MSE News: Tesco Mobile to sell the iPhone

Former_MSE_Penelope
Former_MSE_Penelope Posts: 536 Forumite
edited 10 December 2009 at 4:29PM in Mobiles
This is the discussion thread for the following MSE News Story:

"Tesco Mobile will be the fourth UK network to carry Apple’s iPhone, bolstering hopes increased competition will bring lower prices."

Read the full story:
Tesco next to sell Apple iPhone
Breaking news:
Tesco Mobile unveils iPhone costs



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  • talkalot
    talkalot Posts: 218 Forumite
    Every little helps as they say. Now this might shake up the market.
    http://direct.tesco.com/p/inc/specials/iphone/default.asp
  • CG19a
    CG19a Posts: 765 Forumite
    My iphone contract is due up in January, so I'm looking forward to possibly getting staff discount from Tesco.
  • morg_monster
    morg_monster Posts: 2,392 Forumite
    excited about this! I've been on Tesco PAYG for a few years now and have always been really pleased with them, I was planning to go on contract and get an Iphone soon but was sorry that I would have to go onto a different network. Maybe I won't need to, yay!
  • garyw73
    garyw73 Posts: 52 Forumite
    Will this mean a price war at last??

    Fingers crossed.....
  • kendalls_cave
    kendalls_cave Posts: 439 Forumite
    I read this too :) I ws going to go with Tesco with my T- mobile contract expires in Dec anyhow, but this makes it even more appealing :)
    :j £2 coins = £2.00 :j
  • duckbrfc
    duckbrfc Posts: 31 Forumite
    Great news, surely this will open up the market a bit?
    I got a bar of chocolate through the post from O2 recently, just as a "thank you" apparently. I'd rather they reduced the £45 they charge me a month for my iPhone instead though!!!!

    Up for renewal in Jan/Feb time, so hopefully prices will tumble after Christmas
  • M4RKM
    M4RKM Posts: 5,132 Forumite
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    well, o2 are saying that this is in conjunction with themselves, blah blah blah - http://twitter.com/O2/status/6045619535, so really I don't see a price drop at all... it's just another retailer, and another little name on the carrier. Tesco Mobile is just an virtual network that uses o2..

    M
  • zierisaver
    zierisaver Posts: 135 Forumite
    markymoo wrote: »
    well, o2 are saying that this is in conjunction with themselves, blah blah blah - http://twitter.com/O2/status/6045619535, so really I don't see a price drop at all... it's just another retailer, and another little name on the carrier. Tesco Mobile is just an virtual network that uses o2..

    M

    Shame, thanks for the heads up. Orange are doing iPhones now though and Vodafone I think in the New Year, so we'll just have to hope that they bring the prices down. It's all irrelevant anyway, I'll drop my new one and crack the screen a month after it arrives
    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
  • Jon_01
    Jon_01 Posts: 5,870 Forumite
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    The word is that Apple are dictating the price the networks can charge, if that's true there's little chance of any price drop. . .
  • zierisaver
    zierisaver Posts: 135 Forumite
    Jon_01 wrote: »
    The word is that Apple are dictating the price the networks can charge, if that's true there's little chance of any price drop. . .

    Maybe we'll have to rely on an alternative to really rock the boat. The problem is, once you've got an iPhone everything else just feels like a step down, even if it technically isn't
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