The wait had finally over on Friday the 9th of Nov, I didn’t have the chance to see one on the day it first launched but I went to check out this afternoon and I must say I love it. The look and the feel of iPhone in my hand is amazing, it doesn’t look as big as I thought. I checked out the acclaimed touch screen and keyboard, and I am impressed!

It makes me really want one, but will I get one NOW? No.
There are a few things niggle me, enough to stop me making a purchase just yet.
Firstly, you have to activate the phone through iTunes and to activate it, you will need to enter into an 18 months minimum term contract with O2.
Secondly, the cost. How much is it going to cost? It is selling at £269 in the UK and tied with 18 months contract. The cheapest will cost you £35 a month, that’s £630 in total! (Ouch!)
Okie, for some of you, splash out £900 for this cool gadget is probably nothing, you’ll get the usual free minutes and texts, on top of that, you can surf free with more than 7500 hotspots in UK, but wait, read on.
Thirdly, this is the important part, always read the small prints!
Your O2 tariff for iPhone allows you unlimited use of O2 UK’s Edge/GPRS networks and The Cloud’s UK Wireless LAN network, for personal internet use, email and Visual Voicemail (VVM) on your iPhone only. All usage must be for your private, personal and non-commercial purposes. You may not use your SIM Card in any other device, or use your SIM Card or iPhone to allow the continuous streaming of any audio/video content, enable P2P or file sharing or use them in such a way that adversely impacts the service to other O2 customers. If O2 reasonably suspect you are not acting in accordance with this policy O2 reserves the right to impose further charges or disconnect your tariff at any time, having attempted to contact you first.
More!
iPhone is restricted to use on the O2 network. To continue to use all the functions of your iPhone you must remain connected to your iPhone tarrif. If you cancel your iPhone tariff only the iPod fuction on your iPhone will work. If you attempt to use your iPhone on any other network for example by replacing the SIM card, this may mean your iPhone becomes permanently unusable.
So if I decided to leave O2 after the 18 months contract, my iPhone will become an iPod touch, or if I swap to other network, my iPhone will becomes permanently unusable?
And if I purchase the phone for business purpose, which means I can’t even check my email?
Hmmm….I would love to have one, but not at £900, I think I’ll just stick with my next target, the LG Viewty or Nokia E81.
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