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Apple iPhone 3G 8GB £299.99 on O2 PAYG

On July 11 people will be queuing up outside their local O2 and Carphone Warehouse stores in the UK, just so that can get their hands on the new Apple iPhone 3G. We all know about the different price plans for their monthly contracts, but now we can give you the pricing details of the Pay and Go (PAYG) pre-paid option. As yet there are no details on the O2 website, but those guys over at Phones Review have managed to get all the price details.

Ok so the Apple iPhone 3G 8GB version will cost just £299.99, while the 16GB version will set you back £359.99. That is just £60 more for double the storage, which sounds like a great deal to me. When you purchase the latest iPhone on Pay & Go, the handset will come with 6 months of unlimited WiFi hotspot access as well as web browsing. Once you have gone through the 6 months period, it is thought that you will have to pay £10 per month for an unlimited data package.

This does seem like a great option for those who just can’t afford to sign up to an 18-month contract, it seems that O2 are doing all they can to get the sale of the new 3G Apple iPhone of to a great start. We can’t be certain how accurate these pricing details are, but once we have conformation we will let you know.

I think that having the new iPhone on O2’s Pay & Go service will be one of the best services they could provide, this will now open up the option of owning the ultimate handset to thousands more people.

£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.

3 cuts prices on pay as you go mobile broadband dongle

When I got my mobile broadband from T-Mobile I thought it was a good deal at £30 a month for unlimited use (well sort of unlimited), today I hear that 3 is cutting prices for its customers and giving them Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband to buy for £69.99 instead of the previous price of £100.

Once you brought one of these 3 dongles you can get 7GB of usage when you pay £25, 3GB with £15 and 1GB data allowance with £10. Not a bad deal at all, looks like I may have to move.

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