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I was going to get an iPhone from O2. However, after this;
http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=92756
I'll be moving away from O2.
I can either get an unlocked iPhone from Orange France for €500, and it still might be country locked.
or
I can get a jailbroken iPhone from ebay, which may be dodgy.
or
A different phone that's like the iPhone.
Does anyone have any other suggestions? or know of any other phones that are like the iPhone?
It really does depend on what you intend on using it for and what your priorities are... but it might be worth having a look at the Nokia E51 or Samsung Tocco.It was actually the iTouch that I was using.
I loved the internet browsing and Wifi facility.
I was thinking it would be great to have that as well as a phone and maybe GPS in one device.
I was going to get an iPhone from O2. However, after this;
http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=92756
I'll be moving away from O2.
It was actually the iTouch that I was using.
I loved the internet browsing and Wifi facility.
I was thinking it would be great to have that as well as a phone and maybe GPS in one device.
(Maybe I should just get an iTouch and save myself €€€s)
The iphone probably has the best browser and user interface for browsing the web. But its one of the worst phones, and GPS isn't accurate. So I guess you have decide whats your priority and what you can compromise on. The iPhone on O2 has a decent data package (for Ireland). So thats also a factor. A Blackberry + Blackberry tarriff might be an alternative.
Maybe this is why?
At the end of the day you're in Ireland. What you can get in other countries isn't any use to you.
No, but it is a reason to go looking for an unlocked one, or an alternative device. You can't even get one directly in Ireland, so the O2 price & tariff is academic.
Anyone know how long the iPhone exclusivity deal between Apple and O2 lasts?
Ok, I don't keep up to date with thes. But say once you've bought a different device, unlocked iPhone, what data tariffs are better than the O2 ones
Well for take one example
With O2 its €45 for 175 mins (any number) 100 texts and 1GB.
With 3 its 29 + 9.99 so €40 for 150 mins any number), 1GB and no texts.
I assume theres no roll of minutes and no text because its not obvious from the 3 website. Maybe you could clarify.
I'm not saying 02 is cheaper just that its not bad compared to what else is in the Irish market. Not sure if theres VAT on those prices either.
My point is theres isn't a vast gulf between these plans and are actually cheaper than plans in direct competition with them in Ireland. If you want a very different plan, which is just primary for internet use, with practically no calls and text, then thats a different comparision. You could go to a €20 O2 plan and add data to that.
But I guess O2 figure that someone who wants to blow a few hundred on a iPhone, isn't going to be someone who is worried about spending €20 a month on a phone bill.
Or those that were in that profile were so few it wasn't worth pitching a specific plan for. So the plans were pitched accordingly.
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