Comments on: Oops! Apple’s pricing blunder http://tomdunmore.com/gadgets/oops-apples-pricing-blunder/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Tom Dunmore - confessions of a gadget addict Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tom http://tomdunmore.com/gadgets/oops-apples-pricing-blunder/comment-page-1/#comment-2426 tom Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:01:33 +0000 http://tomdunmore.com/?p=328#comment-2426 The new iPhone certainly isn't cheap - and I think O2's tethering charges are excessive - but it doesn't make financial sense for O2 to allow existing customers to upgrade without paying off their current plans because the 3G (unlike the original iPhone) was subsidised by its contract. The new iPhone certainly isn’t cheap – and I think O2′s tethering charges are excessive – but it doesn’t make financial sense for O2 to allow existing customers to upgrade without paying off their current plans because the 3G (unlike the original iPhone) was subsidised by its contract.

]]> By: Tom Swain http://tomdunmore.com/gadgets/oops-apples-pricing-blunder/comment-page-1/#comment-2425 Tom Swain Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:15:57 +0000 http://tomdunmore.com/?p=328#comment-2425 Tom, can we really, truly, realistically expect o2 to change its pricing for existing iPhone customers? It would be sort of self-deprecating, wouldn't it? I just can't believe how ungrateful they're being! Really I can't. And I thought I loved Apple! Tom, can we really, truly, realistically expect o2 to change its pricing for existing iPhone customers? It would be sort of self-deprecating, wouldn’t it?
I just can’t believe how ungrateful they’re being! Really I can’t. And I thought I loved Apple!

]]> By: Dave Smith http://tomdunmore.com/gadgets/oops-apples-pricing-blunder/comment-page-1/#comment-2424 Dave Smith Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:41:23 +0000 http://tomdunmore.com/?p=328#comment-2424 You should look at the pricing of the upgrade for iPhone 3G owners on O2! Paying out your contract? Are they having a laugh? Who in their right mind would spend upwards of £375 for a 3GS 16GB? You should look at the pricing of the upgrade for iPhone 3G owners on O2! Paying out your contract? Are they having a laugh? Who in their right mind would spend upwards of £375 for a 3GS 16GB?

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