Comments on: Will you hit the Orange iPhone “unlimited” cap?

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:22:51 +0000

I’ve just looked at mine and ive gone over by £3.50 on orange already contract doesn’t reset for another 4 days as well.
Have noticed that you need to manually close all multitasking apps else they carry on in the background and can use data.

By: Jodie

Jodie — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:22:28 +0000

Iv had my iphone just under a week and it is saying that i have used 70mb under the 500mb limit! i have no idea how that is possible! iv phoned orange theyve checked my bills and have said that is the case! V confused!

By: iphone development

iphone development — Tue, 18 May 2010 10:28:49 +0000

I think this limit of 750MB is rather big for common iphone users who don`t download any special data. But if to download or watch online a lot of movies, music or smth – of course it won`t be enough. Everyone just should figure it for his personal needs. At least such “unlimited” tariff is better than nothing.

By: iphone accessories

iphone accessories — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:12:58 +0000

750 MB data on Orange has been enough for me as most of the time I use home or office wireless network. This may not be the case in future as I am thinking of getting the MyWi app so that I can use my iPhone as a wifi hotspot for my netbook and other devices. In that case I am sure i will cross the limit of 750MB. I think orange should reconsider this cap.

By: Gerry White

Gerry White — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:22:26 +0000

So why is that a couple of colleagues have smashed 500mb within a month of using a HTC Hero on Orange? I was shocked when I checked my usage too (before I read the article) but the reality is that it is NOT unlimited and whilst the 750 may seem like a lot, its no where near unlimited – T-Mobile offer 3gb – which I think is a fair usage policy. With services like catchupTV on the iphone, youtube etc.. – even oranges’s maths showed that 5 hours of Youtube.. its not quite unlimited with C4 move, the Sky application (sport) etc… I think that in a world of video on demand in a mobile world, unlimited should be able to cope with more than the average user.

By: speed dating london

speed dating london — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:17:10 +0000

Interesting. I guess mileage will vary. I rarely use my iPhone off a Wi-Fi network- when I’m out I tend to stick to emails (which arrive regardless, though I get many more than the limits here), data for maps, a little browsing but not much.

By: pay as you go mobile phones

pay as you go mobile phones — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:03:36 +0000

Well this can only be good news for consumers, that Orange as well as Vodafone will be now allowed to sell Apple iPhone. Currently O2 is selling the iphone on contract and also on pay as you go mobile phone subscription buy with very expensive price tag.

I hope both Orange and Vodafone will sell the iPhone cheap on both pay as you go mobile phones and on contract, at the same time be very comparative to drive down the prices.

source:
http://www.payasyougomobilephones.mobi

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:51:28 +0000

But what about the pay as you go customers? From what I’ve been told and managed to find on their website:

1) 250MB rather than 750MB.
2) Not throttled when they go over 250MB they just start paying exhorbitant rates on the excess.
3) At the end of the free 12 month period it appears that they will have to pay £5 per week for data. That’s over twice what O2 charge.

O2 has taken a bit of a bashing in the past but at least they have managed not to treat their pay as you go customers like second rate citizens.

I’d love to go with the better 3G coverage of Orange but not on these terms.

By: Carl Mumford

Carl Mumford — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:49:54 +0000

I phoned Orange and they said that you can pay an extra £5 for 1GB of usage which is more than enough I think. I bought an iPhone 3GS on O2 and unlocked it. Although, I have 500MB on my tariff and I use about 450MB a month. They said I could probably go over and they would let me know if they were going to start charging. The 450MB I used was with a lot of data usage, including Google Maps for a fair period of time. I don’t think an average iPhone user would reach that 750Mb/month limit, so there’s no fussing over a figure.

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:40:51 +0000

Mine is on 915Mb, that’s since July. I downloaded a lot of podcasts and listen to the radio quite a bit. Still, no way near Orange’s limit.