UK to get 4th carrier for iPhone

Hey that's a real cool news for people like me.As such I was planning to get a O2 this Christmas.
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@Alex simple solution - take a leaf out of large numbers of intelligent people's books: don't spend time in the dirtiest most overcrowded city in the country and move somewhere more up market - like the north or the west. Never understood the O2 coverage gripes - any network has good and bad patches so more networks = more chance of coverage where you need it and to echo David, even if this isn't another network, more competition = better pricing for us the consumer.

It's the PAYG price that interests me. If they get it for just £399 then I think I'm going to buy it. My Nokia N95 8GB has been playing up for a while now and I've been looking at buying a PAYG iPhone, but that price point could be the sweet point for me. Also, on the subject of Tesco, my voucher codes are giving away a £500 Tesco voucher today http://www.myvouchercodes.co.uk/free-giveaway. I didn't win :(

My o2 contract ends in jan 2010 and i'll be switching to a sim only card for only £19.99 same deal as i'm paying £35pm for except no wifi out and about which i never use not on contract month by month that will do me. I don't think the Tesco offering will be much good hope I'm wrong though. Will also look at Vodaphone but wont go near Orange.

@david

I invite you to come to London, the countries largest city where you'll be unable to connect a call at 5PM in the evening. Almost certainly be unable to maintain a 3G connection and will frequently suffer no service in Canary Wharf.

Welcome to O2.

P.s. I've never been able to maintain any kind of connection on a train, not with 3, Orange or O2.

@joanna

I am writing this on the train with 5 bar 3g coverage. Yes I am on o2! sorry their 99.5% coverage isn't good enough for you

@racco

Yes tesco is o2 but same phone same coverage means one thing... ...less cost! Competition is good people!

Mildly misleading title, Tesco just uses O2's network so its not really a fourth carrier.

If they can actually bring out the iPhone at a reasonable price then great....else meh

its just O2 in a cheap shirt.

Sod that!