iPhone 5 upgrade - Saxperience

Ryyy · 10th May 2011, 18:53

Bit of a n00bish Q but this is the first contract phone I've had & I know sweet FA about contracts & upgrades...soooooo if I'm due an upgrade in nov later this year, could I upgrade to iPhone 5, providing it's released then, and If so, will I have to pay out the arse for it like alot more a month?

mlawlan69 · 10th May 2011, 19:20

the answer will more than likely be yes, you could be paying £20 a month for all we know, and they wont be giving you a new phone on that kind of price.

Ryyy · 10th May 2011, 19:22

I pay £35 p/month atm;

300 mins
500 txts
1Gb data.

mlawlan69 · 10th May 2011, 19:38

christ

i pay £20 and get

unlimited text/internet and 600 minutes

granted i did lose the free phone but still cheap non the less.

i recon when the iphone 5 comes out it will be about £50 a month'ish

best thing to do is wait, phones/technology move really fast and by november the phone market will have changed 147 times lol.

ALSO remember that they dont want you going to their rival companies, so try to bargain with them as much as possible, it's amazing what they are willing to throw in when you threaten to leave them.
best thing to do is about 2 weeks before your out of contract is call the disconnection team with a deal you have seen, asking if they can better it for you, i did this with o2 and they offered me a 3GS with same tariff as above for £25 a month, but didnt wanna be part of the iphone crowd so declined it

Ryyy · 10th May 2011, 19:45

Yeah for 35 squid a month I get fuck all.

I just dived straight in to that deal and didn't know if I could've got better..

Brenz · 10th May 2011, 19:47

Best way to look at it is to look at the current pricing for the iPhone 4. Unlike most manufacturers, Apple are very strict in what their devices are sold for and prices do not usually drop until the next model is released.

Three currently do a package with 500 mins, 5000 texts, 1GB data for £35 per month and you only have to pay £30 for the phone.

smiith · 11th May 2011, 03:05

It will be the best phone on the market, so you have to expect to pay abit more for it... Its like expecting to buy an audi s3 for the same price as a vts.. Ones way better than the other..

b0t13 · 18th May 2011, 14:25

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Originally Posted by smiith

It will be the best phone on the market, so you have to expect to pay abit more for it... Its like expecting to buy an audi s3 for the same price as a vts.. Ones way better than the other..

exactly this, expect to pay more for the vts...

youll be looking at £35+ for a decent iphone 5 contract

theJoker · 20th May 2011, 10:09

does anybody know when its supposed to be released i heard september

smiith · 25th May 2011, 01:53

I doubt september.. Watched a programme about apple the other day, they are way too secretive, anything that is said, about release dates, specs, anything, is kept under lock and key, untill it is actually advertised by them..

I cant see it coming out untill mid 2012, for the fact the white 4 has just come out, and they will want to shift a good load of them before bringing out something else... They usually make it so its a good time for people who 1st got the last iphone, to upgrade to the next.. giving them the perfect chance to shift millions on launch..

matt_vtr_15a · 25th May 2011, 12:36

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Originally Posted by Ryyy

Yeah for 35 squid a month I get fuck all.

I just dived straight in to that deal and didn't know if I could've got better..

I was on that tarriff mate but don't think they do it now, when you upgrade your tarrif should change to unlimited texts and I think it is around the same price...

When I upgraded from 3GS to iphone 4 I had to pay a hefty handset charge probablly the case for you to!!

I foiund that sending my phone off to envirofone pretty much covered it though

Barry123 · 25th May 2011, 12:42

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Originally Posted by theJoker

does anybody know when its supposed to be released i heard september

I've got a mate in the industry, he said apple will be making an announcement in the next couple of weeks.

...and iPad 3 out in the last quarter of 2011.

jw1325 · 25th May 2011, 13:07

its out in July lads lolololol

I get it as soon as it comes out- for free- cause vodafone have spent the last 3 years fucking me about.

Delboy · 25th May 2011, 13:21

it shall be released around July, as per, all the iPhones come out each year around this time. it wont be the best phone out, but it sure will be good. you will be looking at paying £50 a month if you get the phone for free, £40 a month with a good tariff and paying for the phone.

craig180^p · 25th May 2011, 14:09

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Originally Posted by Delboy

it shall be released around July, as per, all the iPhones come out each year around this time. it wont be the best phone out, but it sure will be good. you will be looking at paying £50 a month if you get the phone for free, £40 a month with a good tariff and paying for the phone.

Or if you're on Tesco, £35 a month on a 12 month contract. Handset about £250 I reckon

Besides it will be the best phone on the Market. I've known people that have gone from iPhones to samsung, HTC, blackberry etc that will be going back to an iPhone

b0t13 · 25th May 2011, 14:23

only people that dont have iphones refuse to believe the iphone is the best phone on the market, mostly htc fags, and BB just waffle about BBM..

jailbroken iphones rule the mobile world, End.

Ryyy · 25th May 2011, 14:24

I paid £169 for the 4 just as it came out and I get a shit-deal for £35.

So I reckon the 5 will be around £40 + £200 outright for the phone.

And it WILL be the best phone out, doubt there will be any HTC, Android that could compete.

Delboy · 25th May 2011, 14:26

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Originally Posted by saxo180

Or if you're on Tesco, £35 a month on a 12 month contract. Handset about £250 I reckon

Besides it will be the best phone on the Market. I've known people that have gone from iPhones to samsung, HTC, blackberry etc that will be going back to an iPhone

believe me, stats wise, it isnt the best. theres a new Samsung and HTC which has specs that are unreal. i wouldnt buy them for shit, id get the iphone for its design and simplicity, but still, the other phones are faster/quicker and more accessibility ect.

Delboy · 25th May 2011, 14:27

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Originally Posted by Ryyy

I paid £169 for the 4 just as it came out and I get a shit-deal for £35.

So I reckon the 5 will be around £40 + £200 outright for the phone.

And it WILL be the best phone out, doubt there will be any HTC, Android that could compete.

mate i work for a huge phone company, i know stats wise it wont. i would still rather have the iphone over any other phone by far like said above, but there are better specifications on other phones.

haz_pro · 25th May 2011, 14:42

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Originally Posted by saxo180

Or if you're on Tesco, £35 a month on a 12 month contract. Handset about £250 I reckon

Besides it will be the best phone on the Market. I've known people that have gone from iPhones to samsung, HTC, blackberry etc that will be going back to an iPhone

Tesco is usually cheapest, how ever carphone warehouse have a "cheapest iphone 4 guarentee" thing at the moment, maybe this will carry over to the iphone 5? Although i guess this doesnt take into account airtime and texts.

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Originally Posted by b0t13

only people that dont have iphones refuse to believe the iphone is the best phone on the market, mostly htc fags, and BB just waffle about BBM..

jailbroken iphones rule the mobile world, End.

You are just as bad as the people who blindly protect android phones and blackberry phones.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ryyy

I paid £169 for the 4 just as it came out and I get a shit-deal for £35.

So I reckon the 5 will be around £40 + £200 outright for the phone.

And it WILL be the best phone out, doubt there will be any HTC, Android that could compete.

I would bet money on even the day that the iphone 5 comes out, there will be a better specced android phone available. Whether or not this will equal a better user experience is debatable.