iPhone 3G[s]

[Feek]

Originally Posted by leowyatt

If you are already on O2 you might want to ask about the O2 Priority List it might let you upgrade early.

You saw those tweets as well!

The basic 'less than £35.01 spend per month' doesn't give an early upgrade.

[leowyatt]

yeah Feek they just came through. Tried to understand the babble, gave up

[Belmit]

Originally Posted by Mark

Is there any problem using PAYG with international roaming? That was always the reason I stayed on contract but that judgement was made a very long time ago.

Sorry, missed this. I took mine to Croatia a few weeks ago and it worked fine with their local provider/s. I turned off the location feature and just used it for texting (no email or web outside of the free wifi in the hotel room). I received no data charges and didn't appear to be overcharged for general usage. As far as I could tell it was pretty much seamless.

[Toby]

The idea of an iPhone or similar is growing on me tbh. I've never really had a need or seen much point in such phones until recently, when I played with an iTouch and liked it a lot and then reasoned "why not just get the iPhone then rather than having two devices".

Problem is the cost. I've been on SIM-only cashback contracts for about 4-5 years now which work out at basically nothing. In exchange for keeping my crappy old 6230i I'm currently on an 18-month contract with 400mins and 500texts which, after cashback, will work out at £3.33 per month!

Whilst I'm now thinking about treating myself to a fancy new iPhone when my contract ends, I'm looking at around £35 a month over a 24 month contract plus an initial bit for the phone itself. Even discounting the up-front cost, that works out at £840 over the next two years, which seems an awful lot for a fancy phone

[Matblack]

Originally Posted by Vertigo1

The idea of an iPhone or similar is growing on me tbh. I've never really had a need or seen much point in such phones until recently, when I played with an iTouch and liked it a lot and then reasoned "why not just get the iPhone then rather than having two devices".

Problem is the cost. I've been on SIM-only cashback contracts for about 4-5 years now which work out at basically nothing. In exchange for keeping my crappy old 6230i I'm currently on an 18-month contract with 400mins and 500texts which, after cashback, will work out at £3.33 per month!

Whilst I'm now thinking about treating myself to a fancy new iPhone when my contract ends, I'm looking at around £35 a month over a 24 month contract plus an initial bit for the phone itself. Even discounting the up-front cost, that works out at £840 over the next two years, which seems an awful lot for a fancy phone

You are not wrong

Its a lot of money for anything, I supose most people who are on a contract with data are probably paying around £25 minimum and have put in some wedge for a phone. The iPhone is a cracking phone and has a lot going for it but whether or not its worth £420 a year for two years is up to the user. I know I'd use it for all sorts of things, having internet access on the move is very convenient and a lot of the programs tie that in with GPS to give you a great tool/ toy.

I just poped out and bought an iPod Touch so I can have a fiddle with the interface and see if I like it, its 2nd hand and once I trade it will have cost me about £20 for a couple of months trial. I can honestly say its crippled without internet access and with the iphone unless you are out of range of a mobile phone mast you're not going to have that problem. I want to play with all sorts of gadgets on it but the net access is locked down here so I'll have to wait, I can't even connect it to my laptop and phone to get to the web so its very restrictive but its a lot of fun.

As I say whether its worth it is up to the individual user, I'd say for me, yes but only just.

MB

[Joe 90]

Originally Posted by leowyatt

I'm holding out for the Pre too Daz, especially with the new videos popping up

how long is that going to take though?

The Pre looks great, however i'm still in the dark about any UK launch details!

[leowyatt]

You're in the same boat as us Mark, no idea at the moment :/

[Burble]

I've ordered myself a 16Gb black 3GS with apparently 'guaranteed' delivery on the 19th. I got it from mobiles.co.uk through Quidco so will get £60 back.

I've called Vodafone to ask about getting my PAC. They were being arsey saying that I couldn't get it until July 25th so I went through to retentions and the bloke said no, that's silly, you've been a customer for 9 years and haven't missed a payment so you can have it now if you like. I said I'd call back when I have the iPhone and took the guys name.

[leowyatt]

thanks for that Paul, I'll do the same when my PAC code comes through

EDIT: which should be in a day or so

[Will]

I have to say that transferring to O2 was so seemless - haven't looked back at all.