One for the fanboys... :rolleyes:
Digg's turning into iPhone soup but they've just released the UK launch details apparently:
http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_Confirm...9th_at_p269_UK
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One for the fanboys... :rolleyes:
Digg's turning into iPhone soup but they've just released the UK launch details apparently:
http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_Confirm...9th_at_p269_UK
http://www.apple.com/uk/pr/2007/09/180907_iphone.html
the contracts are at the bottom of the page.... they are just ok, if it was me i would have to go for the £45 which is pretty expensive for a student...
A lot of people are a bit peed off that there isn't support for 3G, so users will have to suffer EDGE for now :)
there are planes for a 3g version next year as far as i know... thats what ive read online anyway
Eesh that's one expensive contract. I was on the first tarrif previously for £20, almost half the price.
Ummm pay full price for the handset, lock in for 18 months, pay £35 per month for a £15 per month tarriff (o2 "simplicity"), download at 56k. Sounds like a bargain. Buying a US version, unlocking it and putting in o2 "sim only" SIM seems more attractive.
Not to mention the high chance of an unexpected price drop at some point in the near future, slashing the percieved value of your beloved, overpriced fashion toy...
And all the similar phones the rivals have already released which aren't subject to the commission-subsidy ban Apple have insisted upon, and as such are often free or a couple of hundred pounds less at least!
I don't think there will be a price drop as quickly over here. But there is likely to be a 3G and 16GB version, making the initial realease look very silly, especially when the initial buyers are still a year away from an upgrade.
Works out as £899 for iphone + contract.Quote:
Originally Posted by rentagas
I'll be saying no thanks and wait for the sont w960i.
Can I just ask, everyone who isn't getting one, everyone saying 'no thanks', everyone who thinks its an 'overpriced fashion toy' - you aren't getting one, why do you care? :)
Strange habbit on HEXUS of moaning about things you are not going to own, and will not affect you.
Unless you live in France, you don't need to complain about the price of fish in France. Capiche?
Its like all the 360 owners slaging off the PS3, when they don't own one and have no intention of getting one. (And t'other way around of course) :)
Bugatti Veyron? Bollocks more like.
Moaning about things they dont own and have no intention of owning, eh?. You do enough of it to be fair mate. If you dont want to know what anyone else thinks, just hit back :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Stewart
I stand corrected.
Also - private jet? Waste of money, I'll just fly EasyJet. Suckers!
OK I have a Third 4th and 5th generation ipod plus a nano and 3 of my children have nanos. I have an ipod touch on order, have an o2 phone that is up for renewal. I fully expected to order an iphone but will not be doing so (but I may import a US version and put a simplicity SIM in it). However I have no intention for signing up for this deal. If ipod fans don't buy this deal who will?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stewart
Dunno mate. Fashionistas, for one.
People who havn't got an iPod, want one, and don't mind paying £269 for an iPod and funky phone.
'Early adopters', although exactly what you are adopting early is questionable.
Don't understand why people have to rubbidh it though if they aren't getting one - first words in the thread 'one for the fanboys'.
Lets all argue about the PS3 and 360, then we can all call each other fanboys! Can you imagine the fun?
Sure (I've got a Wii, 360 and a PS3!). And my verdict is..........they're all different but my kids play on the wii the most. The xbox360 games are better than the PS3 and the PS3 is mainly used as a Blu Ray player! and TBH I don't really view them as competing products in the same wat the PS2 and XBox were.
Just texted a friend in the US.........................
That was a ret... never mind. :)
Rhe...Quote:
Originally Posted by Stewart
:D
...............................Some questions deserve an ironic answer
HTC Kaiser-now there's a cool phone:juggle:
3 letters and I spelt it wrong. I can't even spell fragments of words.Quote:
Originally Posted by steve threlfall
Tigs, spell things for me.
kplzthx. :)
download at 56k - 'edge' should provide about double that.Quote:
Originally Posted by rentagas
The o2 'iphone tariffs' have unlimited data download (* Subject to fair use policy) I'm not sure what the o2 'simplicity tariffs' would cost for data. What might be more interesting if you could get a 3g simcard on the iphone tariffs - add a data card and put it in a laptop ...
At £35pm I'm sure you an get a N95 for zip, I'm not sure the total cost of iphone can be justified - just like cannot justify the cost of a Bentley - It might just be me.
The american tests of the iphone connected with EDGE show data rates of 36k to 200k (the theoretical rate of 4 threads) depending on distances from cells
The iphone tariffs do give "unlimited data" equivalent to "1400" web pages a month. I suppose this might be 100MB. (1GB of data from 02 costs £70 normally)
I assume they have given the data concession to apple because of itunes downloads (are these part of the limits?). I am not sure whether the iphone will connect via USB and work as a modem from the PC-or even via bluetooth.
It seems possible to buy a US iphone, not register it and modify it to take another SIM. I suspect that o2 will make sure that this is not possible in the UK but buying it in one place and connecting in another seems a precarious business model. However it is possible to buy a subsidised sky HD box and not connect it (subscribe to sky) so others have attempted the same deal and are clearly not losing much money.
The idea of upsetting the "apple" cart(el) and connecting via some other means is very tempting.
Of course the 40% of revenue o2 have to give to apple, presumably in additition to other fees, is the reason for the high monthly tarriffs.
Want a fashion accessory but not to be locked into a ripoff contract?
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/like-the-...ice-261388.php
720x480 screen res. THAT is what I want! (Along with decent font rendering so I can actually read long documents on it.)Quote:
Originally Posted by badass