All entries for Thursday 26 June 2008

June 26, 2008

More iPhone 3G pricing rumours

Follow-up to Is my PDA wait finally over? from Steve's blog

The prices for an iPhone 3G on monthly contract were published a while ago. What’s of more interest to me, though are the prices on PAYG. I don’t make lots of phone calls or send lots of texts, so the monthly tariffs aren’t great value for my usage pattern. A PAYG tariff that had decent data costs would be perfect for me. O2 still haven’t announced PAYG pricing, and rumours continue to float about.

I’ve previously seen a cost of £270 suggested, but today saw a rumour of £370. £270 is quite tempting. £370 less so. It is still better than £30/month for 18 months, + £99, especially as I won’t use all the included calls and texts, but it is a steep up-front cost, and one I’d find hard to justify. And we still don’t know what the data costs will be.

So no I don’t know whether to abandon my search for a PDA/handheld machine and sit back and wait for July11^th, or carry on looking. Not that I have much of an idea what the alternatives might be, at the moment…