O2 slanging free iPhones, also pay as you go plans...

Seth Weintraub
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June 10, 2008
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Oh to be in London today.  The sun is shining, the weather is nice (!!) - at least for the moment - and O2 is giving iPhones away for free* with certain plans.  Business plans included.   I am ordering the whole office iPhones!!  From O2:

iPhone is now free on selected Pay Monthly tariffs*
There's only one thing better than an iPhone. The new 3G iPhone.
*Best of all, the new 8GB iPhone won't cost you a penny on our £45 and £75 tariffs. And it's just £99 on our £35 tariff and new £30 tariff.
All tariffs include unlimited browsing on your iPhone, unlimited Wi-Fi access, visual voicemail and reduced roaming rates with our International Traveller Service and are subject to a minimum term contract of 18 months.

 

As far as we can tell, no other carrier has dropped the free bomb yet.  Come on Telefonica!  Our Madrid office needs new iPhones!

Comments (12)

5to9Mac Noob (not verified) | June 10, 2008 - 6:11am

Who thinks we can buy it from the US (from O2) with the pay-as-you-go plan?

;-)

bob (not verified) | June 10, 2008 - 6:12am

Thank you o2 and apple :)

p.s. I know yourll probably release a 32GB before xmas but im too impatient to wait ;)

Piers (not verified) | June 10, 2008 - 6:36am

I saw that PAYG thing. I've VERY tempted by that, but would definately have to look at the price.

Also, whats the word on jail breaking at the moment?

admin | June 10, 2008 - 6:41am

Jailbreaking is up in the Air.  those guys are pretty talented...but you never really know

 

MacMadrid (not verified) | June 10, 2008 - 6:44am

The website of Movistar (Spanish mobile company selling iPhone) is operative just few minutes ago. It's just a registration form in order to receive further information, and also you can read de press report (spanish) that Movistar launched today about the event.

MacMadrid (not verified) | June 10, 2008 - 6:46am

the link to the site is: www.movistar.es/iphone

sorry! :)

Jensonb (not verified) | June 10, 2008 - 7:38am

I seriously hope O2 aren't going to make us wait until too like a month after launch to buy the Pay/Go option.

And that the 16GB is at most £329

yellowhornet (not verified) | June 10, 2008 - 8:29am

It says on the O2 website if you are already an iPhone customer you can switch to the 3G before July 11th (subject to new 18 month contract) and you can give your existing phone to someone else.

leeb (not verified) | June 10, 2008 - 9:32am

Included minutes is 75. WTF?! Is that to make the £35 contract with 600 minutes seem great value? How many people will take that option up!!!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 10, 2008 - 10:38am

That's the perfect plan for me. 99% of the time I'm in the office or at home. I don't need to use the mobile to call very often, and on the rare occasions I do I can eat the call charges easily.

OTOH unlimited data is important to me.

Until this plan came along I was forced to pay for hundreds of minutes I'd never use just to get the data... now I'm not.

bob (not verified) | June 10, 2008 - 10:00am

I think its aimed at those who want data on the go, with a phone for emergencies.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | June 10, 2008 - 3:17pm

In comparison in Finland one can get a Nokia E90 for 82,95euros per month including 3000 minutes of talk time, 3000 sms, 3000 mms and unlimited data at 1Mbps. Not sure about the roaming costs though. www.saunalahti.fi <- in Finnish.