http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Sep 28th 2009 4:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/
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Ive got vodafone and O2 and i must admit that Vodafone coverage is not so perfect as you describe...

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Vanilla - How could the orange network go from being good to terrible?
Did I miss something or did Orange decide to shoot themselves in the foot and tear down a few masts?

Uber - Im on o2 and can say the 3g coverage is fine by me.

Not that i'm not glad about this news. I am. Competition will bring prices down, which is good for us on the street level.
But your arguments are a bit fanboyish.
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do you work for orange?

The orange network is rubbish, even in and around london.
Try get a decent signal between the segment of greater london bounded by the M3 and M23 and you'd be lucky, only O2 has worse signal

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price war? are you kidding me? iPhone is too much of a cash cow. Orange will just duplicate O2's pricing and get what customers they can. Plus their reception (especially round southampton) licks balls.

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All the phone providers in the UK dropped 12 months, now they are dropping 18 months for the stupidly long 24 month contracts. They seem to be in competition not for the best service but for screwing their customers over the most.

And for those saying "can;t wait for tmobile to get it" you seem to have forgotten orange IS tmobile in the uk - they announced the merger earlier this month.]]>Sep 28th 2009 7:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Sep 28th 2009 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Im soo tired of O2s sick pricing, plans and monopoly.]]>Sep 28th 2009 4:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Sep 28th 2009 4:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Sep 28th 2009 4:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/
O2 has monopoly in UK telecom market and they dont care about the customers anymore. I dont want a f***** unlimited dataplan on my phone a minimum 500MB is more than enough and O2 wont let me have a plan without their overpriced data plan. Also, where i live, the free wifi doesnot exist so whats the point of getting a iphone with free wifi and bullshit when i cant use it?]]>Sep 28th 2009 4:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Sep 28th 2009 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Apple ties these distributors to a tight contract that ensures a high income for Apple therefore end users will never see anything like an acceptable monthly fee.
Blackberrys are the same. Excessive charges designed to make fortunes with competition limited by those who control the phone networks.
Competition is a myth in cell phones. All this talk of 'new technologies' and 'features' is tripe. Compare what you pay compared with land lines - and I don't mean just one element of making calls. No one can tell me that radio transmission is dearer to maintain than copper wires buried underground. Its just another rip-off like the one enjoyed by the 'premium charges' villains.
So where are the 'regulators'? Why, enjoying the benefits of working with such people.
Where do you think Apple's high profits come from?
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Their customer service is terrible, they dont care about their customers, O2 have nothing to worry about! ]]>Sep 28th 2009 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Sep 28th 2009 6:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Sep 28th 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Sep 28th 2009 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/
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There's always the Expansys/Clove route.

I wanted the Touch HD, but didn't want Orange so I bought a Tuch HD from Expansys, subsidised with a T-Mobile contract.

Paid about 20% more than if I'd have gone with Orange, but for that I got an unlocked device, with HTCs' ROM, no branding, and the phone and network combo I wanted.]]>Sep 28th 2009 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Sep 28th 2009 4:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/
Errrrm, no, I don't think so. I thought Engadget would have already known, but obviously not...Orange and T-Mobile are now officially merging, so I cant see T-Mobile joining any price war.

Do your research Engadget!]]>Sep 28th 2009 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Sep 28th 2009 4:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Sep 28th 2009 4:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Sep 28th 2009 8:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Sep 28th 2009 4:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Sep 28th 2009 4:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/28/iphone-3g-and-3gs-to-be-offered-by-orange-uk-official/Sep 28th 2009 4:50AM