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Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / May 2008Interesting iPhone upgrade info from O2
This isn't at all new, but I've never really browsed around the O2 website before, so I've only just found it. I was trying to figure out whether when the 3G iPhone comes out in June (at least, June in the USA) whether you'll be able to upgrade without renewing your O2 contract. It *appears* that the answer is yes. I base this on the following O2 page, which is about upgrading from the 8GB to the 16GB iPhone: http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/o2tariffsforiphone/existingcustomers/activatingyourne w16gbiphone Basically it says that all you do is buy the new iPhone and slap in your old SIM, and that's it. Done. Also interesting is this page: http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/o2tariffsforiphone/existingcustomers Which contains the following paragraph: * Don't forget your existing 8GB iPhone can be given to someone else you know --- all they need to do is either go to an O2 Retail store and ask for a new PostPay O2 SIM card (free of charge), or simply use the SIM card that comes with the 16GB iPhone. They then place the new SIM card into the 8GB iPhone and activate through iTunes just as you did. They will need to sign-up to a new 18-month contract. So you can even sell your old iPhone to help fund a new one. SIMs are pretty generic so the SIM that comes with a 3G iPhone will probably work just fine in a 2G iPhone. > Also interesting is this page: > http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/o2tariffsforiphone/existingcustomers [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > pretty generic so the SIM that comes with a 3G iPhone will probably > work just fine in a 2G iPhone. Yes. although don't expect much selling a second hand locked 8GB iPhone!  SignatureWoody www.alienrat.com >> Also interesting is this page: >> http://www.o2.co.uk/iphone/o2tariffsforiphone/existingcustomers [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Yes. although don't expect much selling a second hand locked 8GB iPhone! They're so easy to jailbreak (if I can do it, anybody can), why would you not unlock it before selling it. > They're so easy to jailbreak Is nobody -worried- by that fact? Everyone always applauds it, but it means there are significant and easily found security holes in the platform. Surely someone not especially friendly might be inclined to have a crack as well? iPhone malware? Cheers, Ian > > They're so easy to jailbreak > > Is nobody -worried- by that fact? Everyone always applauds it, but it > means there are significant and easily found security holes in the > platform. Surely someone not especially friendly might be inclined to > have a crack as well? iPhone malware? If you jailbreak it, it fixes the fault that lets it be broken. SignatureWoody www.alienrat.com >> They're so easy to jailbreak > > Is nobody -worried- by that fact? Everyone always applauds it, but it > means there are significant and easily found security holes in the > platform. Surely someone not especially friendly might be inclined to > have a crack as well? iPhone malware? Every phone - AFAIK - is the same; they can all be unlocked, some by code some by hardware but there is always a way. >>> They're so easy to jailbreak >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Every phone - AFAIK - is the same; they can all be unlocked, some by > code some by hardware but there is always a way. But this is slightly different - unlocking from a network is one thing and I expect most phones can be. It's part of their normal function to be sold on different networks. But here we're not just talking about unlocking. We're talking about jailbreaking - the act of allowing the OS to do other than it is designed to do. Which is good news for the end user, except that it's arrived through by exploiting some security issue - and that has to be bad news surely? Cheers, Ian >>>> They're so easy to jailbreak >>> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > and I expect most phones can be. It's part of their normal function to > be sold on different networks. And I suspect that there is the same facility with the iPhone. After all, at the end of the contract it is required procedure that the phone be unlocked if requested. > But here we're not just talking about unlocking. We're talking about > jailbreaking - the act of allowing the OS to do other than it is [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Cheers, > Ian > I was trying to figure out whether when the 3G iPhone comes out in > June (at least, June in the USA) Our O2 agent is telling us that it will be at least September.... SignatureHoward |
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