iPhone '4' thread

Streeet

gabbyevs wrote: »

ooh fight on the thread!

one thing that doesnt make sense street is that theyre not tieing you into anything unless i misunderstood the term sim free?

Apples iPhones are sim free.. but if you get a phone from Orange it is locked to their network. (It can be unlocked but at a cost)

To use your sim free phone you need a microsim from a network provider. Sure they'll sell you a new contract or PAYG sim... but we are debating whether the networks will send you a replacement microsim to replace people on existing contracts.

Streeet

djrobmac wrote: »

ROFL I wonder what Streeet thinks of "As a new or existing customer choosing an iPhone 4, you'll need to use a new micro sim"

Don't tell me, Orange are not going to be doing the same :cool:

Is it me or does every line on those instructions start:
"Purchase your new iPhone 4 from O2"

Calm down dear!

space_rider

Nooooo, I have ordered the phone direct from apple, so how am I going to use it, looks like it will be scissors for me, it`ll be my luck that I damage the sim in the process.

jimbms

I may be wrong but I believe apple are also offering to provide a micro sim for various providers with the phone if requested

djrobmac

Streeet wrote: »

Is it me or does every line on those instructions start:
"Purchase your new iPhone 4 from O2"

Calm down dear!

No sweet heart.....

"I'm an existing customer, I received my micro sim in the post & I want to get ahead of the game & swap my sim ahead of launch"

space_rider

jimbms wrote: »

I may be wrong but I believe apple are also offering to provide a micro sim for various providers with the phone if requested

Hope so, don`t understand why they are making it so difficult this time round.

michbright

I have been reading this thread with much interest over the last few days and thought I'd just add something about the new micro sim on o2.

From the images and instructions on their website, it is clear that a micro sim is simply the current sim with less plastic around it. I would think that in order to be cost efficient, the mobile phone providers would be thinking about producing new sim cards in this way so that it doesn't matter whether your phone has a normal sim or a micro sim.

Just a thought

djrobmac

michbright wrote: »

I have been reading this thread with much interest over the last few days and thought I'd just add something about the new micro sim on o2.

From the images and instructions on their website, it is clear that a micro sim is simply the current sim with less plastic around it. I would think that in order to be cost efficient, the mobile phone providers would be thinking about producing new sim cards in this way so that it doesn't matter whether your phone has a normal sim or a micro sim.

Just a thought

Finally some sensible thoughts! Yes, I believe the same thing. All sim's will be produced in this way in the near future

BadgerFace_2

Orange have released their prices.

The cheapest tariff you can have a free iPhone 4 on is £75 a month. What a joke! Especially considering it's only £480 on pay as you go. So if you buy a payg one and a sim only for £15 a month, this will only cost £35 a month for a free iPhone 4.

Streeet

michbright wrote: »

I have been reading this thread with much interest over the last few days and thought I'd just add something about the new micro sim on o2.

From the images and instructions on their website, it is clear that a micro sim is simply the current sim with less plastic around it. I would think that in order to be cost efficient, the mobile phone providers would be thinking about producing new sim cards in this way so that it doesn't matter whether your phone has a normal sim or a micro sim.

Just a thought

That does make sense although I don't know how the saving on plastic around the sim compares to the adapter required for standard sim phones.

Strategically it would be easier for a network to renew peoples sims at the next contract renewal.

I'm really happy to be wrong.. I'm going to be in the same boat if I can't get hold of one..

djrobmac.. if you already have a microsim.. perhaps you can enlighten us on how you got it?