O2 has finally announced details of its long-awaited Pay & Go deal for UK customers.
UK customers wishing to pick up an iPhone 3G without contract will be able to do so from 16 September 2008. The cost will be 349 for an 8GB model; or 399 for a 16GB model.
Interestingly, the deal also includes 12 months of completely free WiFi and 3G data transmission. After the initial 12 month period customers will be able to get unlimited data for 10 per month.
Standard calls to a UK landline or another O2 mobile phone are charged at 25p/min for first 3 mins per day, then 5p/min for the rest of the day. Calls to other UK network mobile phones are charged at 25p/min. Texts are charged at 10p each.
The tariff also includes O2's Favourite Place deal. This entitles you to 500 free minutes from a postcode that you have registered with O2. So if you make most calls from home you can register your home's postcode and get 500 free minutes per month from that location.
Customers will, however, have to agree to a minimum top up amount each month of 10 to qualify for the Favourite Place deal. The amount of free minutes rises if you have a higher minimum amount placed on your tariff. Unused credit is taken from one month to the next, but not unused free minutes on the Favourite Place deal.
More information can be found on O2's Web site.
Editor's note: This article has been updated to provide further clarification on the price of phone calls and to correct a statement regarding the 10 minimum requirement. You are not required to spend 10 per month to use the phone, this payment is just to qualify for the Favourite Place deal.
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