iPhone '4' thread

MercilessKiller

Oscar_The_Grouch wrote: »

Just had a webchat on O2.

If you are an existing O2 customer on a non-iPhone contract, you can buy a PAYG iPhone 4, get a mini sim for your existing number, shove it in your iPhone and off you go!!

No loss of unlimited internet (until your renewal). No need to get an additional simplicity contract and you flog your old phone (or keep it to use when you flog your iPhone 4 to get ready for the next upgrade).

Hope this helps.

Wow this is interesting...

Previously none o2 iphone sim's wouldn't work unless the iphone was jailbroken - so now ANY o2 sim will work in a new PAYG o2 iphone?!

Now that's awesome..! My £20 a month simplicity (1 month rolling) with unlimited internet is good for it!

djrobmac

Must be bored lmao, if existing iPhone 3GS prices are applied to the new iPhone 4 it could look something like this...

robbies_gal

if it stays like that dj i would have to go for the contract option no way could i lay out possibly over double that for a payg

out of interest do you remember how much the 3gs was on payg at launch?

djrobmac

gabbyevs wrote: »

out of interest do you remember how much the 3gs was on payg at launch?

£440 and £540 I think

robbies_gal

really wow! wont be buying one on payg then if it turns out to be the same-i know it works out cheaper but i just havent got it to lay out right now

Fire_Fox

gabbyevs wrote: »

really wow! wont be buying one on payg then if it turns out to be the same-i know it works out cheaper but i just havent got it to lay out right now

I don't think PAYG does work out cheaper, Tesco one year contract is the best value at present.

djrobmac

Fire_Fox wrote: »

I don't think PAYG does work out cheaper, Tesco one year contract is the best value at present.

Of course, as Martin has pointed out in the main iPhone article Tesco has been the best deal with the 3GS but there hasn't been a peep out of them about the iPhone 4 yet so it is a waiting game as to when/if they are gonna get it and what deal they will be doing.

12 Month Tesco Mobile

250 mins + unlim txts and data

£20 x 12 = £240 + £320 (16gb 3GS) £560
£20 x 12 = £240 + £407 (32gb 3GS) £647

750 mins + unlim txts and data

£35 x 12 = £420 + £200 (16gb 3GS) £620
£35 x 12 = £420 + £275 (32gb 3GS) £695

12 Month O2 Simplicity Route

300 mins + unlim txts and data

£15 x 12 = £180 + £449 (16gb 3GS) £629
£15 x 12 = £180 + £499 (32gb 3GS) £679

900 mins + unlim txts and data

£25 x 12 = £300 + £449 (16gb 3GS) £749
£25 x 12 = £300 + £499 (32gb 3GS) £799

robbies_gal

morning i dont suppose they'll be any news today but you never know!

gjchester

gabbyevs wrote: »

really wow! wont be buying one on payg then if it turns out to be the same-i know it works out cheaper but i just havent got it to lay out right now

All depends if you can pay out the intial cost.

Assuming these numbers are right (or right enough) for the 4 your "saving" £15 a month on simplicity.

So that means a year's subsidy is effectivly worth £180, and two years £360.

On £20 PC simplicity it's £240/£480

An 3GS 16GB is £450 and the 32gb £549, so on a £15 2 year deal your looking at £90 extra over the contract, but on the £20 simplicity it's £60.

Now apple *WILL* release a new phone next year, question is are you willing to pay the extra to have the unlimited data or will you accept the cap that comes in. If you want to be able to upgrade to V5 are you willing to buy it on PAYG or have to pay to get out of your contrct as is being offered at the moment by o2? If you do then the £90 more is less than the £240 you'd have to pay (£20 PCM to buy out you contract this time)

Best thing is to sit and work out what you cn afford, then pick the best contract. Then decide if you do or do not want V5 and then buy what suits

Looks like all prices will be out Monday

robbies_gal

knowing me i will want the 5 next year but hey cross that bridge when i come to it

i can always sell my 4 version and use the money to buy payg if i have to