MSE News: Mobile networks reveal iPhone 5 prices

Dpk

Has anyone else spotted that O2 have increased the price of 16GB on a £31pm contract - last week it was £169.99, now it's £199.99
Not a happy bunny :mad:

secretmsg

AFAIK online price was £199.99 and retail price is £159.99.

Dpk

secretmsg wrote: »

AFAIK online price was £199.99 and retail price is £159.99.

What does AFAIK mean??

gjchester

Dpk wrote: »

What does AFAIK mean??

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Dpk

I can see it was a stupid question

Mogz

For those of you wishing to upgrade, and re-use your existing iphone on an alternative network:

if you are o2 monthly customer, they will unlock it for free, but this does not affect your contract. takes 14 days.

o2 PAYG customers will pay £15 for the same service.

any other 3rd party unlocking appears to cost about £50 / time or thereabouts.

alternatively to all ofthese, you can jailbreak the old one, but you'll lose a lot of your auto sync and backup functions in itunes, as well as sync of apps.

Free for me! :T

h1ubs

I have been searching for a sim-only option for iP5, as I would prefer the cheapest option to buy outright. GiffGaff would have been my preferred option but they are slow at updating on the availability of nano-sims .. saying they will be available in 'coming months'! I have just ordered a nano-sim from Tesco mobile for delivery in 3-5 days. They also confirmed to me that I can set up their £10 per month, 150 min, 5k text, 1gb data iPhone 1 month rolling contract when I get the sim. Seems to be the cheapest option and best available until GiffGaff sort themselves out.

Scotch_Chick

The best sim only deals will probably come from Tesco Mobile when they are released. I've been using them for a couple of years now and no other network provider can beat them. Currently on 500 mins - 5000 text and 1gb for £12.50 a month and it's a 3 month rolling contract so I'm not tied in. I get the same network coverage as 02 so I very rarely don't have a signal.

dave333 wrote: »

Which networks are offering less than £10/month sim-only?

I'm looking at O2 and the cheapest is £13.50 sim-only (with only 100mb internet - unlikely to be enough for iPhone use). There is a £16.50/month tariff with 500mb.

O2 simplicity
£529 for phone
£13.50 per month for 24 months (12 month rolling contract)
Total cost £853

O2 simplicity
£529 for phone
£16.50 per month for 24 months (12 month rolling contract)
Total cost £925

O2 per article
£250 for phone
£26 per month for 24 month contract
Total cost £874

Dpk

Any news on when Tesco will release Iphone 5 prices

Dpk

Tesco rates now on website