Staffer spills beans on O2 UK 3G iPhone launch If you’re itching to buy the 3G iPhone on 11 July, then you’d better set your alarm-clock because O2 is said to be letting the first devices leave its stores at 7am – provided you pass a credit check. The launch day details stem from a posting by MacRumors forum contributor 'Johnpartridge' who claims to have recently visited a …
The rumours are that getting the phone PAYG will cost 370notes.
but that said, that's a lot less than the 30quid a month tarrif will cost over 18months, so it seems a good deal - specailly if you're on a different network and hope to crack it
i wonder what the data costs are on the PAYG tarrifs. the O2 yearly tarrif is made worthwhile because the data is turely unlimited - if they offer a PAYG package with a reasonably priced data plan it could be quite interesting
Go on back to your air conditioned gadget filled head office and leave the contract phone selling to the professionals.
The new i-phone is just an improved version, so no need to have a silly launch. Also, the O2 staffer has probably been told to come in for 7am on launch day, and as the phone is now subsidised, it will be signed up for like any regular (or even better) phones are!
I still wont touch one, as i atill dont like $T£V£ JOB$.
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All, please..... get a grip.
It is only a 'phone.
Really, please. Enough tossing off over a very exspensive lump of shiny plastic.
Get an E series Nokia, a HD mp3 player [E65 and the 60GB Zen are my choices] and you have a much better combination. And of course you don't look like an arse.
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I was told the same story by an O2 staffer - except they were anticipating opening their store at 8am.
Makes sense - go in the week before, sign up, then go back on launch day and pay your money and take your iPhone. Saves time and effort in-store on launch day and provides a higher throughput of customers.
Surely at 5000 per store they cant process that many credit checks in 1 day? I mean 10 staff per store (average - my local store is tiny and probably couldnt fit in any customers if there were 10 staff!) they'd still have 500 applicatiosn each. 1 per minute and thats about 8 hours solid! So I reckon that either thats an exageration or they'll be spreading that allocation ofver a few days!
I reckon they've got to pre-check customers if they can - i mean if you can get checked before hand and just pay for the thing on the day, then 1 per minute is much more doable!
Still undecided if i can give up myu Pro-MS moral stance and buy a jesus phone tho - i mean - the phone isnt great, but - oooo that web browser.........
I called O2 last night as I am due an upgrade.
I was told that they would be taking no pre-orders at all and noone can request one until launch day. She also told me that you would pick it up and take it home and register it on iTunes just as you did for the first model. Apparently there will be locks in place which mean if you did not pay for the handset then when you go to register you will only be able to select the top 2 contracts.
http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/paygo
£299.99 for the 8GB, £359.99 for the 16GB. Includes unlimited Wi-Fi/Data for 6 months, then you can pay £10/month to carry on with unlimited Wi-Fi/Data.
If you don't talk/text much and want the iPhone for data/wi-fi/ipod/apps/etc. then that sounds like a stonking deal to me.
I personally cannot wait until the iPhone 2 comes out, i am unashamedly a "Apple Fanboy". The iPhone has changed the mobile market and many more phones have came onto the marketing trying to copy the iPhone. I have opted for an iPhone as i need access to Live Mail, and the Blackberry does not interface with Live Mail. This is not an overpriced phone -this is also an iPod and a web browser in one and because it is made by Apple you are getting a quality product!
You want a cheap phone then get a free one - you want a good phone then you know where to get it from!!!
launch time is 08:02 i've heard.
staff will be in a 7am i guess.
Stores will NOT have 5000 units. a GOOD store is likely to sell between 150-250 new contracts a week. I expect stock will between 50-500 depending on store size.
NEVER 500 though, that would be crazy.
No official info has been released to staff though, so this is all intelegent specualtion. And staff haven't been told to keep quiet. YET.
Phoned O2 to get the lowdown on when the iPhone would be out on payg basis, they said they weren't confirming anything however the overzealous member of staff let slip to me that apple are launching it at their stores on the same day on the same basis. So i phoned Apple to ask if this was the case, to which i got a flat "no comment" from the lovely american lady! seems to me like they've got something going on!
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