Numberzz Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 French Unlocked iPhone only 750 Euros Apple has just announced that it will be selling unlocked iPhones for only 750 Euros ($1105). Other prices for the iPhone will start at 399 euros ($589) for a version tied to the Orange network with a two-year service contract and an "Orange for iPhone" plan, or 549 euros ($810) for a model without one of the iPhone plans, but still tied to the network. The entry level plan starts at 49 euros per month and includes 2 hours of normal talk time, 2 hours of late evening and weekend minutes, and 50 SMS text messages. The most expensive plan is priced at 119 euros and includes 8 hours of normal talk time, 8 hours of nights and weekends, and 1000 SMS messages. For those in America, the hours are so low because incoming calls are free in France. Full Story Simulated GPS The new My Location feature takes information broadcast from mobile towers near non-GPS equipped mobile phones to estimate the device's current location on the map down to approximately 10 city blocks. Google has released a beta for the Java, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Nokia/Symbian phones, but not yet for the iPhone. Apple has promised us to keep the iPhone updated, so this could be included in the January (probably) update of the iPhone. Full Story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewf Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 I love the fact that the plans offer "unlimited data", with a maximum of 500MB.. Orange reserves the right to reduce the bandwidth made available to any customer having exceeded 500MB of data in a single month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jez6345789 Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Looks like a day trip to calais Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Marvin Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 You pay for incoming calls in America We get more minutes for the same price (relatively) and we don't pay for incoming either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted November 29, 2007 Author Share Posted November 29, 2007 We do pay for incoming calls on cell phones, not on home phones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedfreaK Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 WTF? do you pay for incoming calls in america? what kind of stupid money-making rule is that? and how much do you pay for a call (is it per minute, or is it a connection fee or both?) glad i live in belgium i pay 0,16€/minute and 0,08€/sms after 16:00 (4 pm) and in weekends. is it cheaper or not in america? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaitanya Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Pay for incomming??? Man glad i am in India, i pay INR 1.00 for making a call that's about 0.02$ a min & same for texting! the only problem i have is high cost of GPRS/EDGE & slow speed in return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cringemaster Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Sounds cool. Yet another reason for me to buy/get an iPhone for or after X-mas. (lol, my post number is no longer 666 ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyrates Posted December 1, 2007 Share Posted December 1, 2007 Glad I have unlimited incoming and outgoing calls with the cell phone plan I got. Unlocking my iPhone was the best thing I could do because if I had gotten it when it came out with the 2 year contract, I would have had to give up my awesome cell phone service plan. No way I'm ever giving that up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcwilli Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 You pay for incoming calls in America We get more minutes for the same price (relatively) and we don't pay for incoming either WTF? do you pay for incoming calls in america? what kind of stupid money-making rule is that? and how much do you pay for a call (is it per minute, or is it a connection fee or both?) glad i live in belgium i pay 0,16€/minute and 0,08€/sms after 16:00 (4 pm) and in weekends. is it cheaper or not in america? Pay for incomming??? Man glad i am in India, i pay INR 1.00 for making a call that's about 0.02$ a min & same for texting! the only problem i have is high cost of GPRS/EDGE & slow speed in return :angry2: It's not as bad as it seems. U.S. subscribers get a bank of minutes allocated to them each month. Any phone usage between the hours of 7am and 9pm on weekdays will deduct minutes from this bank of minutes and all other calls are completely unaccounted for and don't deduct from your plan, nor do calls placed amongst people using the same wireless carrier. Secondly, we are allowed to call anywhere in North America (including Canada) without incurring an extra fee. For example, I pay about 6 cents per minute for the 950 minutes that are included in my bank of minutes each month, but when you consider that I actually talk on my phone about twice as much, but don't get charged for the minutes because of the stipulations set forth above, it's really not a bad deal at all. Plus there is no connection fee of any kind. P.S. SMS pretty much works the same way with the whole "bank" thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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