iphone +30 rep

[cocaine]

alright so you'll notice how crap my phone is atm

http://images.izideal.com/img/product/7935642/b/uk/lg-gb102-on-o2-pay-as-you-go.jpeg

i'm due for an upgrade now. i was looking at getting an iphone 4, and the upgrade costs are horrendous - £32/month for 300 mins / ultd. texts and 500mb of internet and the phone is £200+

my friends have got much better deals: £30/month - 600 mins, ultd texts, 500mb data and the iphone 4 was £140 - they rung o2 specifically. what i need help with is how to get the best deals for an iphone 4? im a loyal o2 customer, if i rung up and threatened to switch would they offer me a significantly better contract?

[iJoe]

o2 are very much the type of company to offer you loads and persuade you to stay when you say you're going to leave. I tried to get my PAC code to transfer my number and spent 10 minutes with the feller trying to sell me stuff on o2 offering me minutes and everything haha (Even though I was moving to o2 anyway just didn't tell em that)

I'm with o2 got an iPhone 4 last month with this

900 mins
Unlimited texts
500Mb Internet

£45 a month, free handset

No sort of special deal for customers either

If that deals still out get that, if not ring them and ask about that deal see if they can match it and say orange have a very similar deal on (they do) and if o2 can't match it you might as well go to orange, they'll most likely try and match it (:

[Mr-Trainor]

If you were to ring them up, then yes they are likely to give you a much better deal. Or even go to an o2 shop (I think they have them :P). That's what my mum did with tmobile when she wanted to switch, and she came back with a better deal and a new phone :P.

[AgnesIO]

Just putting this out there, you could hold out for the iPhone 5 which should be announced in September. I only say this, as the prices won't change much and you will get one will probably be a far better phone.

If you wish to go for the iPhone 5 though I seriously suggest phoning one company and getting a contract offer, then phoning another and sying what the other offered - to try and reduce costs. If you are happy at O2, then as Luke said phone them up and say about your plans to get an iPhone - if they don't give you a decent deal, just say "It is fine, I will go to t-Mobile" - they will probably better their offer.

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http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/buy/APPLE-IPHONE4-16GB-O2-31A24-FCONO

That is apparenty O2's best deal.

[BeanEgg]

Find a decent deal elsewhere, then ring your mobile company up and hopefully they'll match that offer or even beat it!

[Robi]

If you ring up and say "I can get this deal with orange, blah blah i am strongly concidering leaving" most of the time they will offer you something decent. My uncles blackberry broke, he threatened to not upgrade and switch to t-mobile, they gave him an iphone 4 with 6 months left on his contract!

If you make a fuss you never know! :)

[davecool656]

o2 do the best deals :)

[Johno]

o2 do the best deals :)

for the iPhone? By far the best network for the iPhone is 3.

5000 Texts
2000 Minutes
5000 3-to-3 Minutes
All-you-can-eat Data
Voicemail

for £35 a month (£69 upfront) - with £110 cashback using Quidco.

[Casanova]

vodafone, £35pm 600 minutes, 3000 texts, 500mb data - Iphone 4 16gb £FREE only on phones4u.co.uk (http://www.phones4u.co.uk/shop/shop_contract_details.asp?ItemKey=416278&intcid=Homepage_Find_Phone_PM_Apple_Apple%20iPhone %204%2016GB)

O2 WON'T be able to match that. You can't discount iPhone's nor 'do better deals' on them normally.

I suggest picking another device such as the galaxy S II or the lg optimus 2x, much better devices imho.

[iJoe]

They pretty much have matched that just £2 more, unlimted texts instead of 3000 and o2 rather than vodafone :P I know who I'd choose

[J0SH]

alright so you'll notice how crap my phone is atm

http://images.izideal.com/img/product/7935642/b/uk/lg-gb102-on-o2-pay-as-you-go.jpeg

i'm due for an upgrade now. i was looking at getting an iphone 4, and the upgrade costs are horrendous - £32/month for 300 mins / ultd. texts and 500mb of internet and the phone is £200+

my friends have got much better deals: £30/month - 600 mins, ultd texts, 500mb data and the iphone 4 was £140 - they rung o2 specifically. what i need help with is how to get the best deals for an iphone 4? im a loyal o2 customer, if i rung up and threatened to switch would they offer me a significantly better contract?

The only way you can get the phone for free is if you go for a higher tarrif and get tied into a 24 month contract.

Mine's £55 a month I think, 500 MB internet, iPhone 32 GB Black, 1000 Minutes and Unlimited Texts.

However I don't pay it, my work does so I didn't care what tarrif I went for, but I mean ringing them up is always worth a try if you can understand Patel Singh on the other end of the phone.

[The Don]

haven't read previous posts, so sorry if it's been mentioned. But, i've got a £10 asda phone, I want an iphone as well, but the iphone 5 is meant to be released September, so if you wait till then, you could get an iphone 5 or if you want an iphone 4 still, the prices will be slashed due to a newer version being out :P

[cocaine]

prices for iphone 5 will still be ridiculously inflated well in my first year at uni. the iphone 4 will still be around and still reasonably expensive at that. im simply not just made of money! :P

[The Don]

prices for iphone 5 will still be ridiculously inflated well in my first year at uni. the iphone 4 will still be around and still reasonably expensive at that. im simply not just made of money! :P

Yeh true, but once the iphone 5 is out, the price would've dropped a lot compared to the price now :P

[RockyHorror]

Go to Tesco mobile, they use o2's signal.
http://direct.tesco.com/p/inc/specials/iphone/i/iPhone_image01.jpg

[e5]

Carphoneware house " won't be beaten " on prices, they try them, tbh or threaten to leave, they usually offer you something good :)

[cocaine]

Yeh true, but once the iphone 5 is out, the price would've dropped a lot compared to the price now :P

haha yeah but my current contract ends now, im not gonna go phone-less for a few months!

[The Don]

haha yeah but my current contract ends now, im not gonna go phone-less for a few months!

You could get a cheap phone on a giffgaff sim for a few months untill the iphone is out, take a look at the deals they provide.

GiffGaff deal:
"For £10 a month get 250 minutes, unlimited texts, unlimited Internet and free calls and texts to giffgaff."

[Johno]

You could get a cheap phone on a giffgaff sim for a few months untill the iphone is out, take a look at the deals they provide.

GiffGaff deal:
"For £10 a month get 250 minutes, unlimited texts, unlimited Internet and free calls and texts to giffgaff."

GiffGaff also uses the O2 network :)

Tesco Mobile was pretty cheap for iPhone contracts too (as someone said above), but I think 3 are still offering it for the cheapest.

[redtom]

Damn it posted wrong thing - delete this post :D

[cocaine]

You could get a cheap phone on a giffgaff sim for a few months untill the iphone is out, take a look at the deals they provide.

GiffGaff deal:
"For £10 a month get 250 minutes, unlimited texts, unlimited Internet and free calls and texts to giffgaff."

yes but like i said, i'm not made of money - the iphone 5 will remain very expensive for a good year and i doubt that the iphone 4 will go down in price that much

[Jack!]

yes but like i said, i'm not made of money - the iphone 5 will remain very expensive for a good year and i doubt that the iphone 4 will go down in price that much

I just ordered a Wildfire, from T-Mobile:
£15/month, free handset, 2 year contract. 300mins, unlimited texts (Flexible booster) and 500MB internet for videos and uploading/downloading files and unlimited internet for emails and web surfing.

[triston220]

They pretty much have matched that just £2 more, unlimted texts instead of 3000 and o2 rather than vodafone :P I know who I'd choose

It probably won't be unlimited, you'll have a cap.

[iJoe]

It probably won't be unlimited, you'll have a cap.

12000 I think it is, still higher than 3000 :P

[Casanova]

They pretty much have matched that just £2 more, unlimted texts instead of 3000 and o2 rather than vodafone :P I know who I'd choose

when o2 say unlimited texts, it's limited to 3k :)

[Mark]

I've got an iPhone4 on T-Mobile I get unlimited internet, unlimited texts, 1000 minutes for £25

[AgnesIO]

I've got an iPhone4 on T-Mobile I get unlimited internet, unlimited texts, 1000 minutes for £25

how much did you pay for the phone though

[Mark]

how much did you pay for the phone though

About £100 can't remember an exact figure

[Metric1]

Over here when our contract runs out they keep billing us, but we can cut it off at any time, it just switches to month-to-month. I'm currently eligable for an upgrade on my Verizon contract but I'm gunna wait until the new Blackberry Bold is out. No point in getting a phone that is about to be replaced with a newer model?