Re: iPhones now on sale from Apple online store

2009-07-03 Thread Jane Griffiths
Hi Mike Yes, you can by a UK sim and use it in your unlocked iPhone. Last year I took my Optus unlocked iPhone to UK where I bought a pre- paid O2 data sim, I think I paid £10 for it. You then pay £10 per month for data access which is unlimited quota for the first 12 months. You can opt out

Re: iPhones now on sale from Apple online store

2009-07-03 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Mike, we can now answer your queries. Any sim card will work in the unlocked phone from the Apple Store. Local or international. My phone switches to wifi whenever its available, this is an option you can have from settings, which means if I am at home (or somewhere else where I have

Re: iPhones now on sale from Apple online store

2009-07-03 Thread Mike Murray
Thanks Susan, Glenn, Jane Very helpful information and I'm looking forward to getting this new toy...5 to 7 days I'm told. And I'm keen to hear what Ronnie decides...everything I've read is 1. Telstra's coverage is best; 2. Telstra's pricing plans are dreadful (on the basis 'we've got

iPhones now on sale from Apple online store

2009-07-02 Thread Mike Murray
Hi folks I've ordered one of the new 3 Gs unlocked iPhones and will be doing my own study of the thing when it arrives. In the meantime, if anyone out there can help in advance with the queries I raised a week or so ago, I'd be grateful... for example - does a sim from a bog-standard

Re: iPhones now on sale from Apple online store

2009-07-02 Thread Glenn Nicholas
for example - does a sim from a bog-standard Nokia work in an iPhone? Presumably without 3G speeds? I had to get my Optus SIM card in my Nokia updated when I picked up the iPhone. Later version SIM apparently, but it looks identical. Optus has a 3G network in metro Perth, and when Wireless is