Due to O2's cretinous upgrade policy and stupid 18 month contract lock in about 90% of people interested in a 3GS are currently stuck with the 3G they bought with six months left on their contract.
This says it all: http://twitpic.com/7shcg
#o2fail
And let's also not forget about the utter-royally-taking-the-piss-rip-off that is their tethering 'offer', where you are seriously expected to cough up £15 a month for the pleasure of using your existing data you are already paying for with a laptop.
Some amusing gruniad quotes from http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jun/19/iphone-3gs-o2-sales-reports
O2: "Our online shop saw a 150% increase in online traffic in the first two hours."
- wow - that's almost.. half their regular users again.
But my fav:
"O2, which has the exclusive rights to sell Apple's new iPhone 3GS in the UK, said by 1.30pm that it had sold more of the phones this year than it in the entire day last year."
Where's the part where Jesus goes in? Isn't this the Jesus phone?
I've taken the 3G apart and it is without a doubt the easiest phone I have ever disassembled. Although I hate Apple and all things Apple-related, I must give the simple design a nod and thumbs up.
Now personally I would have dismantled with something a little more, effective, like a 14lb lump hammer! Bloody iPhone fanbois, it's a tool for communication, not a life changing decision!
O2: "Our online shop saw a 150% increase in online traffic in the first two hours."
- wow - that's almost.. half their regular users again.
If you're going to be a pedant, at least do it right. A 150% increase is your normal traffic plus 1.5 times your normal traffic which is 2.5 times your normal traffic.
Quote: "it's a tool for communication, not a life changing decision!"
Thank you; at least someone around here still has some sense! My wife and I got iPhones afew weeks ago because we needed phones, and it seemed a nice upgrade.
The new 3Gs came out the next day -- I simply said, "Oh well." I probably would have known something was coming down the tubes if I had been trolling the Apple rumor sites. But who wants to live in that land of fanboi nonsense, victim to Apple's orgasmic press releases? No thank you -- in the end, it's just another **thing**.
"O2: "Our online shop saw a 150% increase in online traffic in the first two hours."
- wow - that's almost.. half their regular users again."
Ummm.. NO you'r thinking of a 50% increase 150% increase is 1.5 x more than normal so thats double and then half again.10 users -> 25, 100 -> 250 etc...
It all depend if the O2 Spokesman knows anything about maths and percentages and therefore actually understood what he was saying.
My guess is that he actually did not have a clue what he was saying and although what he strictly said meant 1.5 times more than normal, the actual increase was only 50%
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Man queues overnight to buy iPhone 3GS... and take it to bits
richard 69
man wastes money on iphone 3gs.... #
Posted Friday 19th June 2009 15:50 GMT
should have gone to pub instead.....
David Adams
But.... #
Posted Friday 19th June 2009 15:50 GMT
... will it blend?
We need to know!
Anonymous Coward
He could have stayed in bed #
Posted Friday 19th June 2009 15:50 GMT
Due to O2's cretinous upgrade policy and stupid 18 month contract lock in about 90% of people interested in a 3GS are currently stuck with the 3G they bought with six months left on their contract.
This says it all: http://twitpic.com/7shcg
#o2fail
And let's also not forget about the utter-royally-taking-the-piss-rip-off that is their tethering 'offer', where you are seriously expected to cough up £15 a month for the pleasure of using your existing data you are already paying for with a laptop.
Some amusing gruniad quotes from http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jun/19/iphone-3gs-o2-sales-reports
O2: "Our online shop saw a 150% increase in online traffic in the first two hours."
- wow - that's almost.. half their regular users again.
But my fav:
"O2, which has the exclusive rights to sell Apple's new iPhone 3GS in the UK, said by 1.30pm that it had sold more of the phones this year than it in the entire day last year."
Rob McDougall
Charger! #
Posted Friday 19th June 2009 15:50 GMT
That charger looks much better!
Aristotles slow and dimwitted horse
Let me get a Kleenex... #
Posted Friday 19th June 2009 15:50 GMT
While I wank off over these pictures of an electrical device.
FFS is this REALLY what the Reg has come to. Pointless pictures of circuitry.
Wrenchy
But... #
Posted Friday 19th June 2009 15:50 GMT
Where's the part where Jesus goes in? Isn't this the Jesus phone?
I've taken the 3G apart and it is without a doubt the easiest phone I have ever disassembled. Although I hate Apple and all things Apple-related, I must give the simple design a nod and thumbs up.
David Cherry 1
Apple Porn #
Posted Friday 19th June 2009 15:50 GMT
(nowt to see here)
Anonymous Coward
Trick of the light? #
Posted Friday 19th June 2009 15:50 GMT
or is that board fried? looks very sooty around certain chips in the bottom right corner...
buy one now cos it'll be out of date tommorrow..
Hedley Phillips
That reminds me #
Posted Friday 19th June 2009 15:50 GMT
what the important things in life are.
Anonymous Coward
Good on you! #
Posted Friday 19th June 2009 15:51 GMT
Now personally I would have dismantled with something a little more, effective, like a 14lb lump hammer! Bloody iPhone fanbois, it's a tool for communication, not a life changing decision!
Stuart Gepp
@AC 14:00 #
Posted Saturday 20th June 2009 00:02 GMT
O2: "Our online shop saw a 150% increase in online traffic in the first two hours."
- wow - that's almost.. half their regular users again.
If you're going to be a pedant, at least do it right. A 150% increase is your normal traffic plus 1.5 times your normal traffic which is 2.5 times your normal traffic.
Steve X
Re: He could have stayed in bed #
Posted Saturday 20th June 2009 00:02 GMT
What part of "18 month contract" are these people having problems with?
Maybe O2 should just offer the 3GS as an upgrade for, say 500quid? Shouldn't discourage the fanbois too much...
DrXym
Who are these sad bastards? #
Posted Saturday 20th June 2009 00:02 GMT
Who queue up a midnight for a freaking phone of all things. It's not even a new phone, just a variant of an existing model.
zourtney
@ AC 15:46 #
Posted Saturday 20th June 2009 00:02 GMT
Quote: "it's a tool for communication, not a life changing decision!"
Thank you; at least someone around here still has some sense! My wife and I got iPhones afew weeks ago because we needed phones, and it seemed a nice upgrade.
The new 3Gs came out the next day -- I simply said, "Oh well." I probably would have known something was coming down the tubes if I had been trolling the Apple rumor sites. But who wants to live in that land of fanboi nonsense, victim to Apple's orgasmic press releases? No thank you -- in the end, it's just another **thing**.
Yes: I enjoy the device.
No: It will not change my life.
jai
(untitled) #
Posted Saturday 20th June 2009 00:02 GMT
funny though - cos after all that he wasn't the first to post the pull apart pics
Anonymous Coward
I can see why they needed to build the battery in. #
Posted Saturday 20th June 2009 00:02 GMT
Oh wait ;)
Let me see, rectangular box shaped thing, situated next to the casing. Hmm. Clearly that couldn't be made readily user removable. Noooo.
Anonymous Coward
@AC #
Posted Saturday 20th June 2009 14:53 GMT
"O2: "Our online shop saw a 150% increase in online traffic in the first two hours."
- wow - that's almost.. half their regular users again."
Ummm.. NO you'r thinking of a 50% increase 150% increase is 1.5 x more than normal so thats double and then half again.10 users -> 25, 100 -> 250 etc...
peter 45
Re: 150% increase #
Posted Monday 22nd June 2009 10:25 GMT
AC1 and AC2
You are both right...and both wrong....possibly
It all depend if the O2 Spokesman knows anything about maths and percentages and therefore actually understood what he was saying.
My guess is that he actually did not have a clue what he was saying and although what he strictly said meant 1.5 times more than normal, the actual increase was only 50%
Georges
should have gone to specsavers #
Posted Monday 22nd June 2009 13:04 GMT
I did and didn't buy the iphone.
Doug Glass
How Sweet #
Posted Monday 22nd June 2009 14:18 GMT
Such clean fingernails. Their mommies must wipe them too.
Scott K
18 month contract #
Posted Tuesday 23rd June 2009 15:47 GMT
The clue is in the title.
Just because you are an Apple owner != exempt from the law of contract.