Vodafone Sells 100,000 iPhones in First Eight Days of UK Sales

would have been 150000 if they had actually done tariff's worth porting over for

and that's 100,000 complaints that will come in if iphone 4.0 and the next revision is announced this month.

My O2 contract was up, so I switched to Vodafone on a sim-only 30-day contract, to see what their network was like.

For me, certainly, I'm getting better service -- 3G almost always, and often 4-5 bars.

The main reason I switched is I travel by train a lot, between London and Reading, and Vodafone (for historical reasons) have good coverage along the train lines. I can now browse the web uninterrupted on my way home. :cool:

O2 have had a couple of issues handling the increased traffic that came with iPhone exclusivity, but that by itself wasn't bad enough to get me to leave.

(Of course, if O2 had offered 12 month contracts then I wouldn't have had to buy my 3GS on PAYG, I would instead have stayed on another 12 month contract. And O2 would then have had me tied in until August. But no, the greedy telecoms are trying to force 18 month minimum contracts now. Stupid short-term thinking! :mad:)

and that's 100,000 complaints that will come in if iphone 4.0 and the next revision is announced this month.

Complaints? Why would they complain? And you said it right, "announced". Meaning that it is still a good 4-5 months before its actually released;)

Complaints? Why would they complain? And you said it right, "announced". Meaning that it is still a good 4-5 months before its actually released;)

I think they would only complain that a new iPhone is being released in another 5-6 months, and they should have waited to get the new one. They should be able to upgrade to firmware 4.0 though, no complaints about that...

Nokia must be shivering.

Just one more step as iPhone and Apple slowly takeover the world. :apple:

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and that's 100,000 complaints that will come in if iphone 4.0 and the next revision is announced this month.

Apple is not stupid. They probably won't announce new iPhone hardware until March or April, with a June arrival. However, Apple may make those 100,000 people happy by announcing an iPhone 4.0 FIRMWARE update next week.

My O2 contract was up, so I switched to Vodafone on a sim-only 30-day contract, to see what their network was like.

For me, certainly, I'm getting better service -- 3G almost always, and often 4-5 bars.

The main reason I switched is I travel by train a lot, between London and Reading, and Vodafone (for historical reasons) have good coverage along the train lines. I can now browse the web uninterrupted on my way home. :cool:

mmmm but the extra cost of all that data you are downloading is gonna be massively expensive with Vodafone. The unlimited data with O2 is the clincher for me.

Nokia must be shivering.

Just one more step as iPhone and Apple slowly takeover the world. :apple:

Apple is not stupid. They probably won't announce new iPhone hardware until March or April, with a June arrival. However, Apple may make those 100,000 people happy by announcing an iPhone 4.0 FIRMWARE update next week.

You can't take over the world with just a high-end smartphone. Not everyone is rich enough to own it. Apple needs to capitalize on the success of the iPhone and release an iPhone nano.

mmmm but the extra cost of all that data you are downloading is gonna be massively expensive with Vodafone. The unlimited data with O2 is the clincher for me.

Well my £20 includes 500MB / month, which is admittedly a bit stingy. However, I checked my usage stats when I was on O2, and I averaged 300MB / month without even trying to cut down, so should be fine... :cool:

Complaints? Why would they complain? And you said it right, "announced". Meaning that it is still a good 4-5 months before its actually released;)

Apple is never going to announce something 4 month before shipping it *for an already existing product*. The may talk about iPhone OS 4.0, which of course will be available for free for anyone who buys an iPhone 3GS now.