O2 Changes Pay Monthly traiffs and iPhone traiffs
O2 have announced a shake-up of its entire Pay Monthly and small business tariffs, including those for the iPhone.
The new changes are available existing iPhone customers from today, but not customers using other mobile phones until their contract comes up for renewal.O2 wants to simplify its contracts tariffs and make it easier for consumer to choose the right tariff.
Its rumoured that O2 made the chnages because of poor sales for the iPhone in the UK that has prompted these changes.
O2 Pay Monthly tariffs will now work on six price points where customers choose the text and minute bundle (similar to the Three network ) which most suits them as well as having the ability to bolt-on unlimited data packages and access to The Cloud hotspots.
The current tariffs for iPhone will be brought in line with the minute and text bundles offered on the new tariff structure.O2 confirmed that customers who have already signed up to an iPhone contract with will have their monthly minutes and texts increased from February and customers who are currently on the £55 price plan will be dropped down to the £45 offering.
All iPhone customers will continue to receive “unlimited” data browsing and access to The Cloud’s Wi-Fi hotspots.
£35 a month tariffs will now come with a bundle of 600 minutes and 500 texts, up from the original amount of 200 minutes and 200 texts. The minutes included in a £45 per month tariff have been doubled to 1200, however the number of texts remains the same at 500.
How to get the UK Iphone ?
The 8GB iPhone will launch in the UK on 9 November and will be offered by the UK’s
largest mobile phone operator - O2 - on a minimum 18-month contract.
There will be a £35, £45 and £55 monthly packages with various bundled minutes and texts, and all will come with “fair usage” unlimited data.
The Carphone Warehouse has been named as a retail partner for the iPhone. Their online iPhone info is now live and reveals a few interesting points people might want to know in advance of the handset’s availability in November.
As well as providing info about ensuring you have the latest version of iTunes on your home computer, the site reveals you have to be over 18 to get an iPhone contract in your name (sorry teens!), pass a credit check and have a bank account, as well as email for online-only billing.
T-Mobile slahes Flext tariffs!
T-Mobile has slashed the inclusive value of its Flext tariffs for new customers, dropping the combined value of texts and minutes offered by as much as £45.
The network has also stopped including voicemail in its Flext value package, and has introduced a minimum call charge of one minute for all Flext tariffs. T-Mobile said the move was ‘part of a price review’, but that the ‘tariffs were still good value’.
The operator has made the changes to its post-pay 12-month tariffs proposition, which come into effect on 15 August.
On the Flext £25 12-month tariff, the £40 of inclusive value offered in July has been dropped to £30. On Flext’s £35 contract, inclusive value has fallen from £120 to £90. Flext’s £50 contract now includes £125 worth of value, down from £170.
There is now a £30 gap between the value on the Flext £25 12-month contract and Flext £25 18-month contract. The Flext £30 18-month tariff comes with £90 of texts and minutes, the same as with the Flext 35 12-month contract.
