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paulzolo
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According to PC Pro, Orange’”s iPhone prices are the same as O2’s. http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/352996/oran ... al-to-o2-sMacFormat has come to a simialar assesment. http://www.macformat.co.uk/blog/save-63 ... e-02-11-09Is this an example of price fixing? I don’t see any benefit in getting an iPhone from Orange over O2, and surely this impacts on competition.
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onemac
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I think so but proving it might be difficult and, for however long it takes, the bad Apple still makes the profits  Al
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bobbdobbs
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a quick look at my usage and this month its 957MB, so its looking like no to moving to Orange then. _________________Finally joined Flickr
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Angelic
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>.< So that "unlimited browsing" is in fact a lie then. And yes, this is price-fixing. But in the same way that Microsoft will get sued if they release Windows with Internet Explorer and Apple won't get sued for releasing OSX with Safari, Apple won't get in trouble over this. Some companies can get away with it because they are not so big that everyone is jealous of them and they're not so small that they can't defend themselves.
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timark_uk
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I haven't looked in to this, but are the tariffs exactly the same too? Mark
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big_D
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The price for the 3G is very high! We get a 16GB 3GS for that price The 3G costs 1€ from T-Mobile... 
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veato
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Dont Orange have the most UK 3G coverage? _________________Twitter Blogflickr
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veato
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The only difference I can see is Orange do a cheaper 24 month plan option and they give you a few more minutes with their cheapest 18 month tariff. I dont like the sound of Unlimited Internet ----- fair usage of 750MB. That is surely contradictory no?
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timark_uk
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I'd like an unlimited texts tariff on o2.
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cloaked_wolf
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This is exactly what I suspected when I saw the thread title. _________________ He fights for the users.
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Wonder if Orange have been allowed to destroy the functionality of the phone with all the crap they smear over every other phone, orange themes, crippled web browsers and similar. Probably not, but hey, they might do.
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james016
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iThink Apple would sooner not let them sell the iPhone than have Orange wreck the phone with their crap. _________________ My Flickr PageNow with added ball and chain.
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l3v1ck
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Now I just need Vodafone to undercut them both. 
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TheHobgob
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That's a load of rubbish, it should be cheaper on Orange because Orange don't have to split profits with apple.
Bring on vodafone.
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finlay666
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Neither do O2 O2 used to when they had the exclusivity, but now they don't they have no obligation to share profits/sweeten the deal The phone has been that price so that none of the companies upsets the other by offering a good deal  _________________TwitterCharlie Brooker: Macs are glorified Fisher-Price activity centres for adults; computers for scaredy cats too nervous to learn how proper computers work; computers for people who earnestly believe in feng shui.
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