Data Plans

Given the speculation the O2 will be the carrier of choice for the iPhone I am wondering what we may expect the tarrif to be.

Looking at O2's tarrifs currently, I am guessing that the £35 - £50 mark will give reasonable data quantities. This coupled with the handset price will make for a fairly hefty outlay. Maybe, as we do enjoy heavily subsidised handsets we will see a reduced initial outlay of the predicted £300 - £350 price tag.

Somehow I doubt it although, the fact that we are essentially paying double for music and video on iTunes, you would hope that Steve would cut us some slack. Somehow I doubt it.

I am also a little concerned that we may not see the full functionality such as visual voicemail on roll out, in true British style I guess the commercial negotiations will drag on as some pip squeak tries to squeeze the absolute last penny from anyone they can, and only then will the technical aspects be dealt with.

We can only hope that 3G is enabled on our handset as the EDGE network doesn't appear to cut much mustard stateside.

I wait with baited breath