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[JR]

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All depends if you have the cash to buy payg and use your existing sim card or if you'd rather take a contract upgrade and get the iPhone for a lower upfront cost. If you choose to buy payg then swap your current tariff onto a iPhone Simplicity option instead.

Cant really justify spending £400 - £600 to buy it on PAYG, think i may have to wait to see what contract options are available on release day etc.

 

[AK]

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I thought the main reason for buying an iPhone PAYG and sticking a simplicity sim in it was cause o2 didn't do unlimited texts on the iPhone contracts? Now they do so i don't really see the need to blow £400 up front anymore..

 

[172Ben]

Re: iPhone 4G (No longer rumours)

It works out cheaper, but the initial outlay is more, which puts some people off.

Id rather spend £540 on a phone, and then £17.50 per month on a 30 day sim card like i do now, than pay £40+pm on an 18/24 month contract.

Gives me the flexibility to sell my phone in a few weeks, and buy another and not be tied in etc.

 

[coxy777]

Re: iPhone 4G (No longer rumours)

It works out cheaper, but the initial outlay is more, which puts some people off.

Id rather spend £540 on a phone, and then £17.50 per month on a 30 day sim card like i do now, than pay £40+pm on an 18/24 month contract.

Gives me the flexibility to sell my phone in a few weeks, and buy another and not be tied in etc.

+1

 

[Christopher]

Re: iPhone 4G (No longer rumours)

No need for the nasty remarks TBH. Justin was asking a reasonable question.

You sorted now mate?

 

[Vish]

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I did similar to Ben, contract was up last Jan but I wanted to wait for the 3GS, so went with a sim only cheque-back contract, works out under £12/month and just bought the 3GS on PAYG. Big cost but sometimes it's nice to have the majority of the cost out of the way. Saved over £150 doing it this way also.

 

[JR]

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No need for the nasty remarks TBH. Justin was asking a reasonable question.

You sorted now mate?

Think so mate, just going to wait it out. Contract is up for renewal next week actually i checked today.

So i think the best thing to do is wait till its released and then sort out what i am going to do. Might upgrade on my current contract 1400 mins, unlimited texts, unlimited o2 to o2 and unlimited internet. Sell the upgrade handset and buy the 4G outright on PAYG.

 

[sideways danny]

Re: iPhone 4G (No longer rumours)

It works out cheaper, but the initial outlay is more, which puts some people off.

Id rather spend £540 on a phone, and then £17.50 per month on a 30 day sim card like i do now, than pay £40+pm on an 18/24 month contract.

Gives me the flexibility to sell my phone in a few weeks, and buy another and not be tied in etc.

I'm making that a bit of a maths fail on your part TBH

18 x £40 (do people REALLY pay this???) = £720

£540 + (£17.50 x 18) = £850

So you're paying more overall AND paying a big lump up front

And just for reference on my HTC I pay £31 a month on 18 month contract, so £558 for the whole term. The phone outright would have been £429

 

[sn00p]

iPhone 4G (No longer rumours)

It's not 18*17.50 though because you're not locked into a long contract, simplicity is a monthly contract.

Come next summer, you sell the 4G a month before the new one comes out for not much less than you bought it for and then buy the new one when it comes out. There's no remainder of contract to sit out and no new contract to enter into.

You're laughing all the way to the bank.

 

[172Ben]

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As above. Brilliant, please at least do some research.

My 32gb would be £50x18 + £89 for the phone = £989, compared to my 30 day option, which has a 1 month contract length.

This is ignoring the fact I get my iPhone contracts half price since vodafone started doing them

 

[Revels]

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Exactly.

I bought mine PAYG on day1 last year. All the contract people have got another 6months left. Fail.

 

[Chili Red]

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It's not 18*17.50 though because you're not locked into a long contract, simplicity is a monthly contract.

It is if you decide to keep the phone for 18 months though, and would therefore work out more expensive in comparison. Of course you can make back a lot of the upfront cost by selling it though.

PAYG is just easier for fanboys like Dan who like to have a new phone every five minutes

 

[seb]

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i don't see this £17.50 tariff?

all i can see is the 1 mth simplicity tariff for £20 and the 12mth one for £15.

 

[Revels]

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PAYG is £15. Unlimited texts. Unlimited internet.

 

[seb]

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mine is up on the 23rd of July.

Will prob look into the PAYG option but tbh i prob text say 300 times a mth and use about 300-400 minutes a mth.

 

[172Ben]

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I'm not on o2

 

[philmots]

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I need the contract for the family bolt on etc..

 

[Mwindow]

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I went into the o2 shop in Hanley yesterday to query iPhone tariffs.

I'm currently on o2 Simplicity using a shitty old K750i with broken buttons. It's £18 per month for 600 mins, 1000 texts and unlimited data.

o2 iPhone Simplicity is;
£15 per month for 300 mins, unlimited texts and unlimited data or
£20 per month for 600 mins, unlimited texts and unlimited data

I asked if the tariffs would stay the same for the new iPhone, but they didn't know.

 

[DazG]

Re: iPhone 4G (No longer rumours)

Still waiting to get my hands on my first Iphone, currently have a SE C905.

Does anyone know the UK release date yet?

 

[Revels]

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18th is what I made up.

But other than that, no idea what so ever. We don't even know for certain there's a new phone yet.

 

[DazG]

Re: iPhone 4G (No longer rumours)

18th is what I made up.

But other than that, no idea what so ever. We don't even know for certain there's a new phone yet.

Oh well. I can hold out for a while, my current phone is going strong still.

My vodafone contract runs out in June/July, can't remember exact date, but I play on moving to Orange.

 

[Revels]

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I meant June 18th for iPhone release.

That seems most likely.

 

[DazG]

Re: iPhone 4G (No longer rumours)

I meant June 18th for iPhone release.

That seems most likely.

Coolio! Might just have overlap two contracts for a while then

 

[Peanut Butter]

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DazG i wouldnt move to orange, im moving away from them now after 7 years. The service is crap, theres many places ive been where my 02 friends have had max signal and ive had none.

My contract ends in 30 days and will be getting a 1 month simplicity in the current phone i have untill i know more about whats happening with this iphone stuff.

I plan on having a 12month iphone simplicity tariff and buying the phone outright, worked out the same when i calculated it but instead ive got £20 per month coming out instead of £40 which will make me feel better!

 

[Christopher]

Re: iPhone 4G (No longer rumours)

Seriously excited now!

I think I'll just get one on launch day, and overlap the contracts by a month.

 

[m4rkie23]

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Hope they go down the route of:

steve - "its a better phone, but its cheaper"

 

[Mwindow]

Re: iPhone 4G (No longer rumours)

Seriously excited now!

I think I'll just get one on launch day, and overlap the contracts by a month.

So you're going for a contract rather than purchase outright and PAYG?

 

[sneeks]

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I think I'll be buying a 32gb iPhone this time around.

 

[m4rkie23]

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I doubt they will offer anything less tbh mate?

 

[Chris n nic]

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My contract is up this month but what happens after it ends...will I need to get a simplicity as above to keep it runnning for a month?

 

[Tom]

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Give O2 a buzz

 

[paddymph]

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http://gizmodo.com/5536912/another-lost-iphone-4-shows-new-details

 

[Gally]

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Think that's already been posted mate, Vietnam dude iirc.

Probably a copy of the new iPhone knowing those easties!

 

[paddymph]

Re: iPhone 4G (No longer rumours)

i flicked back few pages and couldnt find it? Seems that it will look like the original lost one, just without those screws. I'm not a fan of the volume buttons...?

 

[m4rkie23]

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They have been designed to stop any issues with the case surrounding the buttons breaking. I cant foresee any issues with the structure of that model. Complete aluminium surrounding = win!

 

[David]

Re: iPhone 4G (No longer rumours)

prob going for a 32g one i would think. i've lived with 16gb for long enough, 64 seems overkill!

 

[Christopher]

Re: iPhone 4G (No longer rumours)

I'll be after a 32GB on contract.

 

[Lou]

Re: iPhone 4G (No longer rumours)

Depending on the contracts offered I've not decided if I will just upgrade or buy on PAYG and keep current iPhone simplicity tariff!

 

[doddy]

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^thats what im thinking tbh. Any ideas on what the price would to buy the phone outright? Dont know what they have been on 3G/3GS as i have always had contract.

 

[m4rkie23]

Re: iPhone 4G (No longer rumours)

prob about £450-500