Tesco to Begin Selling iPhone in UK
BBC News reports that supermarket and retail chain Tesco, the UK's largest retailer, will begin offering the iPhone 3G and 3GS through its Tesco Mobile arm, a joint venture with wireless provider O2.
O2 had held an exclusive agreement with Apple to distribute the iPhone in the UK since its introduction in November 2007, but other companies have recently gained the right to sell the iPhone there, with Orange beginning sales earlier this month and Vodafone set to follow early next year.
A spokesperson for the firm said that it hoped to offer the phone "in time for Christmas".
Although Tesco has not revealed tariffs, the spokesperson said that its prices were "competitive".
O2 had held an exclusive agreement with Apple to distribute the iPhone in the UK since its introduction in November 2007, but other companies have recently gained the right to sell the iPhone there, with Orange beginning sales earlier this month and Vodafone set to follow early next year.
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29 months ago
So this will be on Tesco Mobile but with O2's 3G towers...?
Tesco Mobile is just a virtual network - it's always used O2's real network infrastructure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesco_Mobile
jx
29 months ago
Having been with Orange for nearly a decade I was keen to get an iphone when they started to offer it. I have been a premium customer spending £2 - 3k a year with them.
However, instead of my usual discounts, Orange claim that their prices are fixed by Apple, and they couldn't offer me any deals despite my loyalty and history of large spending. I personally doubted this was entirely true.
I couldn't help thinking Orange was acting like a spoilt brat strutting around the playground with the latest Barbie Doll waving at everyone smugly refusing to share unless you paid her more sweets than you had pocket money for...
If now that Tesco/Vodaphone/O2 are offering these, maybe Orange will start doing deals, thus proving my suspicions. What do you think?
Price fixing is not cool with me and the adulation of having a phone that didn't even have a keyboard with buttons that click made me stick a couple of well placed fingers up to the game. If the game is rigged you can't win. However, you can't lose if you don't play...
Blackberry Bold 9700 on order. £20 a month, 1000mins, unlimited text + data, and a keyboard!!!!
Stop supporting greed. It's why I can't even afford a council house right now.
However, instead of my usual discounts, Orange claim that their prices are fixed by Apple, and they couldn't offer me any deals despite my loyalty and history of large spending. I personally doubted this was entirely true.
I couldn't help thinking Orange was acting like a spoilt brat strutting around the playground with the latest Barbie Doll waving at everyone smugly refusing to share unless you paid her more sweets than you had pocket money for...
If now that Tesco/Vodaphone/O2 are offering these, maybe Orange will start doing deals, thus proving my suspicions. What do you think?
Price fixing is not cool with me and the adulation of having a phone that didn't even have a keyboard with buttons that click made me stick a couple of well placed fingers up to the game. If the game is rigged you can't win. However, you can't lose if you don't play...
Blackberry Bold 9700 on order. £20 a month, 1000mins, unlimited text + data, and a keyboard!!!!
Stop supporting greed. It's why I can't even afford a council house right now.
29 months ago
Great.
Now you can go in and buy eggs, milk and perhaps an iPhone.
Sweet.
Regards
Tesco'opoly.
Now you can go in and buy eggs, milk and perhaps an iPhone.
Sweet.
Regards
Tesco'opoly.
29 months ago
On a related note though probably no one here will care, Entel PCS will begin selling both the 3G and 3GS iPhones in Chile beginning December 9th. This means all of the three major carriers will have the iPhone, now including the best of them all.
29 months ago
A spokesperson for the firm said that it hoped to offer the phone "in time for Christmas".
Although Tesco has not revealed details, the spokesperson said that there was a slight "tieup" in Belgium.
Iiiiiiiiiinnnnterrresssstinggg
P.S. That does it, I'm holding out for T-mobile.
29 months ago
RANT
Why are you whining about prices when the phone isn't even what you want. Everyone knows the iphone has no physical keyboard...
Plus if you can't afford that council house, stop spending so much money on your phone contract.
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