buy iphone up north

alexlyons

i'm thinking of getting a new iphone when they release the new ones in the summer hopefully. it is not only cheaper up north, but they are also unlocking them, I know they are probably going to start unlocking them here, but there is still the price difference. Can i walk into an o2 shop up north, buy the iphone, top up by £15 (thats how they charge for the unlock) and request them to unlock it? do they need a uk address or can i register the phone to an irish address?

Tom Dunne

Are you sure they are cheaper up North?

Before Christmas, I was going to get one, but with the currency conversion, I was only saving myself around 10 Euro.

Jax Teller

32gb 3gs works out at 607 up north 609 down here .
16gb 3gs works out at 497 up north 519 down here
8gb 3g works out at 386 up north 420 down here
thats at todays exchange rates

Tom Dunne

keysersoze_88 wrote: »

32gb 3gs works out at 607 up north only 609 down here .

Well there you go.

Creamy Goodness

but for an extra £35 sterling you can get the UK iPhone factory unlocked by O2. not having to have your phone jailbroken to be unlocked is well worth that in my opinion.

Stuxnet

but sure by then you have an unlock, but no jailbreak, get a 3.1.2 while you can !

dave oc

Any guesses will they still allow people to unlock like this when the new iPhone comes out?

alexlyons

Turns out it's not that much cheaper. But my main question is still not answered and that is do o2 require a uk address to buy a PAYG iPhone?

Not sure about unlocking down here, I would assume so, and also hope so!!

culabula

Creamy Goodness wrote: »

but for an extra £35 sterling you can get the UK iPhone factory unlocked by O2. not having to have your phone jailbroken to be unlocked is well worth that in my opinion.

Thirty-five?

alexlyons

culabula wrote: »

Thirty-five?

not sure how that figure breaks down, but I do know you have to pay £15 to have it unlocked, well worth it IMO. Still no answer about the UK address!?

culabula

alexlyons wrote: »

not sure how that figure breaks down, but I do know you have to pay £15 to have it unlocked, well worth it IMO. Still no answer about the UK address!?

Agree it's 15, don't know where 35 came into it, unless you have to buy airtime too.. Have no idea if or why you would need a UK address, since the phone is unlocked by itunes when O2 pass on the code.

Probably cheaper to fly to Turin, buy it there, unlocked out of the box and get a decent meal.

Food in the north suxx.

alexlyons

culabula wrote: »

Agree it's 15, don't know where 35 came into it, unless you have to buy airtime too.. Have no idea if or why you would need a UK address, since the phone is unlocked by itunes when O2 pass on the code.

Probably cheaper to fly to Turin, buy it there, unlocked out of the box and get a decent meal.

Food in the north suxx.

did something similar in 2008. Flew to geneva with the ol' man, drove around switzerland for a few days, hit Aosta in Italy for a few hours and picked up an unlocked 3G! However the budget doesn't allow for a flight to italy, and it's the same price as here and up north, much quicker too!

The reason I ask about a UK address is not for the unlocking, but for the actual purchase of the phone

culabula

alexlyons wrote: »

did something similar in 2008. Flew to geneva with the ol' man, drove around switzerland for a few days, hit Aosta in Italy for a few hours and picked up an unlocked 3G! However the budget doesn't allow for a flight to italy, and it's the same price as here and up north, much quicker too!

The reason I ask about a UK address is not for the unlocking, but for the actual purchase of the phone

Well, if you do, you can use mine.

alexlyons

Cheers man. Won't be doing it until they release a new model, and hopefully they'll have brought in unlocking down here by then! but was just looking into it incase. Really appreciate the offer, and may well take you up on it if needs be.

Creamy Goodness

AFAIK you have to buy £20 credit with the £15 unlock fee, it's where my figure of £35 came from.

costacurta

has anyone gone up the north and bought an iphone, then come back down south and unlocked it?