SIMplicity

My 12-month mobile phone contract with 02 was up for renewal on Wednesday so I called them on Monday to see if we could negotiate another great package for the next 12 months. Last November I spoke to a lady who gave me a really good deal: 400mins/500texts inclusive for £14.99 per month instead of £30 for 12 months. Perfect for me. Since I was so used to paying this I wanted to see if I could simply continue with this package or at least get another good deal. The tariff I was on prior to this was around £20 per month with less perks.

I spoke to a girl and told her that I was quite happy to keep the current handset I have, the 02 XDA Mini S. She went away for a minute or two and then came back to say I could switch to o2 Simplicity which basically means I keep on as I am, paying £15 per month with the same handset. I’ll get 200mins/400texts *and* unlimited free calls to other o2 numbers. Since almost everyone I know is on o2 this is just perfect for me. It’s also just a 30 day contract so if anything goes wrong with my current phone then I can just simply go from that tariff back to a 12-month one and get a free handset – or maybe I’ll find myself in a position where I can buy the iPhone and fund the 18 month contract…but we’ll see about that sometime 2008

Speaking of the iPhone, today it’s FriDay 9th November which means that approximately 2.5 hours ago the Apple iPhone finally went on sale in the UK. My buddies Graham and Nik were at the front of the queue at Regent Street Apple Store in London and they’ve been all over the British media today including interviews on ITN News, SKY News and BBC News. My Twitter friend James captured the video from SKY News and uploaded it to YouTube. You can see Graham and Nik wearing white ‘The Cloud’ hoodies running into the store to the applause of the Apple Store staff.

Here’s Graham looking rather pleased with two iPhones in his hands. One for him and I’m hoping the other one is for his favourite Geordie friend (photo credit)

Anyway, check out the gorgeous photos Nik took at the Apple Store at 5am this morning – this one is incredible.