New O2 iPhone contracts

No harm trying, however you signed upto a contract with x mins and x texts so I doubt they will increase it for you. The iPhone is a rip off price device to start with.

Free ‘unlimited’ bolt-on deals, available to high-value customers, will controversially be dropped, which may put O2 at a disadvantage with rivals Orange and Vodafone.
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optitech-uk said:
No harm trying, however you signed upto a contract with x mins and x texts so I doubt they will increase it for you. The iPhone is a rip off price device to start with.
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Mine luckily ends (ironically really cos I spent £10 once on more texts so my contract is up a month early!) early and I'll be moving to orange because their 3G and add ons are more suited to me.

I wonder if I phone up and say "look, if you don't upgrade me for free I leave at the end of my contract!".

I agree its abit of a rip but its epically useful to me along with MobileMe, so it stays!
 
Concorde Rules said:
Mine luckily ends (ironically really cos I spent £10 once on more texts so my contract is up a month early!) early and I'll be moving to orange because their 3G and add ons are more suited to me.

I wonder if I phone up and say "look, if you don't upgrade me for free I leave at the end of my contract!".

I agree its abit of a rip but its epically useful to me along with MobileMe, so it stays!
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The thing is its only 18 month and 24 month contracts cheapest £25.00 a month for next to no mins and next to no texts but I have noticed that the ones with the unlimited texts you now pay for the handset covering the costs of the texts. Crafty huh? lol.
 
Just called 2302 and switched my old £35 iphone tariff to the new one, halved my minutes but the unlimited texts will save a lot :)
 
They've just switched the contract around to attract more customers.

There is obviously a trend that mobile customers prefer to text now rather than call so this will be much more of an attraction to get more people to sign on the line.

Its always been a major gripe of mine that the iPhone contract never had enough texts.

I ended up on the £30 a month one with the text bolt on on my O2 contract.
 
I brought the phone on PAYG and stuck with that for a 6mths using their free data. Now im on a simplicity for £20/mth with 700mins / 1400 texts and unlimited data. Combine that with the £5 a month I save from my o2 BB and im a happy man.

O2's iPhone deals are a rip off!
 
K@rl said:
I brought the phone on PAYG and stuck with that for a 6mths using their free data. Now im on a simplicity for £20/mth with 700mins / 1400 texts and unlimited data. Combine that with the £5 a month I save from my o2 BB and im a happy man.

O2's iPhone deals are a rip off!
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You got that right, the best deals are to buy the phone outright and then bash on a simplicity sim.
 
I changed my contract to Orange yesterday as it seems O2 have gone downhill since the last time I upgraded.

I spoke to 4 different people on the phone last week and all seem to suggest they have stopped giving existing loyal customers a little benefit and targeting new customers instead.

They were unwilling to price match with their competitors on similar deals.
It is such a shame, as I didn't want to leave O2 but they were not willing to keep me

ps: Whats with phone operators mad keen on buying your old iphone?
 
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I'm on the O2 18 month contract at £25 a month - 600 minutes and 500 texts. I sometimes get close to or exceed the texts, but never use more than 100 minutes a month. Halving the minutes in exchange for unlimited texts sounds very attractive - thanks for pointing it out!
 
I'm switching to Vodaphone when my contract is up with O2. I pay £35 per month for 600 mins 1000 texts from data (but bloody expensive if accessed abroad!).

With Iphones the monopoly has stopped and now all of them will be fighting for customers shortly, barter, haggle and blackmail your provider and you will be suprised what you get.

Phone customer services and say "I'm thinking of switching to X provider as they offer more..." then persist with them till they give you something to stay with them.
 
Am I missing something?

O2 iPhone Simplicity 20
500 minutes
1200 messages
Cloud Wi-Fi access
Unlimited data usage
Visual voicemail

£20
 
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