iPhone in Jersey?
September 17, 2007 by upyourego
As I have little more to pass time and occupy my mind than browse the internet on the slowest connection in the world in a browser with NO TABS - I thought I’d blog about something I saw the other day and forgot about.
I was just reading a story on the The Register about the iPhone coming to the UK very soon and probably through O2 - which is nice for people living in England who happen to want to use O2.
I’m sure I’d switch to O2 in a second if I lived in England to get the iPhone - after all British mobile companies are all pretty much the same.
But I live in Jersey - my choice is between Jersey Telecom (expensive but reliable), Sure (cheaper but patchy coverage) and Airtel-Vodafone (new, massive company, cheap but not overly great coverage).
At the moment I’m with Sure - I switched about a year ago just after they launched (until then Jersey only had a single mobile operator) but am thinking about switching again in the new year.
This will co-incide with my need for a new iPod - I’ve been holding out on buying a new one (I currently have a Gen One Nano) until a Touch iPod comes out - well now it has and I’ve agreed to wait until Christmas with my wife.
But Christmas is about the same time my current mobile contract runs out and the other day I noticed Jersey Telecom have a BIG iPhone display - shouting about the fact that it will be coming soon and offering DEMOS of the phone to anyone asking.
So this means it’s more than likely JT will be the Jersey iPhone retailer and provider - so do I switch to JT in January, pay a slightly higher monthly rate for a fewer free minutes and text messages but get an iPhone!
Or do I got to Airtel who currently offer the cheapest rate, free minutes that include UK mobile and landlines, a rapidly improving coverage and the backing of two massive mobile companies (Bharti and Vodafone) - but stick with a different phone.
The JT option gives me a device with everything built in (and data calls are FREE with JT) but with the Airtel option I can get a cheaper phone and buy an iPod Touch so have two seperate devices (something I’m used to) and have to pay data rates.
What would you do?
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Something to bear in mind is that JT will not have a contract to sell the iPhones with Apple.
They are planning to offer phones which have been unlocked by a third party solution which may mean that you find yourself unable to use your phone after an apple update.
Also the visual voicemail will not work and potentially youtube vids, though there are potential hacks being developed for these as well.
Do you have some kind of insider information on this one then?
Otherwise it seems perfectly reasonable that JT would have signed a deal with Apple (or even O2) to be able to provide the full iPhone service.
It was mentioned in an article in the JEP a few weeks back but I have also heard it from the guys at iQ who unlocked the initial iPhones that Telecoms were demonstrating. They have one at iQ as well that I have had chance to have a go with.
I got an iPod touch from them yesterday and they said that apparently Telecoms have had to abandon the iPhone idea and have had to phone up everyone who had said they definitely wanted one.
Oh well - I guess it will be the iPod Touch and another phone option then
I primarily use my phone for data anyway so as long as I’m near open WiFi the Touch should be enough.
Now we just need to get more open WiFi in Jersey - maybe JT could set up town wide WiFi and then offer it to any broadband customer for free.
Just get an unlocked one from the USA you tight arse!!!
I wont be getting an unlocked phone because Apple will just brick it with an update and I like to keep phones up to date.
I’ll hang on until they release on in Jersey - bound to happen eventually.
In the meantime I’ll get an iPod Touch and another smart phone.
I’ve got some Iphone’s for sale 100% working in Jersey i’m using with Jersey Telecoms sim card .The Iphone is the latest model off 8GB with the latest software 1.1.3
does your EDGE work? i am with jt payg and just cant get it to work? using the settings wap wap wap, also spoken to the helpdesk but no joy
trie pepper as APN and abc as user and pass,it works for me with this settings but i’m on contract
Hello
My advice to you is to swicth to Jt. I too live in jersey, We will be getting the iPhone In 1-2 years. I personally have a iPhonethe only 1 of a few people who have it and I am using right now to write this. I have a unlocked iPhone and jailbroken it soo I am connected to jersey telecom. When we do get the iPhone I do think Jt will be getting a contract with apple or thy will not b able to sell it. The easier thing to do is get a iPhone from
England and find someone over there to unlock it.
Best regards