to be cheap is it? If it was then theres no point forcing contract users to sign in store.

iMacMart · 8 Jun 2008 at 20:31

Yea I know it won't be cheap but as long as it's not over the first £269 price I'm not too bothered...

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 8 Jun 2008 at 20:50

cant really see the point of the iphone on pay as you go. one of its main gimmics is the fact its a fantastic internet phone and that is something I wouldnt spend my money on if it was not included in my contract. Top ups simply don't go far enough.

csmager · 8 Jun 2008 at 20:55

Fstop11 said:
cant really see the point of the iphone on pay as you go. one of its main gimmics is the fact its a fantastic internet phone and that is something I wouldnt spend my money on if it was not included in my contract. Top ups simply don't go far enough.

I'm sure they'd realise that and offer a certain amount of free internet if you top up by x per month.

Most payg operators already seem to be advertising payg with unlimited facebook etc access.