iPhone – why I'm waiting

Added by 55disk on 9 March 2008

Here in the UK the iPhone is not only expensive to buy the device but the service plan you get with it is also expensive. I’m not to concerned with the actual price of the product as I would happily pay that for it, what I don’t want is an inferior call plan and agreement that is so different from every other mobile phone contract! I don’t want and will never sign up to an 18 Month contract, why should I. It’s obvious the deal o2 have with Apple is taking a nice slice out of my monthly payment, that’s why 18 months works out as a nice little earner for Apple.

What I want is a monthly contract (1 year max) that starts from £25, if o2 did that I’d but one tomorrow, actually I imagine my whole company would, so that that works out at around 8.5K just for the phones. I can’t be alone in thinking this as that’s why the slow take up of the device in the UK. Either o2 or Apple have to change this come June when the newer phone will be released, and here’s hoping for a 3G device as edge in the UK is so slow, and if you live outside of London pretty useless.