Good point. I think the only difference (apart from saving yourself £15 per month) is that you lose unlimited wi-fi and visual voicemail?
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Good point. I think the only difference (apart from saving yourself £15 per month) is that you lose unlimited wi-fi and visual voicemail?
In Bath the O2 store got 10 16Gb's. All of which were sold* to people that got there for the 8AM opening (most arrived at 7AM). And then the store got a further 10 the next friday.
* Well I say sold..... remember the fiasco with O2s computer systems and how long it took to process!
Yes that's right. Wi-fi is available as a bolt on but visual voicemail is only available as part of the iPhone monthly tariffs.
Wow! You can really sense the excitement there
There were more staff than customers at opening time.
I remember it well. I got in the Apple Store at 8:05am and left with my iPhone 3G at 4:45pm.
My Friend puts £10 on a month, if that, and he gets his Unlimited Data.
When your under £1 Credit, you cant use it though.
Wow! You can really sense the excitement there
LOL
Although I was 10th in line at the O2 store in the same city for the 3G launch and there was a huge queue behind me. Didn't realise the Apple Store launch looked like such a flop. Presumably because they were only doing new contracts?
well I am hoping to get my down in surray quays shopping center.
there is an O2 and a carephonewarehouse and I ask both if they have soom in stock and go friday morning.
Pay as You go 32GB version.
screw the price... I just buy it.
there is an O2 and a carephonewarehouse and I ask both if they have soom in stock and go friday morning.
Pay as You go 32GB version.
screw the price... I just buy it.
agreed. Completely ridiculous and you simply can't justify that price. Someones trying to screw us lol and I believe it's o2.....
i ended up paying £550 for the n95 when that came out, so the price for a 32gb iphone aint that bad really i think
In Bath the O2 store got 10 16Gb's. All of which were sold* to people that got there for the 8AM opening (most arrived at 7AM). And then the store got a further 10 the next friday.
* Well I say sold..... remember the fiasco with O2s computer systems and how long it took to process!
These were the lines at the O2 bullring store last year, 1st pic is upstairs and 2nd pic was downstairs line. I was about 10th in line and they only had about twelve 16gb. There were many unhappy customers in who didnt get a 16gb!
Oh well this year ill be going to the apple store to get the PAYG option. I remember that the apple stores had plenty of stock compared to O2 & CPW. Plus I wont be going anywhere near an O2 store, with all the activation problems they had last year.
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I'm reading all these articles about enabling tethering using this hack WITHOUT jailbreaking the phone, but you need things like itunes 8.0 beta and iPhone os 3.0 beta, etc... do you think when everything is released, itunes 8.0 and iPhone os 3.0 will there be a way of enabling tethering on o2, without jailbreaking it??
let's hope so!
let's hope so!
I think the press got some photos of the New Street O2 Store. I'd guess there were about 50 queueing by the time the doors opened.
Did both O2 stores in the Bullring have queues?
Yea both had queues of about 30 or so when it opened. By the time i left there were not nearly as many people waiting as it took so long to serve customers, and people were being late for work, and all the 16GB had already been allocated. Stores opened at 8am, I was 10th in line but didnt leave with my iPhone until after 10am
After the nightmare I had last year both with Carphone Warehouse and O2 I will never go to them for upgrades again unless they sort their acts out.
Carphone - They cancelled my order in mid transit, I was due to collect from my local store. Took the morning off work, waited inline in the rain from 8.30am for me to get into the store to be told we don't have your order yet. Come back tonight. I do and then I get told it will be here tomorrow. I ring CPW to complain and they say my order was cancelled for a unknown reason. No stock now. I was fuming.
O2 - I find a O2 store that had one left, they put it aside and I go down to get it. They run multiple credit checks on me, because of the laggy system and it crashing. I pass my first one, but the system crashed, so he said he has to start again with a new credit check which i then Fail. He says thats not right, so he runs another new credit check which i fail again. The multiple checks knackered my credit score in my opinion. I have a personal car loan which gets paid without fail every month. I have many direct debits, never missed a payment, i previously had a great credit history. I leave the shop iPhoneless and fuming.
I go to Apple two days later.
I had a great experience. Sets me up, says that the credit check comes back as a conditional accept but because I told him what I've been through he says the conditional accept is on us, I won't let you pay that for what they've put you through. The activation system was buggered, so we waited and tried to jig it into life by switching on and off. He said I should leave the store with it turned off and turn on when I got home. So I leave the store very grateful for what the guy did for me. Then to top it all off as I'm leaving the Trafford Centre which is massive, and Apple store is bang in the middle I get a tap on the shoulder and theres the Apple guy, panting, he only ran the entire shopping centre to tell me the activation should work now. I turn it on, and it does.
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Carphone - They cancelled my order in mid transit, I was due to collect from my local store. Took the morning off work, waited inline in the rain from 8.30am for me to get into the store to be told we don't have your order yet. Come back tonight. I do and then I get told it will be here tomorrow. I ring CPW to complain and they say my order was cancelled for a unknown reason. No stock now. I was fuming.
O2 - I find a O2 store that had one left, they put it aside and I go down to get it. They run multiple credit checks on me, because of the laggy system and it crashing. I pass my first one, but the system crashed, so he said he has to start again with a new credit check which i then Fail. He says thats not right, so he runs another new credit check which i fail again. The multiple checks knackered my credit score in my opinion. I have a personal car loan which gets paid without fail every month. I have many direct debits, never missed a payment, i previously had a great credit history. I leave the shop iPhoneless and fuming.
I go to Apple two days later.
I had a great experience. Sets me up, says that the credit check comes back as a conditional accept but because I told him what I've been through he says the conditional accept is on us, I won't let you pay that for what they've put you through. The activation system was buggered, so we waited and tried to jig it into life by switching on and off. He said I should leave the store with it turned off and turn on when I got home. So I leave the store very grateful for what the guy did for me. Then to top it all off as I'm leaving the Trafford Centre which is massive, and Apple store is bang in the middle I get a tap on the shoulder and theres the Apple guy, panting, he only ran the entire shopping centre to tell me the activation should work now. I turn it on, and it does.
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The Carphone Warehouse in the shopping centre I work in had a queue of about 5 people. The staff let off party poppers. Everyone involved looked slightly embarrassed
Are 1st gen iPhone users able to use an OS Simplicity SIM card with their phone without unlocking/jailbreaking it? I thought only the 3G version would work like this... I might be wrong though. Is there anyone out there with a 1st gen and O2 simplicity/O2 PAYG SIM card that hasn't had their phone unlocked?
Sorry for this, but I don't have sympathy for upgraders. I understand you want the latest, but you can't break a legal document for free. I think O2 are on firm ground.
BUT, it's the new market that is astounding. O2 are openly, flagrantly defying Apple's business plan to open the iPhone user base.
I posted this on another thread, but it's better here:
Today iPhone 3G 16Gb on £35pm plan: £57.74. Next week iPhone 3G 8Gb on £35pm plan £96.98
That's the real story and shock. I'm glad the BBC and Guardian are picking this up now.
BUT, it's the new market that is astounding. O2 are openly, flagrantly defying Apple's business plan to open the iPhone user base.
I posted this on another thread, but it's better here:
Today iPhone 3G 16Gb on £35pm plan: £57.74. Next week iPhone 3G 8Gb on £35pm plan £96.98
That's the real story and shock. I'm glad the BBC and Guardian are picking this up now.
Silly Question...
I have a 3g iPhone on the £45 Contract, can I get the Unlimited Text Bolt on? Any Links??
I have a 3g iPhone on the £45 Contract, can I get the Unlimited Text Bolt on? Any Links??
Not sure if this has been answered before but couldnt find it.
If you are a current Gold user, ie most people on a £45 pound contract who go over a bit, then you are eligible for a new phone 3 months early, ie Sept/Oct. Does that mean to upgrade now we only have to pay off 3-4 months and not 6-7, assuming you got your 3G on release day.....?
Suddenly becoming a bit more viable if that is true, knocks another £100 + off the total bill......
Anyone know the answer?
If you are a current Gold user, ie most people on a £45 pound contract who go over a bit, then you are eligible for a new phone 3 months early, ie Sept/Oct. Does that mean to upgrade now we only have to pay off 3-4 months and not 6-7, assuming you got your 3G on release day.....?
Suddenly becoming a bit more viable if that is true, knocks another £100 + off the total bill......
Anyone know the answer?
It's not the upgrading NOW that bothers me.
What does bother me is the fact that O2 and Apple have worked together for around 2 years now, and O2 still do not understand Apple customers.
Its become very obvious now and some may argue it became obvious in June 08 that Apple are going to update the hardware every 12 months. O2 do not offer 12 month contracts so Apple enthusiasts can gain the benefits of this. Most of us actually don't mind paying for the phone though I do agree in comparison to the US we are being overcharged.
I also think most people are upset with the monopoly that O2 have now. If you want a iPhone you don't have a choice, its O2 or do without, so they get away with the ridiculous tethering charges on a 'unlimited data plan' that customers pay for, they get away with the 1 MMS is 4 SMS on a 500 SMS tariff.
What does bother me is the fact that O2 and Apple have worked together for around 2 years now, and O2 still do not understand Apple customers.
Its become very obvious now and some may argue it became obvious in June 08 that Apple are going to update the hardware every 12 months. O2 do not offer 12 month contracts so Apple enthusiasts can gain the benefits of this. Most of us actually don't mind paying for the phone though I do agree in comparison to the US we are being overcharged.
I also think most people are upset with the monopoly that O2 have now. If you want a iPhone you don't have a choice, its O2 or do without, so they get away with the ridiculous tethering charges on a 'unlimited data plan' that customers pay for, they get away with the 1 MMS is 4 SMS on a 500 SMS tariff.