Poll: Will YOU be buying the iPhone 3G[s]?

[Alex_L]

If that's the case then you can easily afford to pay off the remaining 6 months of the contract after 12months has lapsed

I am also trying to resist the lure of the 3GS, it's hard though

i can definitely afford to do it, but the hassle involved seems pretty high given from what i've heard I have to cancel my current contract and take out a new one as opposed to usually for upgrades, i call up, tell them the phone I want, and it arrives 2 days later.

the other thing that will irritate me about buying out my contract, is i'll lose the ability to negotiate the upgrade at renewal time.

Why can't the phone industry stick with 12 month contracts

 

[Range]

Deffo saving for this.

 

[GreenMint]

Someone tell me what to do My contract with o2 is due for upgrade at the end of August, but I would love to get an iphone now, had an ipod touch for a while and really getting along with it after the initial tricky period

I'm on an o2 Tariff, due to upgrade August 28th, currently paying £30/month for 600 mins, 1000 texts, unlimited data.

I want to get an iphone, and yeah, this week, just because i've resited long enough, I have 3 options:

Upgrade to an iphone 3g/3gs both will cost the same roughly, £320, but that will be £140 to pay off the 4 billing dates remaining on my contract, and £180 for the 16gb 3gs on £35/mo tariff. Downside being that I'll have to cancel my contract, move my number to a PAYG sim, then onto the other new account sim, wasting about a week or 2 with no number or my number in limbo!

Buy an iphone 3g on PAYG, use it for afew months on 3.0 and see how I go with it, when upgrade time comes, maybe upgrade to a 3gs and sell the 3g on the bay (My favourite idea at the minute)

As above, but buy a 3gs this week on PAYG and upgrade to another if I get along with it, selling one of them.

If I bought a 3g/3gs now, would I be able to use it straight out of the box with my o2 account? I've currently got an N95 8GB that I've had since last March, would there be any obstacle sstopping me from getting the most from the iphone straight out of the box?

Last idea, buy a 3g/3gs on PAYG, if I enjoy it and feel like doing so, move down to simplicity for a while if I can port my number, and then take out a new contract next time I feel like a new phone.

Cheers

 

[DAnDan]

I won't be buying it, while it's a great piece of design and software, I'm too much of a technology lover to want one really.

 

[JediFragger]

Decided now, am sticking to the 3G

 

[stoke1863]

No, Video Recording isn't a feature that comes with 3.0 OS - instead it comes in the 3G. This is purely because the iPhone 3G has a camera only capable of taking pictures, whereas the iPhone 3G can take pictures at 3MP and videos at 30fps VGA.

Then why does my hacked 2g record? with an app from cydia Fair do's its only 15fps but its better than nothing

 

[HEADRAT]

OK I want to pick up a new Iphone on Friday, I have two questions:-

1. What protective cover should I get (nothing bulky, as invisible as possible)?

2. What about insurance/accidental damage cover etc?

Thanks

HEADRAT

 

[Slogan]

I would recommend the Incase Slider, HEADRAT. It bulks the iPhone up a little bit but the protection is brilliant - my phone looks virtually brand new when I remove it for cleaning.

You may also want to get one of the invisible shield things that goes over the screen.

 

[HEADRAT]

What about the ZAGG cover?

 

[aaron]

no personally the new feutures compared to the ones the 3g's already got dont warrent an upgrade unless its pretty damn cheap (considering i had to fork out 125 quid last month as well to get my 3g fixed as the screen somehow cracked i dont see the point in paying for it if im just gonna upgrade anyway)

 

[Barks]

I thought O2 only let you "buy out" of iPhone contracts?

 

[FishFluff]

I'm getting one. I bought an ipod touch 6 months ago and I've found myself constantly wishing it was an iPhone as the touch interface makes the one on my current phone (LG Viewty) look prehistoric.

 

[MoBo]

Yeah i'm in the same position, i love my ipod touch, trying to persuade my g/f that she wants it.

 

[MehulLakhani]

Went to the 02 shop today - said that they are not taking pre-orders. Phoned 02 direct - they say phone back friday at 6pm ?!?

Is this what everyone else is being told ?

R

Mehul

 

[HEADRAT]

Carphone Warehouse told me I could order one and it would be available on the 19th.

The Apple Store in Cambridge said they would be open from 08:00 on Friday and it would be first come first served and they didn't know how many phones they were getting.

 

[Realillusion222]

Only 4 months into my 18 month contract on my iPhone 3G, so i'll just wait for new model next year methinks.

 

[Ciphon]

No... I don't paticularly need the upgrade at the moment, the normal iPhone 3g will do me just fine until the end of my contract

 

[SteveOBHave]

No - far too excessively priced and not enough storage to replace my ipod.

 

[Kemik]

Switched my contract to Simplicity today. I'll be buying the phone outright on Friday morning. Bright and early

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Carphone Warehouse told me I could order one and it would be available on the 19th.

The Apple Store in Cambridge said they would be open from 08:00 on Friday and it would be first come first served and they didn't know how many phones they were getting.

What a load of balls.. they know, but they fear the backlash if they say it's going to be limited availability.

I expect there to be shortages, just like the 3G launch.