Comments on: O2 Ireland announce iPhone 3G http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/ Mobile, Roaming and Social Media Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:02:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nigel Hugh http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/comment-page-1/#comment-500143 Nigel Hugh Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:49:20 +0000 http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/#comment-500143 Its an absolute disgrace how the price differs fom the ROI and UK. For the roughly the same price plan in ROI we get for 45 euros, 175 mins, 100 texts and we have to buy the 8GB IPHONE for 169 euros and with a data cap of 1GB. In the UK its £45 for free 8GB IPHONE, 1200 mins and 500 texts. If anyone out there, thinks that's correct please stay hidden and if anyone agrees that this is not correct please write to your communications regulator, o2 store, local TD and complain or look for answers. Its an absolute disgrace how the price differs fom the ROI and UK. For the roughly the same price plan in ROI we get for 45 euros, 175 mins, 100 texts and we have to buy the 8GB IPHONE for 169 euros and with a data cap of 1GB. In the UK its £45 for free 8GB IPHONE, 1200 mins and 500 texts. If anyone out there, thinks that’s correct please stay hidden and if anyone agrees that this is not correct please write to your communications regulator, o2 store, local TD and complain or look for answers.

]]> By: McAWilliams http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/comment-page-1/#comment-476534 McAWilliams Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:23:56 +0000 http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/#comment-476534 Pat, Can I ask something did you do a straight copy and paste from the O2 press release that was on their site on Tuesday morning, cause it is incredible the 299 cost for the 16 gig on the 45 euro tarriff has changed in a very sneaky way to 229 you could quite easily skip over that one. But if it was a copy and paste it is nice to see O2 take note of what the customers are saying. The only thing left to work out is the data cap. Pat,

Can I ask something did you do a straight copy and paste from the O2 press release that was on their site on Tuesday morning, cause it is incredible the 299 cost for the 16 gig on the 45 euro tarriff has changed in a very sneaky way to 229 you could quite easily skip over that one.

But if it was a copy and paste it is nice to see O2 take note of what the customers are saying.

The only thing left to work out is the data cap.

]]> By: john Bosco Lynch http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/comment-page-1/#comment-476489 john Bosco Lynch Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:31:38 +0000 http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/#comment-476489 You are right,talk with your feet,get what YOU want,with the 'right deal' from the right network provider,THAT IS,a provider who is customer aware and wants to "keep them for life and not just for christmas" :-) I'm stunned with the way people give their money away to providers without really shopping around,I've done it myself and it makes me mad,still paying for a phone I use-ish :-( I can live without the iPhone and when it comes to a price that i am willing to pay then i'll think about it,until then as with "Techobabe"and a lot more of you NO WAY O2 :-) You are right,talk with your feet,get what YOU want,with the ‘right deal’ from the right network provider,THAT IS,a provider who is customer aware and wants to “keep them for life and not just for christmas” :-)
I’m stunned with the way people give their money away to providers without really shopping around,I’ve done it myself and it makes me mad,still paying for a phone I use-ish :-(
I can live without the iPhone and when it comes to a price that i am willing to pay then i’ll think about it,until then as with “Techobabe”and a lot more of you NO WAY O2 :-)

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]]> By: Techobabe http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/comment-page-1/#comment-476465 Techobabe Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:00:48 +0000 http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/#comment-476465 Personally, I am engaged in the age old Irish art of the Boycott. I am Boycotting the Apple iPhone on the grounds that I am denied choice of network provider. Personally, I am engaged in the age old Irish art of the Boycott. I am Boycotting the Apple iPhone on the grounds that I am denied choice of network provider.

]]> By: uvox http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/comment-page-1/#comment-476412 uvox Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:28:55 +0000 http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/#comment-476412 Still a rip-off plan pricing - compare Republic with the north of Ireland. Gosh, how could that be? I mean, the "Yes" people have been telling me for years about how this can't happen in the EU. Still a rip-off plan pricing – compare Republic with the north of Ireland. Gosh, how could that be?

I mean, the “Yes” people have been telling me for years about how this can’t happen in the EU.

]]> By: john Bosco Lynch http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/comment-page-1/#comment-476388 john Bosco Lynch Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:01:11 +0000 http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/#comment-476388 o2 Uk has a nice little offer....16gb @ £159 (€200) on a £35 (€44) a month package for the 18 months with all the lovely extras 600 mins 500 txts unlimited Data niceeeeeeee :-) Visual voicemail Reduced roaming We are offered.......16gb @ €169 (cheaper) on a €45 a month package for the 18 months,sounds goon so far eh??? Now for the extras you will be given the existing €45 tarriff according to o2 so..... 175 mins 100 txts I Gb Data not so niceeeeeeeeee and as of yet no news on the visaul voicemail or reduced roaming....... So folks a cheaper iPhone,YES.a cheaper deal,certainly,if you use your phone 1 week a month and don't mind funding the o2 coffers for the other 3 weeks with the little extras...... Hold on to your hard earned cash and push them for a better if not equal deal as with the UK..... I know i am,could be the fact the RIM and NOKIA and even HTC have something up their sleeves esp for the x-mas market just around the corner :-) o2 Uk has a nice little offer….16gb @ £159 (€200) on a £35 (€44) a month package for the 18 months with all the lovely extras
600 mins
500 txts
unlimited Data niceeeeeeee :-)
Visual voicemail
Reduced roaming

We are offered…….16gb @ €169 (cheaper) on a €45 a month package for the 18 months,sounds goon so far eh???
Now for the extras
you will be given the existing €45 tarriff according to o2 so…..
175 mins
100 txts
I Gb Data not so niceeeeeeeeee
and as of yet no news on the visaul voicemail or reduced roaming…….
So folks a cheaper iPhone,YES.a cheaper deal,certainly,if you use your phone 1 week a month and don’t mind funding the o2 coffers for the other 3 weeks with the little extras……
Hold on to your hard earned cash and push them for a better if not equal deal as with the UK…..
I know i am,could be the fact the RIM and NOKIA and even HTC have something up their sleeves esp for the x-mas market just around the corner :-)

]]> By: McAWilliams http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/comment-page-1/#comment-476381 McAWilliams Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:52:20 +0000 http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/#comment-476381 OK I just looked and listened to the keynote speech and Steve Jobs says that almost all 22 countries will have the 8 gig Iphone for 199 dollars, seems Ireland once again have decided to go against the grain, well what would you know! http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/0806wdt546x/event/index.html has the quicktime of the speech and this cost thing appears about 1hour 40 mins in. OK I just looked and listened to the keynote speech and Steve Jobs says that almost all 22 countries will have the 8 gig Iphone for 199 dollars, seems Ireland once again have decided to go against the grain, well what would you know!

http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/0806wdt546x/event/index.html has the quicktime of the speech and this cost thing appears about 1hour 40 mins in.

]]> By: Odin http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/comment-page-1/#comment-476379 Odin Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:43:56 +0000 http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/#comment-476379 Steve (Jobs) actualy said that that price is maximum 199$ with some few exception, watch the speech (free on itunes). McAWilliams unfortunatly did not provide the full quote there! Also there was no such claim about the 299$ variant. When Steve said that, I immediatly said "Ireland - Paddy Tax" and here we go, the max price is 169€ which is about 262$. In the UK they actualy stick to it with maximum 99£ which is 192 $. So we pay more, get less of functions (visual voicemail) and have a data limit which is actualy stopping us from using what the phone should do (Push of god the world and everything). Welcome to Ireland... Steve (Jobs) actualy said that that price is maximum 199$ with some few exception, watch the speech (free on itunes). McAWilliams unfortunatly did not provide the full quote there! Also there was no such claim about the 299$ variant.

When Steve said that, I immediatly said “Ireland – Paddy Tax” and here we go, the max price is 169€ which is about 262$.

In the UK they actualy stick to it with maximum 99£ which is 192 $.

So we pay more, get less of functions (visual voicemail) and have a data limit which is actualy stopping us from using what the phone should do (Push of god the world and everything).

Welcome to Ireland…

]]> By: john Bosco Lynch http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/comment-page-1/#comment-476319 john Bosco Lynch Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:27:54 +0000 http://patphelan.net/o2-ireland-announce-iphone-3g/#comment-476319 So close O2 but not good enough so for Now I keep my money and you can put price plan back up your @@@@. So close O2 but not good enough so for Now I keep my money and you can put price plan back up your @@@@.

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