Simple clear advice in plain English

No penalty to upgrade to iPhone 3G

Just sign on the dotted line for another 18 months

apple/iphone-3g

Apple iPhone users will be able to break their existing O2 contract with no penalty if they want to upgrade and get the new 3G model.

The contract tariffs and prices for Apple’s latest incarnation of the iPhone, which will go on sale on 11 July, have been released by O2; Pay As You Go customers will have to wait a little longer as prices have still to be set. Current iPhone users interested in the early upgrade will have to register on O2's site.

The 3G connection will be roughly 2.8 times as fast as the Edge wireless connection on the original iPhone. The company also implied that the new iPhone would run faster than other 3G handsets, claiming that it outperformed the Nokia N95 and Treo 750 by some 36 per cent.

It has built-in GPS for expanded location-based mobile services and the iPhone 2.0 software includes support for Microsoft Exchange Activesync. Third-party applications already available in the recently released iPhone software development kit will also run on the 3G model.

The 8GB phone comes with 75 minutes of talk time and 125 free texts, and will cost £99 on a new £30 per month tariff; the existing £35 per month tariff comes with 600 minutes and 500 texts. Consumers choosing either the £45 or £75 per month tariffs will get the 8GB iPhone 3G free with 1,200 minutes and 500 texts, or 3,000 minutes and 500 texts respectively.

The 16GB iPhone 3G will cost £159 on the £30 and £35 tariffs, £59 on the £45 tariff and it will be free on the £75 tariff. All customers will continue to receive unlimited data browsing over O2’s HSDPA network. There is also unlimited access to 9,500 Wifi hotspots through both The Cloud and now BT Openzone.

Both the 8GB and 16GB iPhone 3G will also be available for O2 Pay & Go customers with pricing to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

iPhone 3G will be available in the UK through O2, The Carphone Warehouse and Apple's retail and online stores.

Reader Comments

   

Add your comment

Please keep comments constructive and free from abuse of any kind and swearing. If you wish to link to a product or service online, please do so in such a way that makes it clear that it is not spam. If you are connected to any such product you should make that clear.

We may use your comments in the magazine. We may edit your comments for clarity or to remove unacceptable material. We will attribute your comments but not share your email address.

We request your email address and record your Internet Address (IP address) in order to block spam from our site. We will never share this information without your permission.

All comments are reviewed by the Computeractive Team before being published. Please bear with the slight delay this causes, you don't need to post more than once.

Click here to read our Privacy Policy

Click here to read our site Terms & Conditions

Related articles

Steve Jobs announces iPhone for the UK

iPhone will cost £269, and will be available from 9 November

Mobile broadband

Mobile broadband: the best options

The cheapest and best deals plus advice on what to look for when buying Mifi

Open Network and Sharing Center

Use public Wifi hotspots safely

Connecting to public wireless internet via your laptop, smartphone or tablet poses a number of risks. We explain how to use it securely

Content Recommendation

Question & Answer

Q.Why is Windows Backup skipping files?

> Read the answer

Q.Why do my scanned documents display gibberish?

> Read the answer

Q.How can I convert MTS files to edit in Windows Movie...

> Read the answer

Best deals on the web

img

HP Pavilion p6-2480ea (D2L08EA)

£269.95- Buy it now

img

Apple iMac 2.7GHz 8GB 1TB 5400rpm 21.5''

£1034.94- Buy it now

img

Samsung DP700A3D-AO5

£779.98- Buy it now

Updating your subscription status Loading

Most popular articles

No matching document

Poll

Do you have Windows 8?

Jargon Buster

Computing terms explained in plain English

VGA

Video Graphics Array. Standard socket for connecting a monitor to a computer.

Great shopping deals from Computeractive

Information currently unavailable