iPhone, to buy now or wait...
18/09/07 20:40 Filed in: iPhone
To buy on November the 9th or do I wait?
I can start by saying that I'm glad we finally have the iPhone here in the UK. BUT
NO 3G!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a surprise, especially as O2 have said they only have 30% coverage. There is the benefit of the free WiFi from The Cloud.net and their 7500 hotspots, but its something I wouldn't get much use of.
I could live with the speed (or lack of speed) of EDGE if I knew that I would be able to use the iPhone when I wanted to but with only 30% coverage I dont think that there will be many place's to pick up a EDGE signal.
The UK has massive 3G coverage. O2 has along with every other network operator in the UK made a massive investment over the years in 3G and to spend money now downgrading just doesn't make sense, I cant see them continuing the investment once the 3G iPhone is released. The shareholders wont want that.
I have said that no 3G means no iPhone for me, BUT I may be changing my mind. I booked a holiday at work for the 9th November and was about to pay for a return ticket to the Glasgow Apple store but then started thinking about the extra cost of the tickets added to the cost of the phone plus whatever else I manage to buy on the day would all add up to a rather expensive iPhone. So I'm now back to thinking that waiting till maybe march 08 to get a phone I can use anywhere in the UK with a larger memory, 3G and whatever else they might add is a better idea.
As for the price plans:
O2 has a £15 a month price plan with 200 anytime voice minutes and 400 text messages without a contract, so the unlimited data plan is actually costing you £20 a month along with a 18 month contract and your getting 200 text messages a month less.........
So...... What to do.......................
One thing I cant understand is that there are people already saying that the price of the iPhone is actually £899 (£35 x 18 months + £269).
This I dont understand. I wouldn't say my car cost £10,000 + 3 years of petrol payments and service costs..................
Anyway one thing that's made me a very happy person is that O2 will have a dedicated UK care facility for iPhone owners, that it's self is worth paying a little extra for in my book.
I can start by saying that I'm glad we finally have the iPhone here in the UK. BUT
NO 3G!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a surprise, especially as O2 have said they only have 30% coverage. There is the benefit of the free WiFi from The Cloud.net and their 7500 hotspots, but its something I wouldn't get much use of.
I could live with the speed (or lack of speed) of EDGE if I knew that I would be able to use the iPhone when I wanted to but with only 30% coverage I dont think that there will be many place's to pick up a EDGE signal.
The UK has massive 3G coverage. O2 has along with every other network operator in the UK made a massive investment over the years in 3G and to spend money now downgrading just doesn't make sense, I cant see them continuing the investment once the 3G iPhone is released. The shareholders wont want that.
I have said that no 3G means no iPhone for me, BUT I may be changing my mind. I booked a holiday at work for the 9th November and was about to pay for a return ticket to the Glasgow Apple store but then started thinking about the extra cost of the tickets added to the cost of the phone plus whatever else I manage to buy on the day would all add up to a rather expensive iPhone. So I'm now back to thinking that waiting till maybe march 08 to get a phone I can use anywhere in the UK with a larger memory, 3G and whatever else they might add is a better idea.
As for the price plans:
O2 has a £15 a month price plan with 200 anytime voice minutes and 400 text messages without a contract, so the unlimited data plan is actually costing you £20 a month along with a 18 month contract and your getting 200 text messages a month less.........
So...... What to do.......................
One thing I cant understand is that there are people already saying that the price of the iPhone is actually £899 (£35 x 18 months + £269).
This I dont understand. I wouldn't say my car cost £10,000 + 3 years of petrol payments and service costs..................
Anyway one thing that's made me a very happy person is that O2 will have a dedicated UK care facility for iPhone owners, that it's self is worth paying a little extra for in my book.
