I understand your pain, but nothing could be said before it was time as it would have jeopardised a lot of things. Orange really did let people know the second it was concrete!

be patient cancel O2 and stay with orange? least ride it out till they announce the price plans

Hi guys,

I was due an upgrade in October but about 4 months ago I upgraded early (I was allowed to as I'm a high spend customer just had a £150 charge) to a Blackberry as I hated the Samsung I currently had.

Always wanted an iPhone but only if on Orange.

Does anyone know if Orange will be doing anything like O2 did with regards to upgrading early (not sure of the details of what O2 did)?

Alternatively, maybe purchase a pay as you go iPhone on Orange and change price plan to an appropriate one? I'm thinking my Blackberry price plan would be ok?

Phone is going back to 02 on Sunday and I will be waiting to see the what Orange come up with.
One thing is for sure they won't be any more expensive.

Does anyone forsee an issue with setting up a new 02 contract in the future (should I ever need to) if I cancel this one?

shouldn't see there being a problem, if they do mention about you already had an O2 number you could just say I tried the phone out for a couple days and didn't like it but since used someone elses iPhone and just coming back to O2 for an iPhone

Internal docs I have seen indicate 1st or 2nd week of November for iPhone launch on Orange, as this is when pre-order POS is due to be removed in store on 2nd November, with an indicative release very shortly after......

Not 100% though as you can understand.

Happy days!

Can't wait, even though I have the phone already, I'll miss it when it's gone until my Orange one arrives!

Customer service is a funny thing..........I'm a big fan of the O's CS but I have spoken to 3 people in the last half hour, 2 very helpful, although totally non comital about the iPhone obviously, the other was very short with me, rather than re-directing my call, said.. you do realise you can dial 150......

Ah well. Not enough to put me off.

Hi,

I want to get an Apple iPhone very soon but keep putting it off to see if I can get a good deal with o2 when Orange start to sell it. Can someone tell me when Orange are going to start sell the iPhone?

Thanks in advance.

Hi ya

The iPhone on orange is currently being discussed in the following thread

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...1134380&page=4

thanks,

Ah yes! My birthday is in November, i've wanted to upgrade to the 3GS for ages! Atleast i wont have to unlock it this time!

do you reckon orange will do a similar deal to o2 on payg?? i wont be going for a contract but i wonder if orange will offer 12 months free data etc....

I hope they do, as it will entice a lot of customers.

yeah, fingers crossed me too

Have we heard from scottishgirl yet?

Once Orange/TMobile merge their 3G networks they could have an enticing proposition.

Judging by how unprofitable T-Mobile is at the moment the merger may not go through. Its entering a process of due dilligence at the moment and from what I'm hearing on my end things are *whats the word he used*......."messy"....

Meh if it happens it happens if it don't it don't. I suspect however should it go through the Orange/Vodafone site share will be suspended.

Went into 2 Orange shops today and asked if there was any news on the release of the iPhone.

Both times I was told that it would likely be sometime in November, but they hadn't had anything confirmed yet.

Probably doesn't add anything to info already know, but I thought I'd share it anyway.

There are only a very select few that know the launch date of the Orange iPhone. And the people that know are bound by strict confidentiality clauses, so you won't see any Orange staff discussing it on an open forum.

Best way to be the first to know is registering your interest on the Orange website.

PS: Please don't PM me about it either as I cannot give any information. I like my job