Want a 3G iPhone? Rumours now CONFIRMED prices dropping

Marty_J

delicioushotorcold wrote: »

Oh and can we please give the Apple history discussion a break? Start a new thread probably not on this forum.
There's a film about it and it's in the past, let's all get over it.

Sorry to disrupt your forum with our inane chatter. I'm sure we're all very appreciative of all you've done for us, and none of us would ever want to betray that by disregarding your orders. I'm very very sorry. Indescribably so. Please forgive me. Please.

Again, a thousand pardons.

Anyhow, Skype is coming to the iPhone!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7971673.stm

I assume iPod Touch owners will be able to use it too with a suitable microphone (or if Apple would be so kind as to turn its Bluetooth chip on, a Bluetooth headset).

asininity

Couldnt agree more, what is the company without its history? I was sure this wasn't just a help forum but a discussion forum as well?? I might have been wrong.

shinydoc

iwanttosave wrote: »

Hiya, its quite a long list and I forgot to email it to myself. I'll try and post it on my lunch tomorrow or at least email it to myself and then post it in the evening.

For what its worth, I know nothing about a new iphone. I'd expect to hear about it in May-ish time because the call centers have to pull all nighters to cope with the demand of the launch. Anyone who does know will have had to sign a non-disclosure.

Did you ever dig that discount list out?

Many thanks

superfurry

PC PRO : O2 has iPhone "clearout" ahead of new summer launch

11:51AM, Monday 6th April 2009

brindleyx

Hi can anyone see if I am overlooking anything here, I would like to get an 16mb iphone.How I see it there are 2 options:

Option A:
Sign up to a 12m simplicity contract £19.58 online 800 mins and 1600 texts and select the free Unlimited Web bolt on and if you use quidco you get £110 cashback. I have spoken to O2 customer services today and they said you can use simplicity with the iphone. (Although regular O2 upgrade staff dont agree, the iphone department do) You can't use visual voice mail or call merging which allows you to have a 3way conversation. You still have to buy the iphone at £391.27.
Option B:
Sign up to a 24m iphone contract £34.26 600 mins and 500 texts and buy the iphone at £57.74

If you disregard the mins and texts. With option A the iphone costs (£391.27-£110)=£281.27
Option B. £34.26-£19.58= an extra £14.68 x 24months = £352.32+£57.74=£410.06!!! A difference of £128.79 and you only tied to a 12 month contract.

Do all workings stand up? and are you able to follow it?

My question is do you need to be a new O2 customer to recieve the £110 cash back?

Marty_J

Here's a list of the tariffs O2 say you can use with the iPhone:

http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/usinganoriginaliphone

No mention of Simplicity.

shinydoc

I want to buy an iPhone and was excited that O2 would be dropping the prices on 18mth contracts in May and disappointed to find that this was only on 24mth contracts :mad:

I'd be interested to hear if you think they might reduce the price on 18mth contracts nearer to the new iPhone being launched May/June time?

Thanks everyone.

brindleyx

Marty_J wrote: »

Here's a list of the tariffs O2 say you can use with the iPhone:

No mention of Simplicity.

Just because they dont mention it doesnt mean you cant do it. I've made two calls to O2 customer services today. The first time I was put straight through to the iphone department. They say I could use it with a few restrictions. Doubting this I rang again and spoke to someone in the upgrade department who said you could only PAYM or PAYG. They put me through to the iphone department again who confirmed that I could do this with the same restrictions.

moneysavingmaniac

brindleyx wrote: »

Hi can anyone see if I am overlooking anything here, I would like to get an 16mb iphone.How I see it there are 2 options:

Option A:
Sign up to a 12m simplicity contract £19.58 online 800 mins and 1600 texts and select the free Unlimited Web bolt on and if you use quidco you get £110 cashback. I have spoken to O2 customer services today and they said you can use simplicity with the iphone. (Although regular O2 upgrade staff dont agree, the iphone department do) You can't use visual voice mail or call merging which allows you to have a 3way conversation. You still have to buy the iphone at £391.27.
Option B:
Sign up to a 24m iphone contract £34.26 600 mins and 500 texts and buy the iphone at £57.74

If you disregard the mins and texts. With option A the iphone costs (£391.27-£110)=£281.27
Option B. £34.26-£19.58= an extra £14.68 x 24months = £352.32+£57.74=£410.06!!! A difference of £128.79 and you only tied to a 12 month contract.

Do all workings stand up? and are you able to follow it?

My question is do you need to be a new O2 customer to recieve the £110 cash back?

Hi,

I believe the cashback may only be £70 on Quidco, I just logged in and had a look.

Otherwise I think this seems a great deal and I am thinking of going for option A.

Does anyone know of a cheaper way to get my hands on one?

iwanttosave_2

Marty_J wrote: »

Here's a list of the tariffs O2 say you can use with the iPhone:

http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/usinganoriginaliphone

No mention of Simplicity.

Sim only is fine to use with Iphone. You do need the web bolt-on and unless you want to pay extra, you will only be able to use the WI-FI in hotspots.