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Jools
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You sign up to the contract through iTunes at home on your PC/Mac - you don't do it in-store.
Therefore, like in the US, you can just walk into an Apple, O2 or CPW store and buy the phone for £269, without signing up for a contract in-store.
However, note that the UK iPhones come with version 1.1.1 firmware which isn't yet released, and therefore the current activation hacks and SIM unlock processes have not been tested on it.
I would be very surprised if the current methods still work on the v1.1.1 iPhone. Apple said at the launch they are actively closing the loopholes.
But if they do still work, you could buy an iPhone for £269, (h)activate it for use with iTunes and probably use an existing O2 SIM. Or SIM unlock it for use on another network.
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scottt
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Me thinks i will just be buying one outright from an Apple Store and sticking my current O2 Contract sim in 
The question is, does the N95 make way for it or does it stay....
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batesie
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On 2007-09-19 12:28:07, scottt wrote:
Me thinks i will just be buying one outright from an Apple Store and sticking my current O2 Contract sim in
The question is, does the N95 make way for it or does it stay....
you cant just put you sim in and go. the only way would be taking an 18 month contract with o2, or by doing the unofficial unlock.... |
Jools
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AFIAK, you don't have to "unlock" (i.e. SIM unlock) the phone to use another O2 SIM - you just have to activate it for use with iTunes (so you can sync stuff to it).
DVD Jon released a way of activating the iPhone without signing up to a contract for the US model. Hopefully his method will still work with the UK version, or a new 'activation' hack will emerge.
"Activating" the phone for use on O2 (or AT&T in the US), and "unlocking" the phone for use on another network are different things.
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whentheleveebreaks
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This will still sell very well even if it is really expensive.
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Daedalus85
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On 2007-09-19 09:56:20, batesie wrote:
The Metro has a half page on the iphone today, with the following headline
"iPhone can be yours for a measly £1,259"
it highlighted the 18 month ownership cost for the £55 tarrif saying its also £69 more than in the US.
Yeah, their forgetting one little thing, you'd buy the tariff regardless, it's the £269 thats the expensive part. But, people are dumb enough to pay it, so they'll pay it either way.
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Pallister
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What the ......
"Please note that you will need to obtain a new mobile number as we cannot transfer an existing O2 business number to an iPhone. We're sorry for the inconvenience.
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DragonEye
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as of right now there are plenty of ways to activate your iphone.. but everything is based on firmwares 1.02 and below..
on pc use ibrickr
and on mac use apptapp...both are very easy to use... if you really want an iphone i would say to get an already unlocked one from resellers now..since the o2 price isn't that great anyway
unlocking efforts are also for 1.02 only right now... the UK one will ship with 1.11 so no one knows if the same unlocking will work.. but most likely it will not..
maybe we'll have to go back to the hardware unlock..
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Jools
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Erm, yeah - that's pretty much what I said back here - that current activation and unlock methods may not work on v1.1.1 firmware.
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haynesycop
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I wonder what will be a top seller this xmas. This is definately for me without a doubt, can't wait.
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Miss UK
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On 2007-09-19 13:17:03, Daedalus85 wrote:
On 2007-09-19 09:56:20, batesie wrote:
The Metro has a half page on the iphone today, with the following headline
"iPhone can be yours for a measly £1,259"
it highlighted the 18 month ownership cost for the £55 tarrif saying its also £69 more than in the US.
Yeah, their forgetting one little thing, you'd buy the tariff regardless, it's the £269 thats the expensive part. But, people are dumb enough to pay it, so they'll pay it either way.
Don't people who can upgrade get any discount off it 
I don't really want one tbh im more then happy with my N80 
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DragonEye
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On 2007-09-19 15:30:25, JoolsG4 wrote:
Erm, yeah - that's pretty much what I said back here - that current activation and unlock methods may not work on v1.1.1 firmware.
quoted the wrong person lol
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themarques
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On 2007-09-19 10:08:24, Dogmann wrote:
@themarques
Funny you should mention the fact you had to cut your headphones to get them to fit as i just read that some where else just now. To be honest there is no way i am going to start risking wrecking my Shure headphones just to fit one device. I really don't get why on a Music playing device they have used a recessed jack seems incredibly silly and pointless to me as you either have to resort to cutting your current headphones jack plug or buying an adapter what a total pain and plain stupid IMO.
Marc
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Hey Marc
I didnt have to cut my headphones I could have easily bought an adapter for my Ultimate Ears but its just another extension to an already long cable and I never use headsets to talk not a big fan I rather disconnect earphones and answer a call. But if you have purchased an iphone and are worried about cutting your lovely shures then fear not as Shure has come to your RESCUE
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DragonEye
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lol you guys should get the belkin adaptor muahahahahaahhaahahha
taken from here...
http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=1243069&page=1&pp=15
I'm personally using a pair of denon ah-c350's and they're great
http://www.amazon.com/Denon-A[....]Headphones-White/dp/B000MVHRZI
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DragonEye
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check out this 3rd party progress..
assisted GPS baby!!\\
Navizon
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/apple/iphone-gps-hack-works-301459.php
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Posted: 2007-09-19 12:13
my 32GB iPhone 3GS 
