O2 shop this morning

RubyXI

Anyone know why there was a queue forming outside the o2 shop on Patrick St. this morning at around 8.15? There wasn't any signs saying there was a sale on or anything. (if there is, i want to knoiw about it!)

Zeppi

maybe they are launching the new iphone

PCPhoto

phi3 wrote: »

Anyone know why there was a queue forming outside the o2 shop on Patrick St. this morning at around 8.15? There wasn't any signs saying there was a sale on or anything. (if there is, i want to knoiw about it!)

it was the launch of the new I-Phone 3GS ..... queue's all over the country (Why I dont know) ..... its not like they wont be able to get it later in the day/week.

RubyXI

oh right. Thanks guys. Curiosity got the better of me. I didn't have time to hang around to find out coz i had to get the bus to work

Bill-e

Those people make me sick

foxyboxer

bloody queueing up like the sheep that they are :mad:

Blitzkrieger

Ultimate triumph of optimism over experience.....

probe

Many of these idiots probably have already bought the previous versions (at high cost) with their appalling sound quality, inability to get a signal in many areas, no video, and missing much of the functionality one takes for granted on other brands of mobile. The first Iphone didn't even have UMTS.

About 30% of the population are suckers for prizes and free giveaways. They will do virtually anything to participate.

Another proportion of the population are suckers for Apple. Not that Apple doesn't make some good PCs. But these Apple victims have to buy everything the company produces - good or bad... :-)

Barr

So much for the recession - any idea how much they are selling for . They used to be a huge prices when they were first launched.

Owen

Barr wrote: »

So much for the recession - any idea how much they are selling for . They used to be a huge prices when they were first launched.

They're not that expensive, you can have the 16 gig from 129 depending on which tarrif you want to go on. Hardly recession scandal stuff!

j2hig

One thing to say......**** THAT!

suppafly

I'm not much of a fan of them either. Visiting a friend in the US now and they're all mad about it over here too. Sound quality is terrible altogether. U can barely hear the person on it and the battery life is woeful! My buddy all has his plugged in whenever he's near a power source as it only last like a day. The think i do like about it is the apps u can get for it, but i think u can get those for the iTouch so i just get that instead

TanG411

if you want to spend a lot of money on a phone, may I recommend either the nokia E71 or N95

Both handy phones and better than the iPhone imo.

RubyXI

Larkin501 wrote: »

if you want to spend a lot of money on a phone, may I recommend either the nokia E71 or N95

Both handy phones and better than the iPhone imo.

I'm gonna spend alot of money on the samsung tocco ultra this week, fingers crossed its the rite choice

TanG411

phi3 wrote: »

I'm gonna spend alot of money on the samsung tocco ultra this week, fingers crossed its the rite choice

The only phones I gave were phones without a touchscreen

I heard the Samsung is worth the money, so it should be a good buy :pac:

Blitzkrieger

PaintDoctor wrote: »

They're not that expensive, you can have the 16 gig from 129 depending on which tarrif you want to go on. Hardly recession scandal stuff!

Depends what you mean by expensive. I paid 25 for my latest phone on the second cheapest contract. It's GPS, decent camera, mp3, mp4 - everything but wifi, which I don't want anyway. Usually if I'm that far away from a PC with internet, I want to be that far away from a PC....

Owen

Blitzkrieger wrote: »

Depends what you mean by expensive. I paid 25 for my latest phone on the second cheapest contract.

I meant relatively speaking, the way the nay-sayers were iphone bashing on this thread, you'd swear it was a thousand euro, not a hundred.

RobertFoster

It's €420 on Speak easy and ranges from €819 (18 months x €40 + €99) to €1800 (18 months x €100) on bill pay. I believe if upgrading the minimum contract is 12 months, not 18 months as with new users. That seems expensive to me.

Oafley Jones

RobertFoster wrote: »

It's €420 on Speak easy and ranges from €819 (18 months x €40 + €99) to €1800 (18 months x €100) on bill pay. I believe if upgrading the minimum contract is 12 months, not 18 months as with new users. That seems expensive to me.

It's €519 on payg, the old model is €420.