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On 2007-11-10 22:03:42, fatreg wrote:
On 2007-11-10 21:35:02, Mr Miyagi wrote:
On 2007-11-10 21:27:51, ayejatt wrote:
so you can go into CPW or apple store and buy an iphone without signing up to the 18-month contract on the spot?
you only sign up to the o2 contract, when you are going through the activation process to activate your handset via itunes.
this confuses me effing greatly..
So I buy the phone, it's not on contract.. therefore MY property... So does that mean O2 have to unlock it? or have ofcom/O2 said anything yet?
this takes me back, you cannot buy a non contract phone and it be locked to a network, the law doesn't allow it..
Where do us non-O2 users stand?
If you buy the handset, yes it is your property. However the way O2 see's it, is that if you for some reason fail the credit check, then you have the option to take the handset back to point of sale and obtain full refund. If you decide to keep the handset and not go through activation process in order to activate the handset the official way, as in (o2's way) then there is no mention of O2 having to unlock the handset that you purchased. If they are made to unlock it, then the unlock charge has not been confirmed by O2, since right now, they as far as i know, not though about that option. But when they do, i am sure it will be a high price to unlock the handset.
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Posted: 2007-11-10 22:45:38
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Why do you want a UK one instead of a US one, they are the same?
Only differnece is FW, so you can do a lot more with the US one as it can be both Jailbroken and Hactivated.
If you get a UK one it has 1.12 and will be stuck with NO 3rd party utils and have to take an 18month guff contract from O2. Spending ~£1500 in the process.
Good luck With That.
I'll stick to my fully unlocked, and activated US version, with everything I need, and loads of 3rd party utils.
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Posted: 2007-11-10 22:49:17
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I had a little play with the iPhone today in CPW when i was about to buy a k850i till i was told it was out of stock
It really tempted me although im already a few months into a t-mob contract and I dont think theres any way to unlock the Uk one or such......the UI was quite simple considering i've never even read an iphone review before nevermind playing with one....and the cam seemed good for a 2MP
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Posted: 2007-11-10 22:49:41
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as long as you've got a pac Miss C you can port it back...
you might be able to get a pac already from tmob and they supply you with a new phone number......
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Posted: 2007-11-10 23:18:10
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Regardless of what you think of the I-phone, the sales speak for themselves.
Yesterday when the phone was released there were queues in most stores selling it.
Today, the day after the phone was released, there were no Queues. Most stores today sold in the regions of 10-20 I-phones, and nowhere is even sold out yet. And lets not forget that today is saturday, when shops are a lot lot busier then on a friday.
I-phone = I-flunk in the UK.
And for my earlier posts about apple, I did only metion the I-pod and I-phone, not macs.
I have use a G5 with Pro tools for my minor in music and absolutely loved the software. For buisnesses and workstations they are very good, however for home use I would much rather stick to a PC for its games and upgradablitity. And PC's are just as easy to use as macs and nowhere near as complicated as the Mac commercials makes them out to be.
[ This Message was edited by: Bhavv on 2007-11-10 23:05 ]
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Posted: 2007-11-11 00:04:37
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Excellent i'll do that then and hopefully i can downgrade the tariff to a silly amount too! I think the problem is just the whole network situation if it was unlocked and sold on more than one network through CPW for example it would be more of a hit. I'd bet money on it.
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Posted: 2007-11-11 00:15:35
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Where are you getting these 10-20 sales per store figures from? I've only seen official figures for Germany from T-mobile who say they sold in excess of 10,000 iPhones on Friday.
As the iPhone was available from 1300 outlets in the UK, your figure of 10-20 iPhones per store equates to between 13,000 and 26,000 iPhones sold in the UK in 24 hours. That sounds pretty good to me - especially considering its high cost, and the fact it didn't even go on sale yesterday until 6.02pm.
The overwhelming comments I overheard in the CPW and O2 stores I went into today was about the cost. That was the only negative point I heard made - nothing about the phone itself...
The reason the iPhone (not "I-phone" - at least try to get the name right!) hasn't sold out is because Apple made sure there was enough stock.
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Posted: 2007-11-11 00:17:07
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Superluminova Posts: > 500
just thinking, if you were lucky enough to get an unlock code from o2 for this, would it by pass the activation process?
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Posted: 2007-11-11 00:29:58
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there will be a way of doing it Super..
It's just not known yet...
but the whole small claims court seems very appealing atm...
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Posted: 2007-11-11 00:42:32
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I went into my local CPW thsi morning about an upgrade (not iPhone related), the guy told me that his shop opened early this morning but there were no customers until after normal opening time. No queues there.
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Posted: 2007-11-11 00:50:09
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