Tom J
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Likely to drop much in price after Christmas? wondering whether to wait or not. I'm currently on o2 and they want £47 a month to get it free or £42 a month and pay £49.99. o2 is the only signal i can get at my house, haven't tried three before though so not sure whether to try them? few years ago their signal was useless anywhere near my town but think its improved recently im told?
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Sam
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Best bet is to get a PAYG sim card from Three, and then put in a spare phone, see what the signal's like.
Their coverage map on the website says I should get full signal around here but it can be patchy sometimes.
As for pricing, who knows - but I doubt it TBH. Wasn't there someone on here that works for O2, he may be better placed to answer this question.
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LeeM
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they wont drop till a new one comes out, they never have because people keep buying them whatever the price.
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Tom J
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good idea for signal suggestion. anyone who works for o2 please let me know.
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Tom J
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Originally posted by LeeM
they wont drop till a new one comes out, they never have because people keep buying them whatever the price.
thats what i'm thinking. 
how much data does everyone have? is 500mb enough for daily browsing/email?
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Sam
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With my iPhone I'm on that £35/month plan with Three, I get 1GB data but I never go anywhere near the limit and I always read my emails/go on Facebook pretty much every day when I'm out and about.
Don't even think I use 500MB TBH, but then I guess it depends on how often you reckon you'd be using it. If it's just while you're on lunch breaks at work or when you're out then you should be fine, but 500MB seems a bit lame as an allowance TBH (lame as in what they are offering).
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LeeM
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ive gone over 500mb once in over 18 months and use my phone for internet and facebook all the time (was just having this discussion with john!)
if you download an app called onavo it cuts your data use (by a third for me so far) without any sort of reduction in speed, its magic.
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Tom J
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how does that work Lee? cacheing files or something?
tbh in my new job i can't use my phone whilst on duty so i'll only be using socially and when i'm not home which isn't often. wondering whether to not bother tbh but then i really want one 
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LeeM
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quote:
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how does that work Lee? cacheing files or something?
i have no idea! only had it a few weeks and its tellign me its cut my data usage by a third, ive noticed no reduction in speed or quality of anything though
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Tom J
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is siri any good? i'm thinking it might be handy for sending a text whilst driving. whats the handsfree like on it?
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Robbo
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despite all the people who claim to use sooo much data every month, you have to do a hell of a lot of heavy duty work to go over 500/750MB tbh, i.e. streaming a ton of videos, radio etc.. FB/Twitter/surfing is not gonna take you much over 500MB
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Dom
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quote:
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how does that work Lee? cacheing files or something?
All your data is routed via their servers and compressed, similar to Opera's mobile browsers. There are obvious security implications with this.
And with data, if you stick to the apps for facebook/twitter and mobile sites then you'll be alright; otherwise it's relatively easy to eat data (ie: a youtube video can be 30/40mb)
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Eddx14xe
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I get 500mb per month and I regularly get close to going over or go over completely.
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A2H GO
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I get unlimited on PAYG, just checked my useage:
Last reset: Never
Sent: 20.1mb
Recieved: 101.2mb
Just get a 4 if you're not going to use Siri (which you won't once the noveltys worn off), there's no difference.
[Edited on 22-12-2011 by A2H GO]
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Baskey
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I go over my 750mb allowance every month, I have to buy a £5 bolt on from O2 each month to top it up
[Edited on 22-12-2011 by Baskey]
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noshua
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Get the 500Mb bolt on, you can always upgrade anyway.
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by A2H GO
I get unlimited on PAYG, just checked my useage:
Last reset: Never
Sent: 20.1mb
Recieved: 101.2mb
Just get a 4 if you're not going to use Siri (which you won't once the noveltys worn off), there's no difference.
[Edited on 22-12-2011 by A2H GO]
You'll have an old phone though, who wants to have an old phone?
I bet even the non geeks are getting wise to paupers with the black line beside the headphone socket and their old iphones.
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LeeM
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Bumper 
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John
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The sort of people who buy apple ( ) are really concious about people knowing stuff like that though so they'll always be worried.
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A2H GO
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True. I'm just saying of you must buy an iphone just get a 4 for £250 off Gumtree. No point spending £7-800 on a 4S for 18 months just for one feature and black line.
Siri will even be on i4 after they release the 4S jb which is pretty much done they're just waiting for 5.1 to drop.
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John
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Siri is as crap today as it was when they announced it.
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Paul_J
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Siri is as crap today as it was when they announced it.
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Robbo
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the transmitter band thing is also significantly shinier on the S
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AndyCorsaSport
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Ive just got my 2nd 4s, broke my first one
I had the 3G before so its loads better.
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