*** The iPhone 3G Thread ***

The iPhone is a PHONE. If you want to discuss *only* the iPod functionality of it then fair enough move it to the Apple forum, otherwise it's a bit stupid.
 
matt100 said:
free on £45.. that sticks it bang in N95 8GB territory and given it has the 8GB, 3G and GPS now its only the camera that its lacking which to a lot of people (myself included) means nothing, I just don't do photos..
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Pfft, my N95 8GB was free on a £30pm contract. ;)
 
Telefonica, which also said nothing specific on its pricing plans, will sell the phone in Spain, while its O2 unit will also sell it in Ireland and (with mobile retailer Carphone Warehouse) in Britain.
Apple's improved iPhone, which runs on a so-called third-generation (3G) networks offering faster data speeds, will sell for as little as $199 (101.60 pounds) in the United States -- half the current entry-level price.
In Britain, consumers subscribing to big monthly plans will get the phone free.

Anyone in the UK wanting the iPhone with 8 gigabytes of storage capacity can pay 99 pounds with a monthly tariff of 30 or 35 pounds, or can sign up for the more expensive 45 and 75 pound tariff and will be given the phone without charge.
The first edition of the 8GB iPhone had cost 269 pounds when it initially went on sale in Britain.
"The demand for the first iPhone was huge and we're preparing for another milestone with the 3G version," Carphone Chief Executive Charles Dunstone said in a statement.
The new iPhone will be accompanied by support for corporate e-mail and a slate of new programs that could help boost sales of the devices, which sport a touch-sensitive screen, wireless Internet access and iPod-style media functions.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080610/tot-uk-iphone-b86c26b.html
 
Tunney said:
I thought the revenue sharing model had now been abandoned? That's what all of the tech press are reporting.
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Oh right I hadn't read that. But wasn't that the reason that O2 got the exclusive iPhone contract in the first place, they were willing to give Apple more of a revenue share than anyone else?

I take most iPhone related stories in the tech press with a pinch of salt. Information is so hard to get hold of that if one person reports something everyone else assumes it's gospel and does the same.
 
Dangerous said:
Any news if its on another network like T-Mobile? For business customers etc?
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Nothing yet. It will be available on O2 business accounts I'm sure. They've made a big thing about the corporate application delivery system and exchange push compatability.

I rekon it will be £250 on PAYG or there abouts. Think about it. They can't price it lower than an 8GB iPod Touch as that would be silly.

Not sure about other carriers. I doubt it though. Even though they aren't doing the revenue sharing thing, O2 will have signed on the dotted line and paid big bucks to Apple to have exclusive rights in the UK.
 
Rilot said:
Nothing yet. It will be available on O2 business accounts I'm sure. They've made a big thing about the corporate application delivery system and exchange push compatability.

I rekon it will be £250 on PAYG or there abouts. Think about it. They can't price it lower than an 8GB iPod Touch as that would be silly.

Not sure about other carriers. I doubt it though. Even though they aren't doing the revenue sharing thing, O2 will have signed on the dotted line and paid big bucks to Apple to have exclusive rights in the UK.
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Yeah its the exchange push that made it for me to be honest! Its the feature I'd really need on a PDA/Phone :)
 
It's come at a perfect time for me as I'm moving onto a different LAN at work at the end of June and the exchange servers on there don't allow IMAP access.
 
question about o2 contracts:
iam currently on payasyougo, if i was to upgrade from that will they knock off any money from the contract cost?
eg when i was using orange i could get a £35contract down to £21.50
 
CDj-Rossi said:
What?!
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Currently I use a mail server at work that allows IMAP access, which is fine for the iPhone V1 as it supports this protocol. I am moving to a different mailserver which only allows the Exchange push protocol which the new iPhone supports.

I'm not sure why you're confused? :confused:
 
I just skimmed the thread but whats new in this phone? we all knew the next version would have 3g but that seems about it doesn't it?
 
kibblerok said:
I just skimmed the thread but whats new in this phone? we all knew the next version would have 3g but that seems about it doesn't it?
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3G, GPS, different colour back and oh, this was the bit that got all the geeks at the keybote all excited - Flushed headphone jack !

That's basically it hardware wise.
 
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