Right OK Paf so basically I have to send my phone off and wait for the cash before I go back to O2 and wait for a new phone to be sent out - and what do I do for a phone for that week or longer?

So that site will give me £105 for my nokia shite and I have to pay £245 to get out of my contract meaning I am £140 worse off.

Worth it? I really don't think so.

No, get new phone, send off old phone. You may be charged by O2 immediately or like Three, in 30 days. 5 days for your cash form that banana place, they send you an envelope for your phone. You would have to negotiate with O2, they might let you off some like they did Spikey.

If you REALLY want one, get it. You are worse than Stav at buying stuff.

Although the iphone is a relatively new product, it has only been around a couple of years, there is a pattern of it being updated in early summer:

Initially launched June 2007
3G version launched July 2008

One of Apples directors also said as much a few years ago, can't find a link at the moment but said something along the lines of Apples product cycles are to update ipods in early autumn, iphones in the summer, macbooks in late autumn/early winter.

If I were looking at entering a long/expensive contract to get an iphone at the moment, I would be thinking about holding on a few weeks to see what comes out. If there is a new model but the 'improvements' don't seem worthwhile then it may be worth looking to see if the old model can be picked up more reasonably.

We're not all made of money, I don't have a spare however much it costs to buy an iphone.

I have two contracts and pay less than £50 for both of them.

If the new Iphone comes out in June / July then I will probably upgrade for £99 then Lizzy can use my iphone until she is due for her upgrade in August/September

I'm not sure they will allow cheap upgrades this time, last time was because of the lack of 3G.

Hmm, I thought the £99 upgrade was written into the contract. That's what my mate Adam told me, although I didn't check it out.

News to me, interesting if true

There's a pattern of Apple updating it's kit once or twice a year to screw more money out of people who _must_ have the latest thing.

And all the other phone manufacturers don't do exactly the same thing?

It is known as the stupid tax.

Probably - they don't tend to give monopolies to single carriers though, which helps to hike the price.

yes they do

How is the iphone price hiked? It's free on a contract like any other phone.

Probably a fake but if these turn out to be genuine I like the look of them, especially if there is a 32gb version:

http://att.macrumors.com/attachment....2&d=1242446474

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