Pay As You Go iPhone 3G to start from £370!!!

[Cyburn2008]

http://stuff.tv/news/Stuff-EXCLUSIVE-370-f...Phone-3G/10282/

This may put off alot of people from buying the 3G iPhone if these prices are correct. And also put off people trying to unlock the 3G iPhone.

 

[The Teej]

haha, fuck me. £370 is a bucket load. I think I'll wait a little...

 

[Neko]

You guys are getting screwed really hard.
UK£ 370 = 468,15497 €
Then the 199 USDOLLAR version would only cost 199 US-Dollar = 128,602818 € for me but I guess they are going to sell it for 200€ which is less than half of what you guys pay!

 

[MiloFoxburr]

You guys are getting screwed really hard.
UK£ 370 = 468,15497 €
Then the 199 USDOLLAR version would only cost 199 US-Dollar = 128,602818 € for me but I guess they are going to sell it for 200€ which is less than half of what you guys pay!

Pay as you Go is different from Contract. The 3G iPhone is something like £79 on the lowest Tariff and free on the higher ones in the UK

 

[Cyburn2008]

Thing is the $199 iPhone 3G is on CONTRACT not Pay as you Go.

The tariffs of O2 UK contract are here:
http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/paymonthly

 

[Prime]

Pay As You Go = Perfect
iPhone = Perfect
Price = Fuck off.

 

[moozxy]

It probably works out to be the similar to the contract after 18months (min. contract length) if you add up how much you will spend topping up a month + the phone price.
You may aswell get it on contract.

 

[ZeWarrior]

Pay As You Go = Perfect
iPhone = Perfect
Price = Fuck off.

I beg to differ. Without a querty keyboard, its nothing special imo.

 

[Salamantis]

Pay As You Go = Perfect
iPhone = Perfect
Price = Fuck off.

I beg to differ. Without a querty keyboard, its nothing special imo.

lol it has a qwerty keyboard you know. It's not perfect (as in some keys missing) but better than plastic keys imo.

 

[arctic_flame]

If you can't pay the contract, you don't need an iPhone.

(I can't pay the contract either)

 

[science]

Eww @ teh price. I love the iPhone, but fuck, I love other things too.

Posts merged

lol i said 'but fuck'

 

[jalaneme]

thats a lot of money for pay as you go.

 

[legendofphil]

That's quite cheap, you would be surprised how much high end phones cost.
I had an XDA a few years ago and that was insured for £400.

 

[The Teej]

I can pay the contract, but why the fuck should I? I have never spent £35 in one month before. It's completely ridiculous.

 

[PBC]

Never liked the Iphone. Never liked the idea of it either. Buy a phone, and buy a PDA or something. Don't buy something which combines the two into a crappy overpriced gizmo. I've heard too many disappointing things about it. I mean, I sure it has some uses...but entertaining hipsters is probably the least of what I look for in a phone. Have fun paying as you go if you think you are going to use the data. and if you aren't going to use the data then get a real phone. What a joke! I have a tracphone, and that is like heaven to me.

Alarm, check. Ability to call people, check. Bam! thats a phone and thats all I need. All other things can be better handled by another gadget I'm sure.

 

[moozxy]

I can pay the contract, but why the fuck should I? I have never spent £35 in one month before. It's completely ridiculous.

I don't know if you're talking about the iPhone deal but if you're not, say you decide to buy a new phone for say £200 on pay as you go. If you spend, I dunno, £15 a month, after a year the price is £380 inc. the price of the phone. If you go on contract where you will probably get a free phone, the cost after a year is £420. Which is only £40 over the year where you will get a better deal and probably a better phone.

 

[The Teej]

I can pay the contract, but why the fuck should I? I have never spent £35 in one month before. It's completely ridiculous.

I don't know if you're talking about the iPhone deal but if you're not, say you decide to buy a new phone for say £200 on pay as you go. If you spend, I dunno, £15 a month, after a year the price is £380 inc. the price of the phone. If you go on contract where you will probably get a free phone, the cost after a year is £420. Which is only £40 over the year where you will get a better deal and probably a better phone.

Yeah, but that's why I just stick with the phone I have until the iPhone goes down in price

Plus, the contract is a mandatory bill each month, whereas the pay as you go (regardless of how much you spend each month) is not.

 

[Cyburn2008]

O2 UK have given their prices on their site

£299.99 for the 8GB and £359.99 for the 16GB

http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/paygo