Will apple sell the iPhone 4 in Ireland unlocked?

patch

I've been following all the threads, but I don't think this has been answered.
Once apple release the iphone4 in ireland will we be able to buy it direct from
apple, unlocked at a decent price?
I'm under the impression that the unlocked phones in uk are cheaper compared to the earlier generations.......

Or am I still at the mercy of o2, having spent 620 on a 3gs locked to o2 and then jailbroken etc.?

Oafley Jones

patch11 wrote: »

I've been following all the threads, but I don't think this has been answered.
Once apple release the iphone4 in ireland will we be able to buy it direct from
apple, unlocked at a decent price?
I'm under the impression that the unlocked phones in uk are cheaper compared to the earlier generations.......

Or am I still at the mercy of o2, having spent 620 on a 3gs locked to o2 and then jailbroken etc.?

I wouldn't discount getting it direct, although i'd forget about a "decent Price".

Stuxnet

well its listed for sale "coming soon" on apple ireland site, along side a sim free 3gs for 499, so can safely assume it'll be available sim free to buy also

Jax Teller

I'd say 600 for 16gb and 700 for 32 gb

Oafley Jones

keysersoze_88 wrote: »

I'd say 600 for 16gb and 700 for 32 gb

It's 630 and 740 in France.

patch

One of the reasons I'd go direct this time is for the warranty.
I have a speck of dust under my screen and a wee crack just above my mute button. Apple will happily swap it for a new one, great news. But, I can't pay a few quid more to get sent the iphone4 because o2 have an interest in the phone. Drat.

Jax Teller

Oafley Jones wrote: »

It's 630 and 740 in France.

Oh add on the paddy tax then

Oafley Jones

keysersoze_88 wrote: »

Oh add on the paddy tax then

Hurrah 700 and 850 it is.

whiterebel

patch11 wrote: »

One of the reasons I'd go direct this time is for the warranty.
I have a speck of dust under my screen and a wee crack just above my mute button. Apple will happily swap it for a new one, great news. But, I can't pay a few quid more to get sent the iphone4 because o2 have an interest in the phone. Drat.

Nothing to do with O2 having an interest in it. Apple do the warranty full stop, and they won't give you an iP4 as replacement for a 3Gs. Just get yourself the brand new 3Gs and get O2 to unlock it, then you'll get a much better price selling it to get your iP4...

Wolverine359

Is there an Irish release date set yet?

whiterebel

Wolverine359 wrote: »

Is there an Irish release date set yet?

No. Keep a check on the Apple website, they'll tell you first.

PrettyBoy

patch11 wrote: »

will we be able to buy it direct from apple, unlocked at a decent price?

LOL, remember you're paying €700-800 for a PHONE that will be outdated in 6 months and replaced within 12 months.

patch

whiterebel wrote: »

Nothing to do with O2 having an interest in it. Apple do the warranty full stop, and they won't give you an iP4 as replacement for a 3Gs. Just get yourself the brand new 3Gs and get O2 to unlock it, then you'll get a much better price selling it to get your iP4...

That would be the ideal solution, but I've had it unlocked and used on vodafone due to having terrible o2 signal at home!
Therefore I can't see them unlocking it for me.

Dades

patch11 wrote: »

That would be the ideal solution, but I've had it unlocked and used on vodafone due to having terrible o2 signal at home!
Therefore I can't see them unlocking it for me.

I had Apple replace my 3GS (unlocked by O2) under warranty a few weeks ago, no problem. The new phone they sent me was unlocked.

cojomo2

Dades wrote: »

I had Apple replace my 3GS (unlocked by O2) under warranty a few weeks ago, no problem. The new phone they sent me was unlocked.

yep, even those of us who purchased iphone 4 in Belfast should be covered in the republic...I asked the guy in store, and also rang apple Ireland, they confirmed that even though the phone was bought in the UK(Belfast), warranty will be no problen in the republic..

whiterebel

Dades wrote: »

I had Apple replace my 3GS (unlocked by O2) under warranty a few weeks ago, no problem. The new phone they sent me was unlocked.

If its still locked to O2, though, they will send out a new one locked to O2. Did it to me not so long ago.

alexlyons

It'l be released down here in july

IamMetaldave

PrettyBoy wrote: »

LOL, remember you're paying €700-800 for a PHONE that will be outdated in 6 months and replaced within 12 months.

A phone, iPod, media player, Internet device, an app for virtually anything and all the rest..

And it won't be outdated until the following version, 12 months later. And the likelihood is if you buy this one, you skip the next. So 700 over 2 years for all that isn't that much at all, €30 a month actually.

patch

Yeah I can completely understand people feeling the iphones are too expensive.
The gadget buyer in me would love to pick up an htc desire, but having bought cheaper and in some ways better phones in the past I now realise that its the app store that makes it worth the money for me.
some of the games are simply class.
Unless companies release all or most of the games across all the platforms, I'll be sticking with apple.

PrettyBoy

Dave Eyesclosed wrote: »

A phone, iPod, media player, Internet device, an app for virtually anything and all the rest..

And it won't be outdated until the following version, 12 months later. And the likelihood is if you buy this one, you skip the next. So 700 over 2 years for all that isn't that much at all, €30 a month actually.

Meh, almost every new phone has MP3, video, internet. I'm still going to get one sooner or later because I like them, I have the money and none of its rivals interest me but I personally don't think it's great value for the money.

When I say outdated I mean that there will be some other phone that can do everything the iPhone can and more, then Apple will release the iPhone 5, it's always been that way.

Kevin!

PrettyBoy wrote: »

Meh, almost every new phone has MP3, video, internet. I'm still going to get one sooner or later because I like them, I have the money and none of its rivals interest me but I personally don't think it's great value for the money.

When I say outdated I mean that there will be some other phone that can do everything the iPhone can and more, then Apple will release the iPhone 5, it's always been that way.

None of Apples products are great value for money, nor did they state such a fact but it's the intuitive devices that they create which makes the consumer come back for more and more.

Apple also have a great name for quality, especially on there computer range.

PrettyBoy

Kevin! wrote: »

None of Apples products are great value for money, nor did they state such a fact but it's the intuitive devices that they create which makes the consumer come back for more and more.

Apple also have a great name for quality, especially on there computer range.

I agree with everything in your post. I was just responding to the first post when the OP asked if he could get one at a decent price.

whiterebel

Kevin! wrote: »

None of Apples products are great value for money, nor did they state such a fact but it's the intuitive devices that they create which makes the consumer come back for more and more.

Apple also have a great name for quality, especially on there computer range.

If you look at their computers in the long term, they tend to last longer than PCs. I know my laptops still going after 6/7 years, while my wife's PC laptops are fit for the bin after 3. To me, even though the initial purchase is far more, they work out to be much better value at the end of the day. Much as I think the iPhone is expensive, I could only envy how easy it was for PC users to sync all their info with their Nokias or Blackberrys. I could do it with a Blackberry but it was another $59, and limited. Now the Macs and iPhone are all synced up and stay that way, so to me it is worth getting on a contract.