Comments on: O2 suffering iPhone 3GS backlash

By: The Click Factory SEO

The Click Factory SEO — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 22:11:19 +0000

Man 02 are just crazy!

By: 3 G S

3 G S — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:25:13 +0000

Bonkers, the silly thing is O2 belive its contracted customers will forgive and forget. O2 isn’t the only provider for 3gs pay as you go, it’s coming. new iphone stock is coming to orange soon and then i’ll buy one!

Jez

By: MAtt

MAtt — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:43:13 +0000

@richardbaxterseo – nugget. You entered into a contract for X/month some of which is used to pay for calls and some of which pays for the phone. If O2 let you drop that contract early for free and sign a new one for a new phone then they arent getting all the money they wanted for the old phone. If youre still struggling with the concept, let’s say that an Iphone costs 500 quid retail, like a laptop would if you just went and bought one. O2 set you up an 18 month contract at Â£30 a month. Â£20 a month goes towards paying for the iPhone -> Â£360 over 18 months. The other Â£10 goes to paying for your calls. You have to pay the balance of Â£500 – Â£360 = Â£140 to get your handset. So, Â£140 deposit plus 18 months@Â£20/month 0%apr and you have a loan for your iPhone.
Now the new model is out, you want O2 to drop your contract 6 months early (Â£120 left to pay on your iPhone 0% loan from O2) just because you promise to set up another 0% loan for a new phone with them? Wake up! Would the bank let you off paying the last 30 grand of your mortgage just because you promised to buy another house using one of their mortgages?

And for the rest of the bleeding whiners who bought a phone on the hope that it would be upgraded to have copy and paste, or text messaging or whatever -> again, fools! Would you really buy anything else on such a premise? New TV, digital only. Would you buy it for Â£1000 on the hope that the digital rollout proceeds as planned and your TV will become usable in 2011 but sit there useless otherwise? You paid your money; you took your choice at the time and there was plenty of information around to let you know exactly what you were paying for.

By: richardbaxterseo

richardbaxterseo — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:23:12 +0000

Chiming in a little late here but yes this is pretty unfair. I’d happily enter a new contract and pay for the phone, but I’m not paying to complete my old contract first. Bang out of order, O2.

By: Lewis

Lewis — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:27:35 +0000

Vernon is someone who is using his brains instead of moaning. good call i might take that option

By: Lewis

Lewis — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:23:41 +0000

Jake Â£530 is a good price for the technology that goes into the iPhone, youve been lucky enough to pay nothing for your old mobiles, your lucky I lived in Spain for many years and always had to pay 500 euros for the latest handset. youve been spoilt and this device is packing 32GB how can you question that?? have you seen the price of solid state? its not HDD. plus everything else that gone into it I cant complain why should everyone else? this is business buy it if you got the money if you dont then dont. you would start moaning if louis vuitton new luggage cost Â£2000 grant so why moan at apple for putting such great hardware and innovative deivices on the market and them and the networks wanting to make a profit is fully justified in my opinion

By: Lewis

Lewis — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:17:54 +0000

You can change tarrifs on o2 at any time you wish, i have done this, why switch to the lowest tariff then pay off the remainder of your contract. Its a loophole you all missed.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:31:39 +0000

Just sign a new contract and get a 3Gs then sell your existing 3G and buy out of the contract. That way you get the phone you want and don’t have to dip in your pocket to buy out of the contract. You just have to pay for the new phone and lock into another 18+month contract. That’s what I’m doing anyway.

By: Jake

Jake — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:05:44 +0000

I understand what people are saying here, and yeah people shouldn’t moan if they’re tied into a long contract and now want a new phone. Not in most circumstances. But in this instance, O2 WON’T offer anything less than a 12 month contract. and some of the deals available on the 18 month are dreadul…isn’t ther one thats like 125 mins for 30 quid a month?!
The iphone is better than most phones, but not enough to warrant having to pay 530 pound just to get on a 12 month simplicity contract. So my suggestion to o2 is to know their customer. Iphone owners and potential owner are essentially tech geeks. or closet tech geeks. and posers. So give us 12 month contracts so we can stay au courant. and lower the price of the handset for god’s sake, I’ve had 8 handsets in 8 years and havn’t paid for one. I’d even be willing to be pay the price of a similar spec ipod! But 530 pound for a 32gb? How can it be justified? After all still paying 35 plus quid a month for anything half-decent!

By: ATL

ATL — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:03:44 +0000

How can you people think o2 will give you a free upgrade, or even a half price upgrade, if you had a nokia n95 and then nokia bought out the n95 8gb, i didnt bitch and moan that my provider didnt upgrade me! I just sold my one and bought the new one!

The cheek of you lot expecting to be effectively given the new model, i have bought all my iPhones outright, when the 3G came out i sold my iPhone and bought the new one, i am doing the same for the 3GS, and i will be queuing up at 8am Fiday to spend Â£530 for the new model, dont be so tight and put your hands in your pockets!