iPhone 4...What Package and carrier are you going for?

rebelccfc · 28-07-2010 03:09PM #1

I'm switching from o2 to 3.
Going to get the 32gb for 69 euro.
Happy Days

kingshankly · 28-07-2010 03:12PM

This is thread number 9 about the iPhone 4 on the first page is there a need for so many

elvis jones · 28-07-2010 03:15PM

kingshankly wrote: »

This is thread number 9 about the iPhone 4 on the first page is there a need for so many

Yes:D

Staying with o2 on 60 a month plan. My bill is never over 65 so happy with that compared to 80 to 100 on three/meteor

naasrd · 28-07-2010 03:16PM

kingshankly wrote: »

This is thread number 9 about the iPhone 4 on the first page is there a need for so many

Ok, who brought this guy to the party?

Kevin! · 28-07-2010 03:22PM

kingshankly wrote: »

This is thread number 9 about the iPhone 4 on the first page is there a need for so many

annoyed you didn't think of making this thread?

x43r0 · 28-07-2010 03:35PM

I'm currently on the 350 plan with O2 with 6 months left so gonna stick with this plan and take a 12 month contract so its essentially just a 6 month extension

fifth · 28-07-2010 03:39PM

Am on Meteor prepay.. with 80euro credit which i can use on data the odd few days a month that I need it.. I'll buy sim free from apple and wait as long as it takes..no rush as meteor don't have micro sims for phones yet anyway.

€20 per month free texts any network
0.99c per day (i'd use it 7 days out of the month max, mostly using wifi at home anyway)
I make feck all calls, which means I accumulate around €13 credit each month..

Outlay for 16GB iphone is €599.. so I figure I'm saving a few bob this way. Granted I won't be connected to data network 24/7.

Gumbo · 28-07-2010 04:04PM

funkyflea wrote: »

Am on Meteor prepay.. with 80euro credit which i can use on data the odd few days a month that I need it.. I'll buy sim free from apple and wait as long as it takes..no rush as meteor don't have micro sims for phones yet anyway.

€20 per month free texts any network
0.99c per day (i'd use it 7 days out of the month max, mostly using wifi at home anyway)
I make feck all calls, which means I accumulate around €13 credit each month..

Outlay for 16GB iphone is €599.. so I figure I'm saving a few bob this way. Granted I won't be connected to data network 24/7.

Meteor have micro sims available on Friday for existing customers.

fifth · 28-07-2010 04:05PM

kceire wrote: »

Meteor have micro sims available on Friday for existing customers.

Aargh, was going to hold off but now I may join the mad dash for iphone 4 on friday. Are you sure those are for iPhone and not the data sims for iPad..they mentioned over on their Talk forums they'd have two separate kinds of SIM.

seamus · 28-07-2010 04:14PM

Pretty sure I'll move to 3 from O2.

ingen · 28-07-2010 04:44PM

the only issue with this that i can see is that as the iphone 4 uses a micro sim, if say for example you drop your phone, and your iphone has to go off for repair, you will need another phone that takes a micro sim...

or can you get an adaptor that converts from microsim to normal sim size?

cyberspi · 28-07-2010 04:48PM

ingen wrote: »

the only issue with this that i can see is that as the iphone 4 uses a micro sim, if say for example you drop your phone, and your iphone has to go off for repair, you will need another phone that takes a micro sim...

or can you get an adaptor that converts from microsim to normal sim size?

yup, sim adaptors available on ebay..

Mikey23 · 28-07-2010 05:24PM

Moving from O2 to 3.

Really poor O2 coverage in our estate in Galway city, so a switch was always on the cards, but really disappointed by Vodafone's pricing. 3 seems fine on the coverage map, but we'll see.

jamesjoyce · 28-07-2010 05:26PM

been to the vodafone store in Wexford. Prepay prices for iphone 4 €589 for the 16gb and €689 for the 32gb. The girl in store said they are taking names and will hold reserved phones until 5pm Friday. Don't know how true that is of course or does she know the clamor for demand.

Lex_Diamonds · 28-07-2010 05:27PM

Moving from o2 to 3 when my contract is up in September. Hopefully the phones will be easily available by that stage!

elvis jones · 28-07-2010 05:29PM

Mikey23 wrote: »

Moving from O2 to 3.

Really poor O2 coverage in our estate in Galway city, so a switch was always on the cards, but really disappointed by Vodafone's pricing. 3 seems fine on the coverage map, but we'll see.

Fingers crossed, but what happens if 3 are even worse in your area ?

CptMackey · 28-07-2010 08:07PM

seriously considering going to 3 from vodafone. The 500mb is terrible for monthly data

matchthis · 28-07-2010 09:19PM

CptMackey wrote: »

seriously considering going to 3 from vodafone. The 500mb is terrible for monthly data

500mb for some would be enough. I used gmail a good bit on a daily basis, facebook alot and engadget app. Whilst browsing the web too. Always used just under 250mb with the exception of one month where i had a stay in hospital and youtube brought me up to the 300 mb mark. Depends how your using it though i guess

drunkmonkey · 28-07-2010 09:28PM

elvis jones wrote: »

Staying with o2 on 60 a month plan. My bill is never over 65 so happy with that compared to 80 to 100 on three/meteor

Meteor & 3 are nearly always cheaper than o2, how could your bill go up by switching?

Im_No_Superman · 28-07-2010 09:49PM

Will buy sim free off the Apple store in the next few weeks and stick with Meteor.

Mikey23 · 28-07-2010 10:11PM

elvis jones wrote: »

Fingers crossed, but what happens if 3 are even worse in your area ?

Can't get much worse than we have now. Barely any coverage in the house, just by windows, so the risk beats the status quo for the next 18 months.

As is sod's law, couldn't get hold of any mates on 3 this evening to swing by for a tester

ToadVine · 28-07-2010 11:13PM

I hate to say it, but I'll be changing from O2 to 3.

I've done my sums. I'm going for the €60/month plan and the 16gb iPhone on 3. That will cost €839/year as compared to O2 equivalent package which will cost €919/year. The saving on this package with 3 is about €100 over the 18 month contract, and I'll get the extra free calls to landlines (Sept 2010 to June 2011) with 3.

I'm also guaranteed (hopefully!) an iPhone on Friday, whereas there are no guarantees with O2.

Simon201 · 28-07-2010 11:32PM

So here's the thing with me.
I have an officially unlocked iPhone on VF - simply 100 and 1gb data add on.
Nice €30 a month. Internet on phone works great and fast. Tethering works great also. Real handy. Work uses VF so handy sometimes to put work sim in the iPhone, plus most people I phone seem to be on VF.
The intention is to go with the iPhone 4 with VF but first of all the price of the 32gb is quite high if I go on the €45 pm tarriff, no prob I says I can deal with it. But now, having looked at the details of the PCA150, I'd have to pay a total of €55 to include tethering (€10 pm)
I don't really want to change networks but it feels like it would kill me to be paying €55 a month when I make most voice calls on my work mobile, and use the iPhone for mobile internet usage and tethering.
A quick round up of the options seem to be -
(I realise the contracts are generally 18 months but I'm just looking at a years worth for now)

1. VF iPhone and PCA150 plus tethering add on.= €1039
2. Apple iPhone and the plan that I'm on..........= €1060
3. '3' iPhone, classic flex and tethering add on..= €1039
4. o2 iPhone, Advance 150............................= €839 (plan includes tethering?)
(feel free to point out anything majorly wrong with the above figures!)

So on the face of it, it looks like o2 come out winners even if I seem to have some kind of (probably unjustified!) aversion to go with o2!
It would also kinda kill me to fork out €700 straight, for the Apple phone, but on the other hand I really like not being tied to a contract.

aaarrghh! decisions decisions!

drunkmonkey · 29-07-2010 12:05AM

You'd be better off on classic flex max , that's 720 for the 18mt, 350 units, 2gb of data and another 2gb as a free extra if you wanted it, no need for a tethering add on as the included 2gb allows you to tether.

ToadVine · 29-07-2010 12:08AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

You'd be better off on classic flex max , that's 720 for the 18mt, 350 units, 2gb of data and another 2gb as a free extra if you wanted it, no need for a tethering add on as the included 2gb allows you to tether.

Does the 2gb in the 3 "Super-flex max" allow tethering?

drunkmonkey · 29-07-2010 12:14AM

Yea the only time you'd need a separate data add on is for 3mail.

kopite davo · 29-07-2010 12:17AM

i think it looks like vf have changed their minds and gone back to 2gb data for all their plans, i could be wrong. it ws really bad with the 500mg to 1 gb data plans. vf are always the most expensive.

ToadVine · 29-07-2010 12:18AM

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Yea the only time you'd need a separate data add on is for 3mail.

Apologies for being stupid here, but what do you mean by 3mail, and is tethering included in the 3 "Super-flex max" package?

drunkmonkey · 29-07-2010 12:22AM

Yes the data allows you to tether

Haven't used 3 mail in a few years no idea what it's like these days, it's 3's own pushmail

Simon201 · 29-07-2010 12:23AM

mmmm..... thanks drunkmonkey

I didn't realise that.
So €799 over a year with tethering?

MGMTea · 29-07-2010 12:24AM

ok... i'm dying to get an iPhone 4, i want to get a pre pay one soo does anyone know how much it might cost? and if i wanted to ditch O2 for Meteor could i get a sim free iPhone 4 ?

cheers

iPhone 4...What Package and carrier are you going for?

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