Granted they do have a 3G network now, but O2, as usual, were horrendously late to the party - they're forever playing catchup (and when everybody thought they were going to introduce flat-rate data tariffs last month, what did they do? Noooooo, just a lame Blackberry tariff!)
As a former customer of O2, where I was variously ignored, disserviced and overcharged, even if I wanted an iPhone more than anything else, I'd give it serious second thoughts about getting it if it was tied to the O2 network and their customer 'services'. Once is enough, twice just isn't bearable for me. I'm also a happy switcher to T-Mobile, for what it's worth - they know how to treat customers right ;) and it would be a bit mad on their part if they didn't eventually offer the iPhone in the UK territory, especially considering their faster network and better data plans. (imvho) > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben O'Neill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 July 2007 14:58 > To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk > Subject: Re: [backstage] O2 - iPhone deal - UK > > Christopher Woods wrote: > > Pfft. > > > > Good things and bad things will come from this: > > > > Good: > > O2 won't be able to knacker the phone by slapping their custom > > memory-hogging interface onto it (like they did with my > lovely XDA 2i, > > it took me ages to clear out the crap they put on it!) > > > > O2 won't be able to slap their branding on it > > > > Bad: > > > > O2 most likely won't bring out any inclusive data plan for > this, and > > since when did they have an EDGE network? Orange has > largest European > > EDGE network, and T-Mobile has one too pan-Europe, but O2? > Just plain > > old, slow, GPRS. UK iPhone users are going to have HEFTY > data bills, > > and they're going to be pissed off with the slow browsing speed. > > > > O2 has a 3G network, it's expected the iPhone will have 3G > when it launches here anyway > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To > unsubscribe, please visit > http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/ - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
