£350 for PAYG iPhone 3G at Apple Store, Carphone Warehouse and O2

When it comes to buying a new mobile phone it’s the contract that some users do not like and today we are hearing reports that the PAYG (pay as you go) iPhone 3G options will cost you £350 from O2, Carphone Warehouse and Apple Stores from July 11th onwards. When it comes to the subscription contracts, Apple staff are unfamiliar with this and customers of the iPhone 3G will want to sign up for the service at Apple Retail stores in the UK.

The staff at Apple UK Stores also have no means to run credit checks, so before the release of the iPhone 3G in UK stores, they will need to get this ability and also the staff need to be fully trained. Phones Review are Reporting that O2 are starting to work very closely with Apple to help them run credit checks and sign people onto contracts in store.

The unsubsidized prepay 3G iPhones will be a lot less hassle for both the retail stores and the customer but then you will have to pay a price for that, hence the £350 instead of FREE or £100 options on a contract.

Will you buy the PAYG iPhone 3G or buy the phone on a contract?

As I have an iPhone contract already, the same option sounds good to me for the amount of web browsing, text messages and calls I use. Some users will want an iPhone but will not make many calls; it’s these people that may want to consider the pay as you go option. At least we have a prepay option with the second-generation iPhone.

Summing up the UK costs for a iPhone 3G, you will get the phone on O2 contract from Free to £159 for the 16GB version and the 8GB model costs from Free to £99. £350 is said to be the cost for PAYG. This is a really good price when you think it cost £269 for the first generation iPhone.