"All be it some people may like the idea of the Iphone but the cost has to be taken into consideration (approximately £35 a month" You can go PAYG which is rather more expensive but still only with O2, this has been my thought process as well. It seems with Apple and to some extent with others that it is all about the upfront cost of the device at point of sale where the marketing focus is. This leaves users post sale really counting the cost where it really can count. The market in handsets is predominately a subsidised one in any case and the carriers anticipate lower margins and therefore have longer contracts. Apple themselves takes cuts all over the place and all this is doing no harm to their margins. I am in some agreement with Sam that £35 monthly is quite a lot, the yanks pay more proportionately for their plans on iPhone. Personally until the iPhone is untethered from exclusive operator access I probably would not be in the game in any case. Regards. Tristram Llewellyn Sight and Sound Technology Technical Support www.sightandsound.co.uk Mail: Tristram: tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Technical: Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx General - info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: Support line: 0845 634 7979 Sight and Sound Technology Limited is a company registered in England and Wales, with company number 1408275. Sight and Sound Technology Welton House North Wing Summerhouse Road Moulton Park Northampton NN3 6WD VAT Number - GB 860 2121 66. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq