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iPhone 5 offline - would it work with any tariff?

anandp
anandp Posts: 279 Forumite
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Might sound like a silly question, but if I could get the iPhone 5 offline (which I've been offered at £550), then I'm considering getting this and then get onto a cheapish sim-only deal with at least 500MB of data.

Does anyone see any obvious problems with that approach?
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  • buscape
    buscape Posts: 874 Forumite
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    No problems if you're not bothered about 4G.
  • grumbler
    grumbler Posts: 58,629 Forumite
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    anandp wrote: »
    Might sound like a silly question, but if I could get the iPhone 5 offline (which I've been offered at £550), then I'm considering getting this and then get onto a cheapish sim-only deal with at least 500MB of data.

    Does anyone see any obvious problems with that approach?
    It is not clear yet if/when providers will offer nano-sims for cheapish sim-only tariffs and if it will be possible to cut a regular sim to nano size.
  • Rebecca01
    Rebecca01 Posts: 732 Forumite
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    550? Its cheaper direct from apple. I thing its £529.
  • NFH
    NFH Posts: 4,413 Forumite
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    Rebecca01 wrote: »
    550? Its cheaper direct from apple. I thing its £529.
    Yes, it is indeed £529 for the 16GB.
  • diamonds
    diamonds Posts: 6,048 Forumite
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    edited 15 September 2012 at 12:04AM
    "Will it work with any tariff" ? now thats a yes & no depending if your network will issue a nano sim free or otherwise !

    Apple - could not organise a upgrade policy in a sim let alone a GREAT phone with or for its network "partners" in last few years.

    Still, a Macbook Air with Windows 7/8 on it is fantastic, so they are not at deaths door yet lol there is hope i6 will blow us all away in a year if we are now blown away better & quicker on 21st December 2012 ;)
    SO... now England its the Scots turn to say dont leave the UK, stay in Europe with us in the UK, dont let the tories fool you like they did us with empty lies... You will be leaving the UK aswell as Europe ;)
  • anandp
    anandp Posts: 279 Forumite
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    so iPhones only take nano-sims?
    Interested in property investment, web tech, social media, forex, equities. Also a proud father & entrepreneur of sorts.
  • Buzby
    Buzby Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    buscape wrote: »
    No problems if you're not bothered about 4G.

    Why? Use EE or 3UK and 4G will work phone, as SIM only or PAYG.
  • Buzby
    Buzby Posts: 8,275 Forumite
    anandp wrote: »
    so iPhones only take nano-sims?

    Currently, yes - but like the Micro-SIM this will change in exactly the same way. It was Apple who promoted the standard, so they had a vested interest, but other manufacturers are set to follow, with the expectation that the standard SIM will be as rares as the full-size one now.
  • grumbler
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    anandp wrote: »
    so iPhones only take nano-sims?
    3/3gs - normal sim
    4/4s - micro
    5 - nano
  • diamonds
    diamonds Posts: 6,048 Forumite
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    Buzby wrote: »
    Why? Use EE or 3UK and 4G will work phone, as SIM only or PAYG.

    Really ? have 3 launched their 4G network off the back of EE being told to drop some 1800mhz spectrum which 3 bought for a undisclosed amount ?? £1 perhaps ? sold to EE backhaul 50% partner-owner of MBNL

    http://www.mbnl.co.uk/shareholders.htm

    Or are 3UK set to launch 4G/LTE next year ? hhmmmm, buzby google is your friend indeed....

    ALSO: EE have stated 4G payg is not available....doubt sim only will happen given such based on Orange policy - 3G sims not being available unless signing a long term contract.
    SO... now England its the Scots turn to say dont leave the UK, stay in Europe with us in the UK, dont let the tories fool you like they did us with empty lies... You will be leaving the UK aswell as Europe ;)
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