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03-07-2008, 10:56 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: destined for sea-change
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Originally Posted by fompsweeva
My iPhone (1g) is on virgin, but it shows YES OPTUS instead of virgin... anyone else?
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Virgin = Optus network |
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03-07-2008, 11:03 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Kellyville, NSW Australia
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Yep - Optus pre-paid 16Gb iPhone for me... $80 unlock and Virgin $30 plan with $15 for 1Gb data.
Perfect... except for Virgin not supporting conference calls (which I'll have to live with) 
Regards,
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03-07-2008, 11:06 PM
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Group: Banned Users
Location: Wherever you want...
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Originally Posted by flyboyoz
i agree pay the $80 to officially unlock it and keep the warranty. if you can afford 800-900 bucks for it outright, you are better and can afford to do that.
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I have a feeling that it'll be sold now thru Apple, and I imagine $899 might be the outright price. |
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04-07-2008, 08:59 AM
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You take your car to work, I'll take my board.
Group: Regulars
Location: Adelaide, SA
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Originally Posted by macaholic
Virgin = Optus network
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Yep, but on my Nokia phone it still says Virgin..
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04-07-2008, 09:00 AM
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Group: Administrators
Location: St. Albans, Melbourne
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Originally Posted by Madone
I have a feeling that it'll be sold now thru Apple, and I imagine $899 might be the outright price.
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That would be fantastic  |
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04-07-2008, 09:11 AM
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Supreme Overload (TM)
Group: Forum Leaders
Location: Melbourne
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Originally Posted by Madone
I have a feeling that it'll be sold now thru Apple, and I imagine $899 might be the outright price.
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I can't see how this model (at least in Australia) would hurt anyone - if you stick through to the end of a plan with a carrier (for example, the 24 month $79 cap plan with Optus) you can get the handset for free or quite decently subsidised.
There's a real advantage to doing that and picking the level of subsidy/contract lock-in you're comfortable with, compared to the cost of buying outright and paying an equivalent amount monthly in service fees anyway (thereby being more out of pocket).
So the choice as it currently stands is - pay more for flexibility or pay less for loyalty (the latter being my personal choice). Why should the carriers be afraid of Apple selling it outright when their own deals may ultimately be more favourable to the consumer? |
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04-07-2008, 09:29 AM
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Group: Regulars
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Originally Posted by fompsweeva
Yep, but on my Nokia phone it still says Virgin..
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Yeah, it's to do with the SIM.
As I understand it..(and I could be very wrong)...there's a network ID and a little icon in each SIM that tells the phone what to display for the network ID (there's a name for it, digging deep in my ex-One.Tel brain for the term...Operator ID?) on the screen.
The iPhone doesn't pay any attention to that, it just yanks it off the air. There's a hack in Installer from Simon Wright of Whirlpool fame that installs the network logos. I have the Yes Optus logo from my (thankfully gone) Optus days and haven't been bothered to change it. |
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04-07-2008, 10:50 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Kellyville, NSW Australia
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Originally Posted by zerogeewhiz
The iPhone doesn't pay any attention to that, it just yanks it off the air.
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Here's hoping they've fixed that with the 3G release.
Regards,
Shane. |
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04-07-2008, 11:41 AM
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Member
Group: Member
Location: Sydney
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Mine did that too, confused me a bit till I worked out that the Virgin network was really the Optus network :P I can't wait till the 11th, been without my iPhone for way too long now, stuck with a Nokia 3200 :P
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04-07-2008, 02:24 PM
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Member
Group: Member
Location: Sydney, Aust
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Guys, this is on the tips and tricks section of this very website, changing the onscreen name from optus to virgin, enjoy
How to change carrier to Virgin from Yes Optus |
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05-07-2008, 08:33 AM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Kellyville, NSW Australia
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Originally Posted by ace70
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I'm very aware of that fix and have been using it on my iPhone 1.0 since I got it. The problem is going to be the iPhone 3G which at this stage (a) can't be hacked & (b) I'm not sure I want to even if it can be.
So here's hoping Apple look at the ID in the SIM card and display it correctly, which they should now seeing it is a Worldwide phone (easier than creating a database on the phone of all carriers).
Regards,
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05-07-2008, 05:07 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: NSW
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Did we end up determining whether you could attach more than one data plan with Virgin, ie. 2 x 1GB/$15 = $30?
Also, apparently with Virgin's 3G modems, they cap the speed at 500kbps (1/7th of what it should be), do they do this with mobiles too? |
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05-07-2008, 05:16 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Originally Posted by chrsha01
By the time July 11 comes around, I wouldn't be surprised if all carriers get the iPhone.
Optus, Vodafone, now Telstra have all sealed the deal, let's wait for Virgin and 3 to jump on board most likely in the week ahead. 
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We will not see any more carriers get the iPhone, in July at least. I'd expect that 3 MAY join the party around January. Virgin may be always a....iPhone virgin as its really up to Optus.
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05-07-2008, 05:20 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Originally Posted by watters
We will not see any more carriers get the iPhone, in July at least. I'd expect that 3 MAY join the party around January. Virgin may be always a....iPhone virgin as its really up to Optus.
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Only speculation, nobody knows except Apple. |
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08-07-2008, 05:26 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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I just ported my number from Vodafone to Virgin. It took about thirty minutes and now I am on the $30 cap ($130) with the $15 data add-on (1GB) and with no contract. I mainly did it to see if I will get much out of mobile browsing, which I hadn't bothered to set up despite having my iPhone since launch. If I don't use it much then I won't get a iPhone 3G and if I do then I will already be signed up for what looks like a pretty good plan, certainly better than what Optus have announced.
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