Cheapest iPhone discussion

Louisa2010

pemcl wrote: »

I called 6 or 7 times today waiting for the 3gs to come in and several of them all said they could do me a deal on the 16gb 3g instead.

So there seems to be the 3g for definite but no 3gs's. The first girl gave me an idea of the deal I would get on the 3gs -

32gb 3gs for free, 500mins, unlimited texts, web, wifi
18months for £35 a month

or

16gb 3gs for free 500mins, unlimited texts, web, wifi
18months for £31 a month

yeah ive been phoning every day since end of feb....and never have any 3gs refurb in stock-they always say its due in 2 days or whatever and when u call there is never any. i feel like giving up now!! been three weeks now and o2 have no idea-when u think about it its the case of waiting for ppl to return them-apple to refurb them and then be enough to send a batch to o2...takes a while!

pemcl_2

Louisa2010 wrote: »

yeah ive been phoning every day since end of feb....and never have any 3gs refurb in stock-they always say its due in 2 days or whatever and when u call there is never any. i feel like giving up now!! been three weeks now and o2 have no idea-when u think about it its the case of waiting for ppl to return them-apple to refurb them and then be enough to send a batch to o2...takes a while!

I'm just tooooo impatient! lol I only got into the last month of my contract on sunday, I couldnt even wait more than 24 hours!

I have to admit though that all the ones i spoke to yesterday were all very nice and they said they all get 6 or 7 calls a day from people looking for the refurbs. So if they were to tell everyone when they definitely are due in then they couldnt cope with the call volumes.

A friend of mine 16gb 3g broke under warranty and they were given a 16gb 3GS as a replacement..... heres hoping mine breaks soon!!!! lol

ANewBeginning

Just spoke to renteions. No 16gig 3gs refurbs still.

I was offered one of these free, on 18month contract, 600 mins, unlimited texts, web and wifi. Just need them to come into stock!! Or is it worth pushing for a 32gig....or am I being cheeky? ;);)

RCarling

ANewBeginning wrote: »

Just spoke to renteions. No 16gig 3gs refurbs still.

I was offered one of these free, on 18month contract, 600 mins, unlimited texts, web and wifi. Just need them to come into stock!! Or is it worth pushing for a 32gig....or am I being cheeky? ;);)

they don't have any of these in stock either, I keep being offered great deals but it's pointless them doing this when they have no phones to back up their offer. It's getting ridiculous now

p1tse

ordered two 16gb 3gs via orange friends and family

1.
phone cost £128
24 months x (£30x20% off) £24 = £576
total = £576 + 128 = £704


2.
phone cost £0
24month contract on (£40x20% off) £32 = £768
however looking at MSE i should be able to downgrade half way through
12 x £32 = £384
12 x (£35x20%off) £28 = £336
total = £720

In my mind i'm get 0% finance deal on buying the 3gs over 24months say. what's the cost of one, £440?

so, £720 - £440 - £110 (trade in cost of current handset nokia n95gb) = £170

£170/24months = £7.08/monthly line rental.
£440/24months (iphone) = £18.33/monthly cost
total monthly cost of £25.41 for iphone number 2.

i didn't do it for both, just incase i couldn't downgrade and wife is a low mins and text user.

sol198

hi people,

i currently have the iphone 3g 8gb which i think is amazing, my contract (18months) with this is due for renewal in april. I know there is usually a new iphone due out in the summer and i will probably get that when it is released.

what would be the best option to fill that gap in between april and july?

my usage in a month is about 400mins, 100 texts ( i use email usually instead of texting) and i use wifi and 3g a lot

i really want to get down from the 35 i pay just now so would payg sim only to put in my iphone be an option like simplicity or tesco, would need to be close to my needs though,

any advice?

baxgttdi

For such a small period as 3 months, why don't you just continue your existing contract on till June when ou could get the new Iphone? Downgrading to a sim only plan for 3 months would save you less than £40 in total. When weighing up the time to port your number and then back again etc is it really worth it?

WildWayz

O2 are doing a Sim Only iPhone tariff... 300mins, unlimited SMS, unlimited data on a 30 day rolling contract... £20pm.

Louisa2010

yeah i phoned today and was offered deal on refurb 3g and 3gs but still no 3gs in stock......bored now

no_more_cards_for_me

Louisa2010 wrote: »

yeah i phoned today and was offered deal on refurb 3g and 3gs but still no 3gs in stock......bored now

So no 3gs in stock yet then ...