iphone payg is it worth the £350??
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iphone payg is it worth the £350??
im looking for a new phone, i see there now sold on pay as you go for 350, chap also said including in that i get a full years free internet surfing????
sounds a good deal or is it?
only thing i forgot to ask is what tarrif will it be on? as i currently get loads of free texts with orange.
sounds a good deal or is it?
only thing i forgot to ask is what tarrif will it be on? as i currently get loads of free texts with orange.
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a customer of mine has had 3, says they keep fuckingh up. the older one was better but still pish, get a tocco and stay clear of the omnia. 70% return rate
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Is the iPhone worth £350? Not to me (I have one) it isn't...
However, it does depend on how much you use your phone and for what. Two differenct CPW staff have told me that taking a PAYG iPhone deal will give you 12mths free wifi and 3G access (ie, ANY data used will be free for a whole year, and the wifi deal is 12ths free subscription to the Cloud network, which operate all over the place). After 12mths, to continue getting 3G data access and wifi subscriptions, you need to top up £10 a month (of which the whole £10 can be used with calls and texts, and it's purely the "top up" activation per month that carries your data and wifi subscriptions on every month)
So, if you don't make many calls and texts, but what to use as much data, either 3G cell net or wifi, then yes, you'd be better off with it....
First year is gonna cost you £350 + whatever you use in calls and texts. After that it's a tenner a month minimum, plus whatever else you use in calls and texts. So if you only use on average £15 a month in calls and texts, then you better off with the PAYG version as you pay your £15 a month for calls and texts, and get all your 3G data useage free.
You can break it down like this;
£99 + £35 per month for 18 mths is gonna cost £730 for the contract term - equivelent to £487 per year (12mths)
Go PAYG, working on a basis of £15 a month credit, for 12mths, will see you spend £350 (handset) + 12x £15 = £530 for the year : £43 more
But the next year only costs you 12x £15 credit, so £180, as opposed to the £420 contract cost
So round all that up to 18mths to compare directly with an 18mth contract and you get this;
CONTRACT : £100 (handset) + 18x £35 = £730 (18mths)
PAYG : £350 (handset) + 18x £15 = £620 (18mths) £110 CHEAPER
So you could be better off in the first year alone - not to mention another 18mths on contract will cost £630, or 18mths on PAYG @ £15 a month will cost £270, a huge £360 a year less
However, it does depend on how much you use your phone and for what. Two differenct CPW staff have told me that taking a PAYG iPhone deal will give you 12mths free wifi and 3G access (ie, ANY data used will be free for a whole year, and the wifi deal is 12ths free subscription to the Cloud network, which operate all over the place). After 12mths, to continue getting 3G data access and wifi subscriptions, you need to top up £10 a month (of which the whole £10 can be used with calls and texts, and it's purely the "top up" activation per month that carries your data and wifi subscriptions on every month)
So, if you don't make many calls and texts, but what to use as much data, either 3G cell net or wifi, then yes, you'd be better off with it....
First year is gonna cost you £350 + whatever you use in calls and texts. After that it's a tenner a month minimum, plus whatever else you use in calls and texts. So if you only use on average £15 a month in calls and texts, then you better off with the PAYG version as you pay your £15 a month for calls and texts, and get all your 3G data useage free.
You can break it down like this;
£99 + £35 per month for 18 mths is gonna cost £730 for the contract term - equivelent to £487 per year (12mths)
Go PAYG, working on a basis of £15 a month credit, for 12mths, will see you spend £350 (handset) + 12x £15 = £530 for the year : £43 more
But the next year only costs you 12x £15 credit, so £180, as opposed to the £420 contract cost
So round all that up to 18mths to compare directly with an 18mth contract and you get this;
CONTRACT : £100 (handset) + 18x £35 = £730 (18mths)
PAYG : £350 (handset) + 18x £15 = £620 (18mths) £110 CHEAPER
So you could be better off in the first year alone - not to mention another 18mths on contract will cost £630, or 18mths on PAYG @ £15 a month will cost £270, a huge £360 a year less
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thanks for that mate
so basicly after 12v months its kinda like a contract i have to put a tenner a month on for them then maybe another tenner or so for calls/texts etc thats no good surely?
im currently on orange its great 10 a month top up gives me 300 free texts and i still have my tenner to spend on tools.
was my b day yesterday and i have some free cash so i really want i iphone, might aswell get 3g as the internet will be fast.
but i feel thats wrong to charge a tenner a month, basicly a tenner a month for the internet, cheeky fuckers
or did i missread your post and you still have your tenner to spend on calls?
so basicly after 12v months its kinda like a contract i have to put a tenner a month on for them then maybe another tenner or so for calls/texts etc thats no good surely?
im currently on orange its great 10 a month top up gives me 300 free texts and i still have my tenner to spend on tools.
was my b day yesterday and i have some free cash so i really want i iphone, might aswell get 3g as the internet will be fast.
but i feel thats wrong to charge a tenner a month, basicly a tenner a month for the internet, cheeky fuckers
or did i missread your post and you still have your tenner to spend on calls?
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350 quid? Are you mad?? Get on a contract mate, over the 12 months it works out much cheaper than PAYG if you anything more than an occasional user of your phone.
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I'm getting one off a mate for £30, unlocked, comes with all the leads etc. Not really a great fan of them but for that price i'm gonna give it a go.
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£10 (wifi+web) + £10 (calls+texts) = £20 a month. Contract = £35 a month. So it's £15 a month cheaper. Over a year thats £180 saved. Now I don't know about you, but I wouldn't class £180 in my pocket as "no good"
And don't call me shirley
Re-read my post....
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Yeah exactly mate, its all legit aswell, he just gets bored of phones quickly and said i could have it for a small sum. I've had my current phone for over 2 years now and its great, but an Iphone for £30 i can't loose and if i don't get on with it, its going straight on ebay
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my 3g 02 iphone cost £350 pay as you go UK model,i am on a contract with 02 and just switched it to iphone £30 a month tariff was £25 a month on sony(needed a new phone as i dropped and busted mine) got about 6months left on the contract.
Are 3g ones relatively new then?
Are 3g ones relatively new then?
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my 3g 02 iphone cost £350 pay as you go UK model,i am on a contract with 02 and just switched it to iphone £30 a month tariff was £25 a month on sony(needed a new phone as i dropped and busted mine) got about 6months left on the contract.
Are 3g ones relatively new then?
Are 3g ones relatively new then?
1) 3G network reception/access
2) GPS access (far more pinpoint than cellular triangulation)
3) All-plastic case (instead of the aluminium case on the first phone)
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How'd ya do an iPhone screen grab then? I did jailbreak my 3g but put it back after I found safari to be crashing and longing load up times for everything not to mention far reduced battery times! On the while though I love my iPhone, again types from an iPhone!
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"I did jailbreak my 3g but put it back after I found safari to be crashing and longing load up times for everything not to mention far reduced battery times! On the while though I love my iPhone, again types from an iPhone!"
I jailbroke mine the other day and Safari keeps turning itself off (Not the sleep mode on the phone ) and my battery lasts 1 day atm. Might re-set it through IPhone.
I jailbroke mine the other day and Safari keeps turning itself off (Not the sleep mode on the phone ) and my battery lasts 1 day atm. Might re-set it through IPhone.
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Funny, but my iphone does MMS and video recording, I don't need changeable memory cards (I never even used them in my Nokia's - and they came free with that ) and used video calling about 2 times before realising it was swag and you look like a prick shouting into a phone you're holding 2ft away from you
So whats your point
So whats your point
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to point out as above mine does mms and video recording i think (new to one) and doesnt need a memory card with 8gig installed internally,i never filled a 64mb card on my sony errisson
thrush when i connect via my home wifi what speed is the phone connection broadband or still no faster than 3g?
thrush when i connect via my home wifi what speed is the phone connection broadband or still no faster than 3g?
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Depends on your wireless router. iPhone is both 802.11b and 802.11g compatible, with .11b being 11Mbps, and 11g being 54Mbps.
Of course it will never reach those speeds as the internal processor is only 620mHz or something, and the cache is tiny, but then it's a handheld so thats unsurprising So even tho it can use that speed of wifi, it will always be held back by it's processing power - same as how old laptops etc aren't as quick to load and display web pages as new ones
But it's faster than 3G for sure... My server (which is also my router and wireless access point) is away for the moment, as it went fubar So I can't use mine on wifi at the mo, and installing apps and updates is painfully slow over the cell nets (specially since mine is the 2G model) but I discovered MacDonalds do free wifi, so I took a 3 min drive up there yesterday, did all my updates in a quarter of the time, and installed two new apps, and had the added a bonus of a cheeseburger while I waited
Of course it will never reach those speeds as the internal processor is only 620mHz or something, and the cache is tiny, but then it's a handheld so thats unsurprising So even tho it can use that speed of wifi, it will always be held back by it's processing power - same as how old laptops etc aren't as quick to load and display web pages as new ones
But it's faster than 3G for sure... My server (which is also my router and wireless access point) is away for the moment, as it went fubar So I can't use mine on wifi at the mo, and installing apps and updates is painfully slow over the cell nets (specially since mine is the 2G model) but I discovered MacDonalds do free wifi, so I took a 3 min drive up there yesterday, did all my updates in a quarter of the time, and installed two new apps, and had the added a bonus of a cheeseburger while I waited
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reading the terms ont he o2 site you can opt out when your coming to the end of your 12 months of free internet etc, so how much it will cost there after i dont know?