Iphone Help

[pompalomp]

Hi,

I am thinking about getting an iphone and unlocking it so i can use it on pay as you go. However as far as i can see you can only do that through ebay.
My question is, if i brought the iphone for £269 from "The carphonewarhouse" does it come with a contract that you have to use, or do they just send you the handset and you can get the contract yourself? Sorry this is a bit complicated, but whta i am trying to say is can you get the iphone from the carphone warhouse without a contract?

thanks in advance

[Stu]

Yes, you walk in to the shop, hand over the £££, walk out with a sealed iPhone box. It works different to every other phone sold at o2/cpw, you only signup to a contract when activating (or not ) via itunes.

[pompalomp]

So i could buy an iphone off the carphonewarhouse and unlock it with no worries?

[pompalomp]

Anyone?

[HyeongSeong]

I won't buy it from car phone warehouse. they'll only refund your iphone with in 7 days of purchase if you changed your mind where O2 shop will refund you in 14 days.

You can unlock iphone free of charge ( try google ziphone ). However I recommend you to have some sort of unlimited data package . Most of what iphone has on offer is base online stuff ( e.g ytube , google map etc ) .

[Arthur2]

However I recommend you to have some sort of unlimited data package . Most of what iphone has on offer is base online stuff ( e.g ytube , google map etc ) .

Is it possible to set an iPhone to only use the O2 network for voice calls?
Arthur

[starbuck]

you do need to be careful when unlocking an iphone as there was info posted in the hexus news a while back and prev messages saying apple may brick your phone when you update the software on it and it detects an unlocked handset.

[HyeongSeong]

You'll still have full access of Ipone's functions when you unlocked it .You'll have to watch out your data usage thought , they are not cheap.

[Arthur2]

You'll still have full access of Ipone's functions when you unlocked it .You'll have to watch out your data usage thought , they are not cheap.

That's what I'm concerned about. Is there a way to block data usage?

[mightymouse]

just dont use youtube or safari, but i can understand that it will be tempting

[Betty_Swallocks]

If you're not going to use the functions of the phone because it's too expensive then why bother having one in the first place?

[Arthur2]

If you're not going to use the functions of the phone because it's too expensive then why bother having one in the first place?

I don't use my mobile much, so PAYG is better for me, but I'd rather not carry two gadgets (iPod touch and mobile) when there is one that can do both.