O2 & I Phone

mangobreeder · 8 Sep 2008 at 22:12

Now that its been confirmed that o2 will be offering PAYG I phones for 400 odd quid.

does this mean ill be able to get the iphone as a standard upgrade for my monthly tarrif? or do you ahve to take the crappy i-phone tarrif.

Burnsy2023 · 8 Sep 2008 at 22:13

I would have thought you'd keep whatever tarrif you were on previous to buying the handset. I don't think the iPhone has any special network requirements.

Burnsy

mangobreeder · 8 Sep 2008 at 22:25

ill ask when i call up on the tenth.

Wicksta · 8 Sep 2008 at 22:34

If you mean "Will O2 be offering their standard tariffs on the iPhone along with releasing the the PAYG version?" then as far as I know there are no plans for it.

J1234 · 9 Sep 2008 at 21:08

If you want a contract then you will have to take out the iPhone tariff. You can upgrade to the contract, but will still have to use the iPhone tariff.

unknowndomain · 13 Sep 2008 at 15:50

Why do people hate the iPhone tarrifs? They are good, you get loads of minutes and texts, plus boltons and unlimited internet use.

Irish_Tom · 13 Sep 2008 at 17:32

Exactly,

With the iPhone 35, for an extra £10 a month, I'm getting an extra 400 text messages and 400 minutes over my Online 25 Talker plus I'm getting an iPhone. Doesn't seem like too bad a deal to me.

Panzer

unknowndomain · 13 Sep 2008 at 17:40

I guess people don't like being tied in some times, but it makes me wonder, why they don't when most people see quite happy to blindly sign up financial contracts all the time.

FreeStream · 13 Sep 2008 at 19:52

Panzerbjorn said:
Exactly,

With the iPhone 35, for an extra £10 a month, I'm getting an extra 400 text messages and 400 minutes over my Online 25 Talker plus I'm getting an iPhone. Doesn't seem like too bad a deal to me.

Panzer

It is for people like me who:

1. Have free btopenzone access anyway thanks to some deal we got
2. Don't call at all, Eg. in 3 months of having my iPhone im up to 100 mins
3. text around 600 a month
4. Don't use voicemail.

I get everything I want (350/650/unlimited internet through EDGE) for £22.50 a month.

£200 for the original phone, £405 for the contract = £605

O2 wanted: £630 for contract, £99 for the phone = £729.

Hmm.... save £124 or not? Student here so at £2 a pint thats 62 pints which lasts me 20 weeks.

Ooh the maths there!

unknowndomain · 13 Sep 2008 at 20:01

But why would you want to go on a contract like the OP said but not be on the iPhone contracts?

I get why some people want pay as you go, but why do they want non iPhone plans? Or do they want pre pay plans like Simplicity? Im not sure now?

FreeStream · 13 Sep 2008 at 20:47

unknowndomain said:
But why would you want to go on a contract like the OP said but not be on the iPhone contracts?

I get why some people want pay as you go, but why do they want non iPhone plans? Or do they want pre pay plans like Simplicity? Im not sure now?

Simplicity or just a better contract, a more text based one for example.

I even emailed the head of O2 showing all the maths and he said there was nothing he could do.

There loss tbh, £600 of revenue lost from one person alone when there are quite a few thousand iPhones out there must suggest they have something wrong.