O2 bringing the iPhone to Ireland

As you might have heard by now (especially if you're an iPhone fan in Ireland), O2 will be bringing the iPhone to the Emerald Isle. Starting on March 14th our Irish friends can pick up a 8 gig iPhone for €399 or the 16 giger for €499. Plans start at €45 per month and all include 1GB of data per month (there is no unlimited data plan at the moment for the iPhone in Ireland).
One thing to note is that the Irish iPhone does not support Visual Voice mail, as is mentioned on this O2 page.
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As you might have heard by now (especially if you're an iPhone fan in Ireland), O2 will be bringing the iPhone to the Emerald Isle....
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all you irish out there who think o2 is ripping off their customers. start bombarding o2 with emails and don't let them get away with this. we have a right to a fully supported product for a fair price.
i know i could go and import and hack an iphone but i don't want to get engaged into an eternal struggle to keep it unlocked after every software update.
the only way to make o2 change their attitude is to boykott the o2 iphone and to demand a better price plan.
I'm happy that Apple is offering the iPhone in Ireland now - damn pricey, but I'm considering it because my Nokia N73 is rubbish. Not sure I can afford the upfront price though.
However, why do people think Apple owe them an iPhone, and cheaply at that? It's an expensive device, and Apple isn't losing by not flooding the market with them. They know what they're doing. The other issue is that entry into a given market is dictated as much by local carriers as anything else - they have to make big concessions to Apple to have it on their network, but at the same time they want to be able to make money from it.
I've never seen anyone kick and scream about the N95, which costs around the same. Does Nokia have to lose their shirt so people can have their top-of-the-line phone? None of the players are bringing you the iPhone out of altruism (Maybe I'm preaching to the choir here, but seems to me the reality check is needed).
This is ridiculous. I've been chomping at the bit for an Irish iPhone release and gave up hope after Christmas. Now it's here and I'll tell you what - Apple fanatic that I am, they're making it really easy for me to not buy an iPhone. Expensive and not 100% features. Screw you Apple.
February 28 2008 at 7:59 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTell you what, since I'm in nYc (land of cheap iPhones) I could always ship one over to ya! ;-)
March 02 2008 at 6:33 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhen Apple + any telco is planning to ask these kind of prices in Europe, they are only stimulating the trade in "illegal" iPhones. (is that where the "i" stands for?)
These prices are ridiculous.
Please Apple!!! Give Sweden the iPhone or else! There are so many unofficial iPhone owners in Sweden that makes almost a official release totally pointless. Don´t us wait much longer! You will loose it all!
Best regards
Azon
Protecting their Blackberry business? Insufficient capacity on their network here? My BB, on O2 Ireland, has unlimited data as far as I know.
February 28 2008 at 4:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI think Apple will have to work harder to prevent users from cracking the phone and moving provider.
No Visual Voicemail and no unlimited data plan just urges people to crack and move provider. Even the â¬100 monthly plan has a 1GB limit, which sucks.
Will wait for 3G iPhone and considering purchasing then, having an EDGE phone is a backward step for me, not giving up my 3G SE phone anytime soon.
Wow! Apple is raping its Euro customers.
Case in point:
499.00 EUR = 759.553 USD
Based On: 1 EUR = 1.52215 USD 1 USD = 0.656965
Considering the 16GB iPhone sells for $499 USD right here in nYc, which equates to it selling for 328.022 EUR.
...OUCH!
yeah, that's 1.5x more expensive than the US iphones (since the euro is like 1 to 1.5 now)...
but you would still buy it because people like me freaks out when the iphone crashes or breaks (like mine, except it's fixed now).
There are more people in Toronto than in all of Ireland, this is ridiculous. Why hasn't the iPhone been announced in Canada yet?
February 28 2008 at 3:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySo you could as well buy a US one and unlock / jailbreak it.
o2 are SH!T but unlimited data would at least help things a little. No one wants to go on the internet on a timer...
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