Bestest phone in the whole wide world....

[Clouds_mate]

Hello.

Cunning plan right here.

A good way to get an iPhone in my current situtation....Here it is...

I currently have about 8/9 month left on my current T-Mobile contract.

Heres what im going to do, Buy theee best phone on the market at the moment, on an O2 contract.

Sell that phone on ebay £250-300 (hopefully) that money will then pay off the remainder of my current T-mobile contact. So all i have now is my current mobile and a new o2 contract.

Now go to Apple and buy a iPhone and unlock it.

Then you have an iPhone on a good contract with O2 and the actually phone you go free bought me outa my current contract.

Question is, what is the most expensive phone to get for a resale value.

thanks

[Karl]

surely youll lose dollar this way?

iPhones are like....£500 a handset are they not?

[Robb]

they arent 500 for resale as you can get them for 270 from o2.

leck your probably looking at the n95 to be honest.

[Clouds_mate]

No iPhones are £270 for the handset, You then take it home to register your mobile on iTunes and sign up to your mobile contract. But you unlock it instead of registering it so.....

[djrem]

iPhones are not money friendly when unlocked

i have been told they constantly check the network via GPRS for updates etc

the result is the user paying as if they have sat on the net all day

under their proper contract this charge doesnt occur

[Clouds_mate]

Well Adams been fine and the other thousands that are unlocked in the UK.

[Robb]

has adam has his a month yet?

cant wait till he gets a 900 pound phonebill.

[Karl]

I thought the iPhone was £270 and a contract with O2.
If you just wanted the handset with no contract tied in £500 alone for the handset.

[Clouds_mate]

Yeh he has. Loads of people have had them in the uk since the summer and no 1 else has had a problem

[Clouds_mate]

I thought the iPhone was £270 and a contract with O2.
If you just wanted the handset with no contract tied in £500 alone for the handset.

You cant buy it without contract for Pay&go.

[Robb]

I thought the iPhone was £270 and a contract with O2.
If you just wanted the handset with no contract tied in £500 alone for the handset.

nope.

you cant buy it like that. you buy the phone sim free in the first place. then you take it home and chose your own contract.

by the way leckie, i can probably get you a legit iphone for say £210.

[djrem]

nope.

you cant buy it like that. you buy the phone sim free in the first place. then you take it home and chose your own contract.

by the way leckie, i can probably get you a legit iphone for say £210.

bargain considering

[Clouds_mate]

how soon could you get me it?

To resolve the web charge if what your sayin is true (which imo isnt) you can just pay for the web bolt on for £7.50 a month. Which i would do anyway as i would be using the net on the phone.

[djrem]

im just going from what ive heard

was probably a shitty unlock they had done

[Jacko]

the phone looks the bollocks for sure.

but i dont think its worth the hassel.

[Karl]

Ah my bad, I obviously got told wrong.

[Robb]

dunno. can ring my mate at lunch if you need me to?

Thats £210 delivered to you. but you can then unlock it how you chose too.

[jablitt]

is it really worth all the bother mate?? its only a phone.

[djrem]

id rather get the iTouch and have a phone that actually works

[Clouds_mate]

£210 sounds good to be mate.

Get back to me, does that include any form of warrenty, could i take it back to apple if it brings a fault or are they reported stolen or anything like that?

[Clouds_mate]

id rather get the iTouch and have a phone that actually works

Actually works?

Care to explain?

When you unlock a UK iphone to work on o2 the only function that doesnt work is the special voicemail service, standard voicemail works fine. Minus that its exact same as a uncracked firmware iPhone.

As the new firmware are released so are the cracked versions.

[Jacko]

id rather get the iTouch and have a phone that actually works

i had this plan, got the itouch and then my n95 8gb...already had my 30gb ipod video so i couldnt justify keeping the touch.

[Karl]

I want an iPhone :(

[djrem]

i didnt mean not working at all.

i mean the fact its only its GUI that is insanely awesome but the rest is dated:

Iphone
* Screen size: 8.9 cm (3.5 in)
* Screen resolution: 320×480 pixels at 160 ppi
* Input method: Multi-touch screen interface (the "Home" button is the iPhone's only physical front panel button)
* Operating System: OS X
* Storage: 8 GB flash memory (originally: 4 or 8 GB choice)
* Quad band GSM (GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900)
* Wi-Fi (802.11g), EDGE and Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
* 2 megapixel camera
* Built-in rechargeable, non-removable battery with up to 8 hours of talk, 6 hours of Internet use, 7 hours of video playback, and up to 24 hours of audio playback, lasting over 250 hours on standby.[49]
* Size: 115×61×11.6 mm (4.5×2.4×0.46 in)
* Weight: 135 g (4.8 oz)
* Digital SAR of 0.974 W/kg[78][79]



N95:
Form factor Two-way slider
Operating System Symbian OS v9.2, S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 1
GSM frequencies 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
GPRS Yes, Multislot class 32 (up to 48kbit/s)
EDGE (EGPRS) Yes, Multislot class 32 (up to 236kbit/s)
UMTS/WCDMA (3G) Yes (2100 MHz only, up to 384kbit/s) with HSDPA (3.5G, Category 6 - up to 3.6 Mbit/s)
Screen TFT Matrix, diagonal 2.6", 16 million colours, 240x320 pixels
CPU Texas Instrument OMAP 2420 (ARM architecture 6 based) - 332 MHz, PowerVR features (2D/3D accelerator) and High Speed Peripheral Interconnect.
Internal Dynamic Memory (RAM) 64 MB
Internal Flash Memory 160 MB
Camera Frontal CIF video call & Main rear 5 Megapixel camera with auto-focus, Carl Zeiss optics
Video recording Yes, MPEG-4 VGA (640x480) video capture of up to 30 fps
Graphics Fully HW accelerated 3D (OpenGL ES 1.1, HW accelerated Java 3D)
Multimedia Messaging Yes
Video calls Yes
Push to talk Yes
Java support Yes, MIDP 2.0, CLDC 1.1
Memory card slot Yes, microSD
Bluetooth Yes, 2.0 + EDR
Wi-Fi Yes, with wireless LAN (802.11 b/g) and UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)
Infrared Yes
Data cable support Yes, USB 2.0 Full Speed via mini USB port
Browser Nokia Web Browser with Mini map
Email Yes (ActiveSync, POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP, with SSL/TLS)
Music player Yes, Stereo speakers with 3D audio
Radio Yes, Stereo FM Radio and Visual Radio - headphones or hands-free required for aerial
Video Player Yes
Polyphonic tones Yes, 72 chords
Ringtones Yes, MP3/AAC/AAC+/eAAC+/WMA/M4A, RealAudio
HF speakerphone Yes, with 3.5 mm audio jack and A2DP wireless stereo headphone support
Offline mode Yes
Battery BL-5F (950 mAh)
Talk time up to 160 min (WCDMA), up to 240 min (GSM)
Standby time up to 215 hours
Weight 120 grams
Dimensions 99x53x21 millimeters
Availability Q2/2007
Additional Quickoffice office suite, Speaker-independent voice-dialing, Built-in GPS with AGPS, Remote over-the-air synchronization, OMA DRM 2.0 & WMDRM support for music

[Robb]

yeh, no drama. will ring him at lunch.

it seems like a good idea to be fair.

i could do the same, then once leckie has one I will get one. seeing as the only thing stopping me currently is my techno-phobeness with all this firmware malarky. this way leckie can do it and then tell me how to do it. ;)

[Clouds_mate]

thats completely different to waht you said tho.

I do agree the software is dated but still....

[djrem]

its not the software

its the hardware

the iPhone has probably the best user interface ever on a phone

its a shame its controlling some hardware thats already years out of date.

2 megapixel camera? no flash? a battery you cant replace wtf.

and im sure the little features like the screen turns as you turn will be annoying as fuck on a train as you try and read with it waving around everywhere

[Clouds_mate]

The Screen turns aint as fast as you think mate, I had a go with one last week in the o2 store.

Takes about 4seconds before it flips around.

[Karl]

other than me (who doesnt have a digital camera) who rly cares about the quality of a camera on a phone?

I want it because it looks pimp.

[Robb]

the no mms feature would really fuck me off.

[djrem]

well my experience with phones that look good but function crap revolve around the Nokia 8800:

http://www.amobil.no/artikkelbilder/nokia_8800_duk_l.jpg

Battery life was about 12 hours standby and if you make a call. pffsh, itd better be important.

Worst phone ive ever used.

I like the iPhone. Its sexy.
But im going to hold out and wait for the 6 month bubble to pop and see what the market is saying about them.

because if there is going to be something defective, its going to be found at the end of that peroid.

[Robb]

Nokia 8600 > Nokia 8800.

equally as shit but looks oh so smart.

had it for 2 weeks but had to take it back.

[Jacko]

i can see the iphone being a shit phone.

would be fun to show off, but that novelty would wear off after a week or so...

[Wayne]

i would buy the new nokia one instead of an iphone.

[saxodan]

what phone you got now?

take out the iphone contract with 02 keep that and cancel the tmobile one.. or sell your tmobile handset and pay of the contract if possible.

[Clouds_mate]

what phone you got now?

take out the iphone contract with 02 keep that and cancel the tmobile one.. or sell your tmobile handset and pay of the contract if possible.

My Phone wont cover the cost of my contact i dont think. Although i could sell my Nano as that would bring the figure nearer.

Just the contact on iphone is pap tho.

[saxodan]

My Phone wont cover the cost of my contact i dont think. Although i could sell my Nano as that would bring the figure nearer.

Just the contact on iphone is pap tho.

right

there is another of doing it, involves insurance claims though lol so speak to me on msn (a freind did it ;))

but basically you get a new phone to the value of yours to sell on again...

[Clouds_mate]

I have no insurance lol.

[saxodan]

I have no insurance lol.

nor did my "freind"

have a search on the internet you can get it for about £5 a month

well worth it for when your £250 phone falls into a pint by mistake..

;)

[betty02]

My Phone wont cover the cost of my contact i dont think. Although i could sell my Nano as that would bring the figure nearer.

Just the contact on iphone is pap tho.

If you have taken insurance out, then they buy your contract out, ask for an ACP, that menas hte insurance company buys 02 or whomever with out, just say your hpone keeps crashing (they never check) and that it occasionaly turns itself of,

then thats it canceled, nno need to pay a penny!

Thats what ive done all the time, as you know i have the iphone, the flip this took less then 4 seconds for me, infact its instant?

Great phone, the camera is perfect for what you normally use a camera phone for, i mean you wouldnt use it for photography thats what a proper camaera is for, so no problems the GUi is perfect only thing i hate is predictive text

no need to worry about MMS as thats an update in January (14th irrc)

[Clouds_mate]

my phone isnt worth £250

its a k800i. isnt worth the hassle.

I once dropped a brandnew nokia matrix phone into a bowl of soup. The hassle going through the insurance for a replacement was a fucking joke. Having to pay excess too.

Alot of insurance policys dont cover for water damage too.

[saxodan]

my phone isnt worth £250

its a k800i. isnt worth the hassle.

I once dropped a brandnew nokia matrix phone into a bowl of soup. The hassle going through the insurance for a replacement was a fucking joke. Having to pay excess too.

Alot of insurance policys dont cover for water damage too.

lol it paid off

will show you a link when you get on msn or somehting

im off

adios

[Clouds_mate]

If you have taken insurance out, then they buy your contract out, ask for an ACP, that menas hte insurance company buys 02 or whomever with out, just say your hpone keeps crashing (they never check) and that it occasionaly turns itself of,

then thats it canceled, nno need to pay a penny!

Thats what ive done all the time, as you know i have the iphone, the flip this took less then 4 seconds for me, infact its instant?

Great phone, the camera is perfect for what you normally use a camera phone for, i mean you wouldnt use it for photography thats what a proper camaera is for, so no problems the GUi is perfect only thing i hate is predictive text

no need to worry about MMS as thats an update in January (14th irrc)

who was your insurance with CPW by anychance?

I know they do the contract breaker on there insurance. 3 months on a 12month contract and 6months on a 18month contract.

Take the phone into shop and cancel the contact there and then. Used to do it all the time.

[Graeme]

I have no insurance lol.

some companys let you add it at anytime aswell dude

all we do at vodafone is get the cust to take the phone in to a store to show its not broken ;)

[betty02]

who was your insurance with CPW by anychance?

I know they do the contract breaker on there insurance. 3 months on a 12month contract and 6months on a 18month contract.

Take the phone into shop and cancel the contact there and then. Used to do it all the time.

It is yeah, i have done that all the time and i have got a free upgrade every 3 months never had problems infact the guy told me after 3 munfs through my phone at a wall and then bring it in, and stuff and he's right its worked, i took the prada back to do an ACP for the iPhone he forgot to take the prada back so still have it lol!

[Hanuman]

good gadget but the novelty will soon ware off and your left with a very expensive phone which on features is not worth the money you paid apart from the fac its touch screen without a stylus. i was reallllly close to buying one from usa had more money than sense at the time even bid about 5 times (sooooo glad i never won) 300£ + the contract is ridiculous, its just a cool novelty

[djrem]

still think the iTouch is a better option.

saying that i used my ipod for a month then just stopped using it.

If you get the use from it then go for it

[MikeCracknell]

I have just ordered the Viewty after readin this post and others, but I had a look on zsoc too and there was some rage about how shite the N95 is:

Clicky for members only! (http://www.zsoc.com/portal/showthread.php?t=93005&highlight=viewty)

Another Clicky for members only :) (http://www.zsoc.com/portal/showthread.php?t=92924&highlight=viewty)
Time will tell, have you decided yet?

Mike