Cheapest iPhone discussion

welshbigman_2

does anyone know if the I phone 4 is available to reserve with Orange yet
Nothing on the website apart from prices and when you phone them there's a pre recorded message saying their operatives can't help???

SUPERJULES

welshbigman wrote: »

does anyone know if the I phone 4 is available to reserve with Orange yet
Nothing on the website apart from prices and when you phone them there's a pre recorded message saying their operatives can't help???

Went past the orange shop today in Sheffield the only thing I saw was a sign on window re iphone 4 that they were opening at 8am on the 24th.

DireEmblem

I went to an orange shop today, and they said that you could pre-order a contract, only when they get the stock in, as they dont know their store allocation.

Max_1066

The new iOS4 software is scheduled for release tomorrow. Probably won't be until early afternoon when the US starts to wake up.

Oscar_The_Grouch

tonylord wrote: »

Hi there,

I wonder if you guys can help me figure out the data cap on O2...

I'm going to get an iPhone 4 (on O2) for my birthday at the end of July (very generous partner!) but don't want to get locked into the new data cap. I'm currently on a Simplicity tariff on O2 with a nokia 6300.

If I change to a iPhone O2 tariff now (ie before the 24th), and then get the iPhone at the end of July, will I be able to keep the old (ie "unlimited") data? And will I be able to use the iPhone tariff on my 6300?

When I get them to swap my SIM to a microSim, will I change to the new cap, or keep the old one?

Thanks very much for your help!

Tony

Tony, they will swap your sim over for you and your data limit will not change until your current contract ends or October 2010, whichever is the LATER of the two.

TommyPB

Oscar_The_Grouch wrote: »

Hi there

Let's see if I've got this right:

1. Sell new HTC phone - say £150 - £200
2. Sell old iPhone - say £200 - £250

This gives you somewhere between £350 and £450 towards the cost of an iPhone, so you still have to pay £50 to £150 just to get the 16Gb phone, plus you have to wait until you've sold your old phones and for there to be stock in the UK again before getting your hands on the iPhone 4.

Alternatively, you could:

1. Pay £200 towards the cost of a new iPhone 4
2. Sell your old iPhone for £200 - £250

This way, you get the phone quicker and the sale of your old phone actually covers the cost of the new one. Either way, you are stuck in a 24 or 18 month contract.

I just wanted to defend the original post. A brand new HTC Desire sells for £300+ on ebay. The iPhone will obviously depend on which version he was planning on selling, but a used 16GB 3GS sells for about £300 also.
I know you can get the Desire free on contract, as I was offered an 18month contract on Orange, with a free phone, 600 mins, unlim texts and unlim data for just under £25 a month.
So selling both would give you enough for the SIM-free 32GB iPhone4.
The problem with your alternative, is that you are paying much more per month for an iPhone contract than you would for an HTC contract for example. So you are better off doing what the original post said. Although I am not sure if a normal smartphone contract offers the same as a dedicated iPhone contract.

mousey182

TommyPB wrote: »

I just wanted to defend the original post. A brand new HTC Desire sells for £300+ on ebay. The iPhone will obviously depend on which version he was planning on selling, but a used 16GB 3GS sells for about £300 also.
I know you can get the Desire free on contract, as I was offered an 18month contract on Orange, with a free phone, 600 mins, unlim texts and unlim data for just under £25 a month.
So selling both would give you enough for the SIM-free 32GB iPhone4.
The problem with your alternative, is that you are paying much more per month for an iPhone contract than you would for an HTC contract for example. So you are better off doing what the original post said. Although I am not sure if a normal smartphone contract offers the same as a dedicated iPhone contract.

Hi,

Thanks to both posters...both were kinda my original thoughts.

I was hoping to negotiate the renewall contract to be a much cheaper deal and then transfer the contract to a micro sim. My only worry is that the new contract wont work with the iPhone.

I'm currently looking into the sim only deals and trying to raise some cash to buy a sim-free iPhone4, unless of course I can negotiate a similar kind of deal on the HTC desire.

Does anyone know if the iPhone4 would work with the same contract as the HTC? I know the sim is different, but i'm not against cutting the SIM but hoping to get micro-sim from O2.

Thanks guys

bob73763

Mousey - just walked into an o2 store in London and they swapped my current sim for a micro-sim, and also got a sim-only connection with a microsim at a three store... (i'm moving to a three sim-only contract for my sim free iphone 4G. - needed both due to the time taken for porting)

tonylord

Hi Oscar, and thanks very much.

Sadly, o2 have told me that there's no way to upgrade my simplicity monthly contract until I've had it for 6 months, so I can't escape the data cap.
Will just have to wait until I am eligible to upgrade and then take whatever tariff is available then...:(

Tony

dinosaur_l

Jon_01 wrote: »

If you want to keep your number then just get a free payg sim from one of the other networks, port to them (Orange will let you leave after a day). Get the pac for that, start your new sim only, and port back in again. Only takes a few days and job done !

Hi, I am new to all these deals myself. Love your switch-to-Orange-before-back-to-Vodafone idea. But can u actually buy a SIM-Only plan with ORANGE, and that they'll supply MicroSIM instead of normal SIM? also, can you REALLY cancel after one day with ORANGE?

Thanks!