* The iPhone 3G Thread *

Ol!ver · 5 Aug 2008 at 23:52

marscay said:
no it's the iphone, in 2008 you shouldn't have to go via the network to send media to a phone standing next to you on a £400+ phone

Where've you got the £400 price from?

Memphis · 6 Aug 2008 at 00:03

marscay said:
no it's the iphone, in 2008 you shouldn't have to go via the network to send media to a phone standing next to you on a £400+ phone

lol, wut?

Simon · 6 Aug 2008 at 00:06

marscay said:
no it's the iphone, in 2008 you shouldn't have to go via the network to send media to a phone standing next to you on a £400+ phone

Its as easy to email as MMS.

However I would still like to use MMS though

revolutionrock · 6 Aug 2008 at 00:17

Theoretically speaking, is it possible to go over the allowed usage for the 3g data

Say it was 200mb a month, would you exceed this from just browsing, for say an hour a day?

marscay · 6 Aug 2008 at 00:26

Ol!ver said:
Where've you got the £400 price from?

how much are the 3g's then?

marscay · 6 Aug 2008 at 00:27

Simon said:
Its as easy to email as MMS.

However I would still like to use MMS though

i was talking about using bluetooth to another phone.

Memphis · 6 Aug 2008 at 00:29

skeeny said:
Theoretically speaking, is it possible to go over the allowed usage for the 3g data

Say it was 200mb a month, would you exceed this from just browsing, for say an hour a day?

No.

Not that the 200MB limit actually exists by all accounts.

LPL · 6 Aug 2008 at 00:34

marscay said:
how much are the 3g's then?

I just picked one up for around £300, sold my v1 so the upgrade has cost me £100ish

Worth it being on a non-expensive contract!

marscay · 6 Aug 2008 at 00:41

i take it back then, for £300 how dare i expect bluetooth on a phone

Ol!ver · 6 Aug 2008 at 00:42

marscay said:
i take it back then, for £300 how dare i expect bluetooth on a phone

Odd, I paid £99 for mine.

marscay · 6 Aug 2008 at 00:43

Ol!ver said:
Odd, I paid £99 for mine.

that thing called an 18mth contract, i guess you pay nothing on that?

lol

revolutionrock · 6 Aug 2008 at 00:50

Memphis said:
No.

Not that the 200MB limit actually exists by all accounts.

Nice one

getting mine tomorrow, can't wait.

marscay · 6 Aug 2008 at 00:58

it's not a bad deal for £99 on the £30/mth plan for unlimited data/wi-fi, tempting but i'd be gutted if a super phone comes out in the next 6mths and blows the 3g out of the water.

Ol!ver · 6 Aug 2008 at 01:29

marscay said:
that thing called an 18mth contract, i guess you pay nothing on that?

lol

Nope, same way no one with any other phone has to pay for a contract

Adrianr · 6 Aug 2008 at 07:23

marscay said:
it's not a bad deal for £99 on the £30/mth plan for unlimited data/wi-fi, tempting but i'd be gutted if a super phone comes out in the next 6mths and blows the 3g out of the water.

But why? I really don't get this mentality.. It's technology, and it improves quickly.. If something is released in 6 months that blows the iPhone out of the water, a) you've already had 6 months use of a phone superior to anything else, and b) the next iPhone will probably be released in 6 months from that point, which could blow that device out of the water. Unless there is something right around the corner ide just buy now and be happy!

Plus the £30 a month plan is a waste of time.. May aswell pay the extra £5 when you see how much more you get.

Durzel · 6 Aug 2008 at 09:09

Adrianr said:
But why? I really don't get this mentality.. It's technology, and it improves quickly.. If something is released in 6 months that blows the iPhone out of the water, a) you've already had 6 months use of a phone superior to anything else, and b) the next iPhone will probably be released in 6 months from that point, which could blow that device out of the water. Unless there is something right around the corner ide just buy now and be happy!

Plus the £30 a month plan is a waste of time.. May aswell pay the extra £5 when you see how much more you get.

You're right about the £30 plan being useless, however there is some merit to buying "at the right time" because you're tied into a 18-month contract which you would have to buy out if you wanted to get a new phone early.

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 6 Aug 2008 at 10:55

It is possible to hack the phone to allow the sound file for calender events to be the text message tone?

iphone 3g 2.0.1

Hutch · 6 Aug 2008 at 11:20

Got my iphone with the 30/pm tariff, but paying for an unlimited text bolt on since I rarely ring. £37.50 is reasonable for what I get imo..

Also if a new iphone comes out then o2 will presumably let people upgrade to that anyway.. I took insurance with carphone warehouse too (Bit of a rip off) which lets me cancel my contract in 9 months and take a new phone if i want

Ol!ver · 6 Aug 2008 at 12:36

Adrianr said:
But why? I really don't get this mentality.. It's technology, and it improves quickly.. If something is released in 6 months that blows the iPhone out of the water, a) you've already had 6 months use of a phone superior to anything else, and b) the next iPhone will probably be released in 6 months from that point, which could blow that device out of the water. Unless there is something right around the corner ide just buy now and be happy!

Plus the £30 a month plan is a waste of time.. May aswell pay the extra £5 when you see how much more you get.

Didn't they do a deal for upgraders from the old iPhone? The length of the contract doesn't bother me just because of that.

JonB · 6 Aug 2008 at 12:40

Yeah, but only because they had paid the full cost of the phone initially. We haven't done, so I doubt it will be available for the next iPhone.

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