Last Ten Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Anyone know if MT will ever stock the Apple iphone and if it will work on the MT network???? I notice Sure C&W are selling them at the mo Last 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazcabs Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Anyone know if MT will ever stock the Apple iphone and if it will work on the MT network???? I notice Sure C&W are selling them at the mo Last 10 At a guess I would say that it wont work on the MT network otherwise MT would have had them in the shop before Sure seeing as MT is just O2 with a different name I questioned Sure about how come they could sell iPhones as they are tied to O2 in the UK and apparently the O2 agreement was for version 1 iPhone only, as soon as Apple bought out version 2 anybody could sell it - hence Sure have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Bit cheeky that sure are advertising it as 3g, when they don't have a 3g network over here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I questioned Sure about how come they could sell iPhones as they are tied to O2 in the UK and apparently the O2 agreement was for version 1 iPhone only, as soon as Apple bought out version 2 anybody could sell it - hence Sure have them. I wonder whether that is accurate. O2 have the iPhone officially in the UK. AFAIK none of the other operators are selling it - and they would if they could. The IOM Sure iPhone is perhaps a grey import - as sold by Sure in Jersey. Sure are not an official Apple retailer. According to this article: Interestingly - the handsets sold in Jersey, as with all other phones sold in the island will be available unlocked - so you can buy them through Jersey Telecom or Sure and then put another networks sim card in them.This is because both of those networks are selling the iPhone curtosy of the European provider who is selling stock to the Jersey networks for them to sell on. This BBC item also seems to indicate that the Sure iPhone (certainly in Jersey) is unlocked and imported from mainland Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lfc84 Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 what he said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazcabs Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 What ever way Sure have got hold of them must be legal otherwise MT would have been banging down the doors. If it breached any apple agreement they would have been ahead of MT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 BTW - there is still no software SIM unlock available to date for the 3G iPhone. So no point buying a PAYG O2 3G iPhone and hoping to unlock it work on the MT network. The only solutions involve using piggyback SIM cards (you have to squeeze a SIM tricker in on top of your SIM card - but the last review I read reported that data did not work & various other problems including a risk of physically damaging the SIM slot. ETA: unlocked 3G iPhones are officially available in Hong Kong and Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcCann Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 They are ace when they work. Unfortunately they are stupid unreliable pieces of shit. I am now on my second 2G one and it looks to be dying in the same manner as the first did. (wi-fi seems to get stuck on and drains the battery in 2-3 hours) I will never buy an apple product again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
germann Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Iphones are poo anyway. Copy and paste? Forget it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 They are ace when they work. Unfortunately they are stupid unreliable pieces of shit. I am now on my second 2G one and it looks to be dying in the same manner as the first did. (wi-fi seems to get stuck on and drains the battery in 2-3 hours) I will never buy an apple product again Is it a hacked one? Do you think that might be a factor? Have you been able to carry on installing the firmware updates, which fix known problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
immortalpuppet Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I have seen one working on MT 3g, the one i got my hands on did everything apart from order from itunes. In all fairness they are shit, there are so many better phones out there but as usual its not about the product, its about the marketing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 I have seen one working on MT 3g, the one i got my hands on did everything apart from order from itunes. In all fairness they are shit, there are so many better phones out there but as usual its not about the product, its about the marketing. What do you not like about them and which phones do you believe have similar functionality but are better ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastie Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 for example htc touch hd ,iphone killer gonna get it tomorrow morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 What do you not like about them and which phones do you believe have similar functionality but are better ? Blackberry Storm is on the way shortly, that looks to be pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbms Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 The new Google G1 phone looks good as its open source software and can be unlocked quite simply but atm I think only T mobile are selling it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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