O2 UK To Offer Pay-As-You-Go Service For iPhone
September 2nd, 2008
UK network O2 has announced plans to offer it’s prepaid ‘pay-as-you-go’ service to the Apple iPhone. The new tariff plan will be available for the iPhone 3G from September 16th.
As you would imagine the prepaid iPhone service works out more expensive than the current contract plan, here’s the details:
- The 8GB iPhone 3G model will cost you £349.99 (approx $631) while the 16GB model will cost you £399.99 (approx $721).
- £10 and £14 ($18 to $25) each month will give you 500 bonus minutes of call time to any UK home phone or O2 cellphone.
- £15 and £29 ($27 to $52) each month will give you 1000 bonus minutes of call time to any UK home phone or O2 cellphone.
- £30 or more will give you unlimited calls to any UK home phone or O2 cellphone.
- Calls past the prepaid amount will cost 5p per minute.
- You also get unlimited Internet access within the UK (though an “excessive usage” policy still applies), including 3G and O2 Wi-Fi, for free for the first year of service but will cost £10 per month after the first year.
- Text messages aren’t included with the plan similar to the plans with a 2-year contract. A text message will cost 10p each inside the UK.
- The visual voicemail and call merging features will not be available through Pay & Go plan.
- You will also be able to switch tariffs. However, I don’t think you can move from an iPhone 3G with a contract to an iPhone 3G on Pay & Go tariff.
[via iPhoneHacks]
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