Apple iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus & iPhone X Megathread

[Chris_K]

O2 will offer Apple’s latest products starting on 22nd September 2017, including the new generation iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. Customers will be able to pre-order iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus beginning 15th September at www.o2.co.uk/iphone, in store, voice and online, with iPhone X pre-order beginning Friday 27th October

iPhone 8	iPhone 8 Plus	iPhone X

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[Anonymous]

So in your opinion, would you say this number is likely to go up or down?

And would buying the phone sim feee need to be an all at once payment or could I still pay over the 24 month period

[Anonymous]

I imagine it will go up. But until O2 release their official pricing, it’s merely speculation.

You could try the iPhone upgrade program if you don’t want to buy the phone outright. Info here: https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/iphone/iphone-upgrade-program

[Anonymous]

Thank you for your input, and di you think there's any chance of them offering a low usage tariff, comparable to my current one

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the response. Looks like I'll be off to EE soon then.

[Anonymous]

Ive just spoken to o2 and they said they are not stocking it at the moment

[Anonymous]

I'm giving it two weeks and if no comment about the Watch 3 from o2 I'm going to EE. It's ridiculous that they have not given any ideas if or when it will be available!

[Anonymous]

Well that's not a good move o2 because you've just lost another customer and I'm sure I'm not the only one!

[Anonymous]

O2 have been behind for years when it comes to Apple.

Have you forgotten about built-in Wifi calling? It took roughly 2 years for O2 to finally come on board when EE had it around launch.

iCloud Wifi calling is still not available (I tried it in T-Mobile US this year and it was great) but I expect EE to be ahead of O2 with this feature as well.

It's official. EE is #1 for iPhone features. O2 has fallen behind. In fact, if they didn't have Visual Voicemail...they will be no different compared to Three and Vodafone.

I'll be moving to EE in a couple months time. This broke the camel's back.

[Ccedinburgh]

Will O2 support the Apple Watch Series 3 and, if so, what are the anticipated timescales?

[Ccedinburgh]

Thanks, have now caught up on the full chain. I think it's absurd. Looks like a lot of customers headed for EE. I'm on the fence as I moved to O2 from EE due to atrocious customer service...