Thanks Toby, very interesting. Will have to look into downgrading.

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On 11 May 2011, at 20:39, "Toby Leighton" <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have a non-s iPhone 3g, and had sort of nigglingly noticed how slow it was 
> on iOS 4.x  When I use my old ipod touch (original 1st gen version) on iOS 
> 3.1.3 it performs awesomely quick with basically all the same applications 
> and stuff running on each.
> 
> Downgrading to IOS 3 is the way to go if its possible
> 
> As for 3G speed I have noticed that on various hansets now if you are on 
> T-Mobile they hard limit your download speed to only 40Kbps even though most 
> devices are capable of far more than that, when I cancelled my personal 
> t-mobile contract years ago I asked about this and they said they had no idea 
> such a thing was happening and I should call tech support to see if they can 
> fix that.  My new work phone is a HTC desire on T-Mobile, and yet again it 
> only goes at a max 40Kbps download speed...
> 
> My personal iPhone is PAYG originally on o2 and now on 3.  I can't imagine 
> needing to go back onto a contract.
> 
> On 11 May 2011 16:41, Alastair Weller <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you do the maths, unless you have particularly high call usage unlocked 
> iPhone and sim only tarrif/payg is the most cost effective way of obtaining 
> one; though you do have to weigh it up against spending the cash in one go at 
> the beginning.
>  
> Al
> 
> On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 16:37, Tony Crooks <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 11 May 2011, at 16:22, Matt Healey wrote:
> 
>> I went to upgrade to an iPhone 4 the other day, then found out how 
>> freakishly expensive they are so will have to give it a miss.
> 
> 
> Assume this was PAYG. There are some quite decent contract prices and tariffs 
>  - a friend paid £69 up front plus £35 per month from Three, I think.
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