iPhone 3G contracts are up mid JAN! What are you doing?

someone

Did you buy you iPhone on or around the launch day?
18 month contract that ends MID JANUARY 2010.

o2 will unlock iPhones for free so there is no need to '[STRIKE]jailbreak' your phone [/STRIKE] unlock your phone by your self to use another network.
http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/unlockmyiphone.html

o2 will let you 'upgrade' your phone/tariff a month before the end date so you can change your deal now.

So

• Are you sticking with o2?
• Are you sticking with the iPhone 3G?
• What tariff are you on now?
• What will you move to?

jclegs

I'll be sticking with my 3G but changing networks to either Orange or Vodafone to get some decent 3G signal!

triggerhappy_2

I'm sticking with o2 for now and moving on to the £20 a month o2 simplicity tarriff.

Same texts and minutes as the iPhone tarriff and you can choose unlimited data as the free bolt-on. The exact same thing for £15 a month less and a 30-day contract so when the new one comes out I can decide if I want to upgrade quickly... you can't say fairer than that! (Well, you can - my pal djs in an o2 venue so me and him will be getting 1/3 off the tarriff price too )

omen666

jailbreaking your pone does not open it up for another network,

triggerhappy_2

I think the OP was simply confusing jailbreaking and SIM unlocking, but it was fairly clear what they meant. Just for clarity though:

- SIM unlocking: as OP describes - enables use of the iPhone on other networks (except 3 if I remember correctly

- jailbreaking: installing an operating system based on the normal iPhone OS, but allowing users to bypass the offical Apple app store for applications and instead using an unofficial installer like Cydia.

omen666

triggerhappy wrote: »

I think the OP was simply confusing jailbreaking and SIM unlocking, but it was fairly clear what they meant. Just for clarity though:

- SIM unlocking: as OP describes - enables use of the iPhone on other networks (except 3 if I remember correctly

- jailbreaking: installing an operating system based on the normal iPhone OS, but allowing users to bypass the offical Apple app store for applications and instead using an unofficial installer like Cydia.

spot on, was rushing to get my dinner, was going to pop back and clarify rather than just write a comment like that. Thanks

triggerhappy_2

omen666 wrote: »

spot on, was rushing to get my dinner, was going to pop back and clarify rather than just write a comment like that. Thanks

No bother, it's a fairly important difference when it comes to an iPhone, and one that's often confused! Hope your bizarrely timed dinner was nice

someone

triggerhappy wrote: »

I think the OP was simply confusing jailbreaking and SIM unlocking, but it was fairly clear what they meant. Just for clarity though:

- SIM unlocking: as OP describes - enables use of the iPhone on other networks (except 3 if I remember correctly

- jailbreaking: installing an operating system based on the normal iPhone OS, but allowing users to bypass the offical Apple app store for applications and instead using an unofficial installer like Cydia.

Thanks, changed the original post

PJHilder

I'd like to move to Vodafone but wasn't going to do it until late Jan.

My friend was saying if I don't cancel my o2 contract they'll automatically renew it for 18 months which seems a bit unfair. Is this true?

I had enough problems with o2 misleading me over the whole 0870 contract breaking. I was told I'd been moved to the 1 month simplicity contract when in fact they'd just downgraded my mins/texts but kept me on the same 18 months. Then tried to claim i'd agreed to this.

OneADay

PJHilder wrote: »

My friend was saying if I don't cancel my o2 contract they'll automatically renew it for 18 months which seems a bit unfair. Is this true?

No, contract turns into 30 day rolling contract. You either have to give 30 days notice to cancel or get a PAC code and use it to port number to another contract with another provider or pay and go.

PJHilder

OneADay wrote: »

No, contract turns into 30 day rolling contract. You either have to give 30 days notice to cancel or get a PAC code and use it to port number to another contract with another provider or pay and go.

Ah thanks for that. I had a feeling they would but after the previous bad experience I wasn't going to take any chances.