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iphone purchase

  • 23-07-2012 8:02pm
    #1
    stephen090
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭


    Hey guys,

    I really want an iphone, but the trouble is I study in Northern Ireland ( but am home for the summer months and most weekends). I generally carry about a crappy £30 northern phone and a half decent southern phone while in the north- but it doesn't make too much sense to carry about an iphone with a southern sim card in the north, racking up roaming etc.

    Is it possible to get an iphone sim for both o2 ireland and o2uk and switch as i please, depending on what country i'm in? - if i buy the phone as pay as you go or contract? what is the best way to do this

    Any advice is much appreciated!

    cheers :)


Comments

  • #2
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,497 ✭✭✭✭guil


    You could get one on bill subsidised from O2 and get them to unlock it. Should only take a few days

    Other than that you could buy it direct from apple and it will be unlocked


  • #3
    stephen090
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭stephen090


    guil wrote: »
    You could get one on bill subsidised from O2 and get them to unlock it. Should only take a few days

    Other than that you could buy it direct from apple and it will be unlocked

    If i buy directly from apple, is it simple enough to acquire an iphone sim card then?


  • #4
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,497 ✭✭✭✭guil


    Yeah. You can get much cheaper bill pay plans aswell if you only need a sim

    Tesco mobile which uses the O2 network are doing a sim only deal. Unlimited calls, texts and data for €35 a month. I haven't looked too much into so I'm not sure if there is a FUP


  • #5
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,001 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    Depending on where you are in the North, 3 do the 3like home package where you can use half your minutes phoning UK numbers. Includes all the data you can use. Supposed to be very bad around Enniskillen, but I found it brilliant from Newry all the way to Belfast. You could still buy a sim-free but try out the Three sim card for reception.


  • #6
    Richard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,439 ✭✭✭Richard


    whiterebel wrote: »
    Depending on where you are in the North, 3 do the 3like home package where you can use half your minutes phoning UK numbers. Includes all the data you can use. Supposed to be very bad around Enniskillen, but I found it brilliant from Newry all the way to Belfast. You could still buy a sim-free but try out the Three sim card for reception.

    Although you will have a 00353 number, which may be expensive for people in NI calling you.


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  • #7
    McSween
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,290 ✭✭✭McSween


    according to apple's website you can get an unlocked one as a student. not sure how much less the phones are but i suppose they would be unlocked

    http://store.apple.com/ie/browse/home/education_routing


  • #8
    guil
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,497 ✭✭✭✭guil


    All iphons bought direct from apple are unlocked


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