o2 billpay user adn iphone question

quintron

Hi,
I'm hoping someone can help.
I have a bill pay tariff with o2 (not an iphone tariff). Its the lowest one I could get, (50 mins, 50 txts PM) and I purchased the 1GB data add-on for €15.
I recently bought an irish 3G iPhone from a friend, unopened, unused, still in its plastic wrapping, and before I open it I'm wondering if my existing o2 sim will work in it?
I don't want to open it if its not going to work, I'd rather sell it on as I'm not interested in jailbreaking it or anything.
Its the activation I'm worried about.
I did try my current o2 sim in a friends iPhone and it worked fine but of course his was activated and in service etc.
This one has not even been opened.
Any advice appreciated.
Cheers,
Q

O2_Daryll

The sim card will work fine in it. There will be nothing else that you will need to do other than pop it in.

Stephen

It'll work fine. I have an iPhone 3G I bought via adverts.ie and an O2 Clear €15 SIM + 250MB data add-on, working perfectly.

quintron

That's great news. Thanks lads! Is there an activation procedure with Irish iPhones when you first power up of sync with iTunes?

cojomo2

quintron wrote: »

Hi,
I'm hoping someone can help.
I have a bill pay tariff with o2 (not an iphone tariff). Its the lowest one I could get, (50 mins, 50 txts PM) and I purchased the 1GB data add-on for €15.
I recently bought an irish 3G iPhone from a friend, unopened, unused, still in its plastic wrapping, and before I open it I'm wondering if my existing o2 sim will work in it?
I don't want to open it if its not going to work, I'd rather sell it on as I'm not interested in jailbreaking it or anything.
Its the activation I'm worried about.
I did try my current o2 sim in a friends iPhone and it worked fine but of course his was activated and in service etc.
This one has not even been opened.
Any advice appreciated.
Cheers,
Q

Slightly off topic, but 15 a month for 1 gb add on is a serious rip off..

quintron

Who are you tellin!! I've been giving out about data charges in This country for ages. I've a 1gb with voda for half that and I used to be with 3 but having had a chance to compare the speeds at different locations o2 has been a consistent winner. It is a rip off but it's getting slightly more realistic. It wasn't long ago that we were paying a fortune per MB which was really the dark ages. We'll just have to wait and see. Data use on handsets is becoming intrinsic to mobile communication and networks will have to change their business model accordingly.

Stephen

Quintron - there's not much to the activation. Just have the SIM inserted (and unlocked, I think) and connect it to the computer running iTunes.

quintron

Thanks Stephen.