iPhone for £169?! But can it be bought without a contract?

[beanbag]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/technology/2008/04/ipho...

Just as the title says.....can you buy an iPhone from O2 without a contract? If so, I might just be tempted.....

[bobthemonkey]

Yes

[Tycho]

Yep, plenty of topics on this which will tell you how to unlock it as well.

[Ikemi]

Yeah, I was talking to my boss about this new price earlier ... In Germany T-Mobile have reduced the iPhone to 99 Euros!

[eightseventhree]

yes but it needs Jailbreaking, Activating and unlocking.

(and jailbreak is not a fancy name for unleashing it from the box)

[CommanderJameson]

eightseventhree said:

yes but it needs Jailbreaking, Activating and unlocking.

(and jailbreak is not a fancy name for unleashing it from the box)

I am led to believe that with ZiPhone, that little lot is a one-click job.

And ZiPhone is free.

[Skipppy]

This is due to the next gen model being released shortly.

I haven't heard to many good things about the model currently on sale over here.

[furtive]

If you get it through Quidco, you get an extra £100 quid off!

[eightseventhree]

CommanderJameson said:

eightseventhree said:

yes but it needs Jailbreaking, Activating and unlocking.

(and jailbreak is not a fancy name for unleashing it from the box)

I am led to believe that with ZiPhone, that little lot is a one-click job.

And ZiPhone is free.

This is true quite simple and takes 10 mins.

[beanbag]

Ikemi said:

Yeah, I was talking to my boss about this new price earlier ... In Germany T-Mobile have reduced the iPhone to 99 Euros!

Ah, but you have to pay an €89pm contract! Ouch!

But as mentioned before, if you can walk into O2 or Carphonewarehouse and buy an iPhone for £169 without any contract, then I might just get one and sell my Nokia E51.

[Ikemi]

beanbag said:

Ikemi said:

Yeah, I was talking to my boss about this new price earlier ... In Germany T-Mobile have reduced the iPhone to 99 Euros!

Ah, but you have to pay an €89pm contract! Ouch!

But as mentioned before, if you can walk into O2 or Carphonewarehouse and buy an iPhone for £169 without any contract, then I might just get one and sell my Nokia E51.

Ah, I didn't read that far into it ... 89 Euros/pm is just not worth it ... Also, I didn't think you could buy the iPhone from an O2 Store without signing up to their £35/pm tarriff?

[Davi]

furtive said:

If you get it through Quidco, you get an extra £100 quid off!

excuse me for being dumb, but what is "quidco"?

[jamoor]

Davi said:

furtive said:

If you get it through Quidco, you get an extra £100 quid off!

excuse me for being dumb, but what is "quidco"?

a cashback cooperative

[Neil_H]

The price is being cut because a new 3G-enabled iphone is coming, which should elevate it's status from "useless expensive toy" to "slightly more useful and expensive toy".

[Davi]

jamoor said:

Davi said:

furtive said:

If you get it through Quidco, you get an extra £100 quid off!

excuse me for being dumb, but what is "quidco"?

a cashback cooperative

ta.

[Tycho]

Neil_H said:

The price is being cut because a new 3G-enabled iphone is coming, which should elevate it's status from "useless expensive toy" to "slightly more useful and expensive toy".

I suppose that helpful comment is based on using one for a week or so rather than just looking at the specs and dismissing it?

[Tycho]

Ikemi said:

beanbag said:

Ikemi said:

Yeah, I was talking to my boss about this new price earlier ... In Germany T-Mobile have reduced the iPhone to 99 Euros!

Ah, but you have to pay an €89pm contract! Ouch!

But as mentioned before, if you can walk into O2 or Carphonewarehouse and buy an iPhone for £169 without any contract, then I might just get one and sell my Nokia E51.

Ah, I didn't read that far into it ... 89 Euros/pm is just not worth it ... Also, I didn't think you could buy the iPhone from an O2 Store without signing up to their £35/pm tarriff?

Walk into CPW, do credit check, pay money and walk out.
Get home, download ZiPhone, unlock, jailbreak and activate with 1 click and 10 mins later you put in your existing any network sim. (Although I believe you can't use a 3 sim)

You are supposed to activate through iTunes and choose a tariff but they can't tell that you haven't.

[Scope]

Tycho said:

Walk into CPW, do credit check, pay money and walk out.
Get home, download ZiPhone, unlock, jailbreak and activate with 1 click and 10 mins later you put in your existing any network sim. (Although I believe you can't use a 3 sim)

You are supposed to activate through iTunes and choose a tariff but they can't tell that you haven't.

So you don't sign up to the contract in-store but over the net?

Sorry, right thicko here!

[kiwisr]

Tycho said:

Ikemi said:

beanbag said:

Ikemi said:

Yeah, I was talking to my boss about this new price earlier ... In Germany T-Mobile have reduced the iPhone to 99 Euros!

Ah, but you have to pay an €89pm contract! Ouch!

But as mentioned before, if you can walk into O2 or Carphonewarehouse and buy an iPhone for £169 without any contract, then I might just get one and sell my Nokia E51.

Ah, I didn't read that far into it ... 89 Euros/pm is just not worth it ... Also, I didn't think you could buy the iPhone from an O2 Store without signing up to their £35/pm tarriff?

Walk into CPW, do credit check, pay money and walk out.
Get home, download ZiPhone, unlock, jailbreak and activate with 1 click and 10 mins later you put in your existing any network sim. (Although I believe you can't use a 3 sim)

You are supposed to activate through iTunes and choose a tariff but they can't tell that you haven't.

They don't even do a credit check, that is done when you sign up online through iTunes.

[andrewturner]

can I walk into a shop in germany and buy the iphone like in the UK - i.e. walk out without registering it?

I have a colleague in germany coming back to the uk next week, so am very interested. Can anyone help?