iPhone 3GS Pricing on O2
- June 9th, 2009 - 9.36 pm UTC
- Apple News, O2, iPhone 3GS
- Alex Brooks
O2 UK has posted the pricing for the new iPhone 3GS on its website, they are offering pricing for both Pay Monthly and Pay as you Go customers.
For Pay Montly customers who are looking to have a 24 month contract the iPhone 3GS 16GB will cost £87 on the £35 per month tariff and will be free on all the others. The iPhone 3GS 32GB will cost at most £175 or as little as £0.
For those Pay Monthly customers who wish to only have an 18 month contract the iPhone 3GS 16GB will start at £185 and work its way down to free, the 32GB model will be at most £274 down to £97 on a £73 per month tariff.
For customers wishing to pick up an iPhone 3GS on Pay as you Go, the 16GB model will cost £440.40 and the 32GB £538.30.
O2 will also be offering MMS and Internet tethering. An MMS message will cost four normal texts on Pay Monthly where are PAYG users will pay a hefty 25p.
O2 will only offer iPhone tethering with an applicable bolt on, a 3GB bolt on will cost £15 a month with a 10GB capped bolt on costing £29 per month.
The iPhone 3GS will be available in O2 stores, O2 online store, Apple retail stores and Carphone Warehouse stores on June 19.
Comments
Ian 9th June 2009, 23.03 pm
No mention yet of early upgrades for existing iPhone users. Based on current website details those who bought the 3G have a minimum of 6 months to wait for the 3G S.
Short sighted O2! Unlike most phones that end up in a drawer or landfill when they’ve been replaced, iPhones are sold or given away creating even more iPhone users and more O2 customers.
Hopefully they’ll work it out soon…..
Michael Kaye 9th June 2009, 23.07 pm
Yes disgraceful and poor business practice by O2. Do they no realise no one will upgrade in December but wait until June 2010…imagine all that lost revenue. I will jailbreak come December and also drop my O2 contract just so they don’t get my £65 p.m as well.
I think sales of the 3GS will be poor and the knock on effect is that App Sales and apps using 3GS features will be hit and bottom line Apple will start losing sales against the Pre and Android.
Like the other comment said – short sighted.
Jess 9th June 2009, 23.38 pm
These phone providers need to get it together…ugh.
http://www.newsy.com/videos/at_t_crashes_iphone_party
Ian 10th June 2009, 14.22 pm
O2 have updated their site in respect of existing iPhone users and they are basically taking the piss. They will allow a 3 month early upgrade if you regularly spend over £80 per month or they suggest you spend just under £600 on pay as you go and swap over the Sim card, and of course pass on your existing 3G so they can have another customer.
Talk about cake and eat it.
This is O2 101 on how to alienate all their exiating iPhone customers!!
Paul 13th June 2009, 17.48 pm
You get an early upgrade discount depending on your “priorty list” status. I am silver so I can upgrade a month early.
However when I pointed out to o2 that their terms and conditions actually meant I qualified for the next rank or even 2 ranks up I was told the t’s&c’s were ‘misleading’ and don’t actually mean what they say.
The worst thing about the iPhone in the uk is the greed of o2.
The worst thinng Apple did was to assign this device to single networks.