Mobile phone advice
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rabman5 said:
My iphone 3gs uses a sim card - it comes with a little silver key thingymajig to open the sim drawer on the top - perhaps the store put your sim card in for you when you were not looking :?
Rabman and Andrew - thanks for pointing this out, so if the sim won't work then I will have to keep the V3 and the iphone would become just a gadget. Hmmmm. Company is on O2 as well so I hoped it would just work.rabman5 said:
Good intelwegras said:
Wondermike said:
If you purchase a PAYG on O2, for £15 they will unlocked it but take away the free 12 months data access .You should then be able to use another sim but unless it is or the network is set up you may lose some of the iPhone features
All UK phones are locked to the supplying network only O2 offer an unlocking service
see
http://www.o2.co.uk/unlockmyiphone
Iphones are great but contract and Ts&Cs are very different to other phones after all it is Apple :roll:
OK thanks there might be hope yet 
Andrew_Morris said:
I just checked. You are absolutely right.
I have an iPhone 3g which is the second one I've owned and they never pointed that out. I asked about the sim card and they told me it didn't need one. I don't think At&T want people to know how easily interchangeable these are. When we purchase the phone, they do not set it up in the store. We must connect to our computer for activation.
rabman5 said:
Errrr.....mine has a SIM Card. I put it in myself
Maybe a US vs Europe thing. The SIM tray on ours is on the top, next to the power key. Also downloaded a handy little application that you use for 0845 / 0870 calls....routes them through 01*** numbers so it comes off your free minutes instead of being chargeable. It works, now all I need to see is if the calls were charged on my bill....Googled it and seems legit.
Also downloaded a handy little application that you use for 0845 / 0870 calls....routes them through 01*** numbers so it comes off your free minutes instead of being chargeable. It works, now all I need to see is if the calls were charged on my bill....Googled it and seems legit.
Which App is that I can only find the one that seems to work like Saynoto0870.com although I have heard of the rerouting App
Which App is that I can only find the one that seems to work like Saynoto0870.com although I have heard of the rerouting App
And that's exactly what I did in the end, got fed up waiting for news on the next iPhone so I bought an iPod touch in the meantime just to see if I like the UI etc, but in the end I got an HTC Desire on T-Mobile for £15/month including unlimited internet, paid around £160 for the handset. Works out at half the cost of an iPhone over two years. And it's pretty sexy, I think I prefer it, Android and HTC Sense.a11y said:
:sweetheart:
http://www.htc.com/www/product/desire/overview.html
My upgrade was due this month (have iPhone 3G was going to upgrade to 3Gs but decided to wait in case of newer better phone) They dropped my contract to a month to month O2 for £25 a month and almost the same as the £35 month before (still free browsing etc but pay for MMS) I have app that gives me it free anyaway
cant wait for 3G iPad though as i'm a sucker for Mac gear (24" iMac at home too)
cant wait for 3G iPad though as i'm a sucker for Mac gear (24" iMac at home too)
I'd say go for it once you expire, it's greatgannet said: