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From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 16 Feb 2010 13:40 On 16 Feb 2010 18:19:59 GMT, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >Howard <Howard.not(a)home.com> wrote: >> David Empson <dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote: >> >> > On that basis, if you buy an iPhone 3GS now, it will be superseded >> > in >> > about four months. Do you want to wait that long for unknown >> > improvements? If not, buy it now. >> >> or wait and buy a discounted old model after the new one is launched.. > >Assuming Apple continue the old models. They may not... Rumour is that you can buy them second hand off other folks, too. Cheers - Jaimie -- If you own a jackhammer, every problem looks like hours of fun
From: David Kennedy on 16 Feb 2010 15:11 zoara wrote: > > Mobile phone companies are all arseholes. > The voice of experience... :-p -- David Kennedy http://www.anindianinexile.com
From: Lynn W on 16 Feb 2010 15:47 On 16/02/2010 10:07, in article 18uen.40662$Ym4.23325(a)text.news.virginmedia.com, "Rob" <patchoulianREMOVE(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Having just got back from hols with an iPhone holder in our party, I've > decided the time has come. Couple of questions: > > I figure PAYG is cheaper by about �200 for me over the two years of a > contract, including the cost of year 2 wireless. Is this �200 likely to > result in hassle/loss of features? > > If I get a contract (say �35 p/m O2) is it usual to keep the phone at > the end, and jailbreak at my convenience, for example? > > http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#iPhone is saying 'Don't Buy!!!!', but > I don't see anything especially revelatory beyond being a long way into > the product/version cycle. Would you buy now, or wait? > > Thanks, Rob > I was going to do Pay as you Go last year when I got mine, but when I did the sums it was actually cheaper to have a contract at �35 a month and a smaller cost for the phone than pay the extra money to 'buy' the phone and then go Pay as you Go. Lynn
From: Ric on 17 Feb 2010 04:59 On Feb 16, 6:20 pm, zoara <m...(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Woody <use...(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > Rob <patchoulianREM...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 16/02/2010 10:48, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote: > > > > On Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:07:57 GMT, Rob<patchoulianREM...(a)gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > >> Having just got back from hols with an iPhone holder in our > > > > > party, I've > > > >> decided the time has come. Couple of questions: > > > > >> I figure PAYG is cheaper by about £200 for me over the two years > > > > > of a > > > >> contract, including the cost of year 2 wireless. Is this £200 > > > > > likely to > > > >> result in hassle/loss of features? > > > > > No, although I *think* that currently only O2-on-contract has > > > > working > > > > Visual Voicemail. Which I've never missed, and certainly isn't > > > > worth > > > > £200. > > > > Thanks - I don't know what that is, so it's hardly a priority! > > > I have it, never used it. > > It's worth £200 to me. I find it completely invaluable. > > In brief, it shows your voicemails as a selectable list, like emails. > Means you can see who they're from and listen in any order, keep some > for later and easily delete the rest, etc, without navigating the > torturous audio menus of standard voicemail. > > Undoubtedly not of value to everyone (not even to many) but I'd happily > pay more than £200 for the feature. > > -z- > > -- > email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Idle query - if you get an unlocked iPhone, and stick an O2 standard SIM in it, does VVM magically work, or does your account have to be provisioned as an iphone account?
From: Woody on 17 Feb 2010 05:09
Ric <infobubble(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Idle query - if you get an unlocked iPhone, and stick an O2 standard > SIM in it, does VVM magically work, or does your account have to be > provisioned as an iphone account? I would imagine that if VV doesn't work on a PAYG iPhone, the chances of it working with other than a contract iPhone account are very slim -- Woody |