iphone contract question

[wagon and horses]

Good evening,

I currently have a mobile and broadband through O2- at a silly price (free handset, very good contract and broadband all for £15pm)

I am about hakfway through my contract but would pay to change to an iphone and associated contract. I obviously expect to pay more.

Has anyone been able to do this easily?

[Jag-D]

It shouldn't be that difficult, you may be without a phone for a couple of days if they're that way out, but I've been with O2 since it was BT Cellnet and I've not had much in the way of problems

[missdiane]

They may charge you to end a contract to start another, or you buy a PAYG iPhone and use your existing sim.
Should be possible
Though phone up a few times asking the same question, I asked them questions and kept getting different answers, sure they make these things up as they go along

[Jag-D]

missdiane said:

Though phone up a few times asking the same question, I asked them questions and kept getting different answers, sure they make these things up as they go along

Get the answer you want, then take it forward

[wagon and horses]

thanks for the replies so far, they hae been amazingly good to date - been with them 7ish years

[Jag-D]

Best thing with O2 is that room to haggle when you've been with them a while.

I'm currently on a contract that should be £35, but because I've been there YEARS, they've got it down to £20

Shame they couldn't do it with the Iphone, but such is life

[missdiane]

you have to make sure you get a 3G Sim though

I had 4 months left to run on my contract and a phone that didn't work properly!
Decided iPhone was the way to go. The cheapest way to do it was to buy a iPhone outright (£440) and get a Simplicity 3G sim for the phone with free Data, I now pay £20 a month for 800 mins 1600 texts and unlimited net, no contract.

[speed8]

Jag-D said:

Best thing with O2 is that room to haggle when you've been with them a while.

I'm currently on a contract that should be £35, but because I've been there YEARS, they've got it down to £20

Shame they couldn't do it with the Iphone, but such is life

I'm on the same kind of deal but it expires at the end of April so I phoned up to get a feel for what deals were there to be made. Unfortunately nobody is doing deals on iphones just now. Even the deal I have currently probably can't be matched (although i dare say retentions might be able to do something). I think I'll still go for an iphone this time though...