Buying this phone seems like a terrible idea unless you're opening an Apple museum

And coming soon...........as new VHS video recorders. :confused:

8gb lol

​What do you mean by that? this phone came out nearly six and a half years ago and it's still pretty useable if your needs are basic. It's a lot more useable than many other phones of the same age.

​Getting mine tomorrow. Thanks for you helpful information.

Honestly you wont find another iPhone 4 in pristine condition like this again unless you want to pay more on ebay.

It's gone up to £49.99 now.

I wanted to throw up after reading some of the retarded comments on here.

This is an amazing "back to basics" offer. Somebody who needs a "like new" phone that will just do that, receive texts and call.

I've purchased this handset only becuase I want to keep it so I can show my kids what one of the first iPhones looked like. It comes with iOS6 installed and I suggest against upgrading to iOS7 because that will slow down the handset dramatically. Also there are plenty of settings one can toggle to speed it up. iOS6 is just fine, the phone is really usable as is - do not upgrade if you wish to use it still.

Sure thing you can't install any apps on it but it does come with built ones that are just enough to serve your basic needs. in fact I set it up as a new phone and was able to sync my safari favourites, notes, email, shared pictures etc. Even safari browser still works great with various websites, sure it is a little slow to actually load pages becuase it only is 2.5GHz wi-fi but what the hell.

This is a great piece of "memorabilia" if you will and is in like new state, sure there are few blemishes here and there but it does look new.

Your kids will thank you one day for this. Heck if you wait 30-50 years this might even cost a lot more than £40 :smile:

Why is it only IOS7? I have an iPhone for and it is on IOS 9.

Brought 3 of these the other day, cannot download any apps as it only goes up to ios 7, wouldn't recommend buying one

Little else works , I could not even use Apples own Podcast player or any third party podcast players , the one that I bought on ebay was described as a iphone 4s , a 4s is upto IOS 9.x , but a iphone 4 is stuck on IOS 7 , honestly it is not worth buying......put 40.00 into a cheap android phone.....

Almost worthless , as it is stuck on IOS 7 , which most apps will not be able to be downloaded to use.....Its a phone and not much else .....Apple have put it in the trash can....

Because?

Then you're mad buying one of these.

Awesome. Looks like brand new phone to me. This will go in the collection with my other previous iPhones. Very pleased.

Yes working on mine. whatsapp requires ios 6 something and above

Im sure whats app on iOS only requires version 7.0 or higher, so it should work alright.. providing youre running 7.0 or higher, i think the 4 tops out at 7.0 according to posts in this thread, maybe try installing via the whatsapp site or something

No, O2 refurb box with USB cable and sim eject tool.

Does whatapp work? Doesn't allow me to register number on mine

guys, original box included?

Right, I personally would take a 2016 model Skoda with 0 milage and no mechanical issues. Over a 2010 audi with 150,000 on the clock, mechanical issues and audi refusing to support the car anymore . Not to mention the superior mod cons in the Skoda , oh and it's cheaper , oh and it just does more ..*

Yeah, good analogy buddy

*iPhone 3g,4,5s and 6s plus owner and user and big apple fan

Apple compared to alcatel is like comparing an audi to a skoda, yes its better but you know an audi works a skoda however...

welcome to 2010.

do the factory reset and you will be fine with either gif gaff or o2 sim

Beyond me.. CrapUKDeals.

got mine yesterday, this phone has a common signal problem, if you touch the metal edge of the phone, the signal will drop.

Received mine, on iOS 7, but will not recognise the o2 sim or giff gaff sim card, any ideas or just a duff one?
Thsnks

up to you. The phone is yours outright. You have no obligation to even top up once if you don't want to.

So I must top up every month for chosen tarriff or I must not?

Got mine yesterday....mint condition!

got mine today, in mint condition and comes with ios 6.1.3 which is what i had on my original old iphone 4, ahh brings back memories, wondering whether i should update to ios 7 or not bother since most apps need a minimum 8 now and this cant have it. Still a nice phone, the iphone 5 was good too but i dont much like the later iphone designs

whats the best price for a boxed 4s 32gb mint atm hoping much better than 40.

It's a hot from me. Thanks OP. Ordered! Need a basic phone for the business instead of giving customers my personal number. 14 days cancellation, 12 month warranty and perfect condition. Even for the iPhone 4 it's a cracking deal.

follow these tips to make your iphone 4 faster if it came with iOS 7 installed.

http://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/iosapps/speed-ios-7-make-older-iphones-faster-3474864/

Updated mine to iOS 7 and followed these steps and now its definitely running smoother.

If they are Apple branded then they will be quite pricey :laughing:

I don't think anyone is buying this to use as a main phone like your girlfriend was.

You can't order a Smart Ultra 6 for £39.

Did anyone receive a plug charger with their Iphone4? I received my yesterday and I had the phone and sync cable...

I ordered but had to choose a plan and clicked £10 montly plan (wasn't charged). If I put the 02 sim in do I get charged £10 then?
Ta

It really depends what it is going to be used for. Available apps will be limited on iOS 5 but the apps that are on it might run better.

Sounds fine. I assume they come with an O2 pay as you go sim? Not sure whether you could skip that step and activate with the giffgaff sim.

Before you throw away the o2 sim you might want to use it to activate o2 priority.

Just ordered 2 for my kids. Apologies for my ignorance but I'm not great with mobile tech. As giffgaff is on o2 network I read the giffgaff sims should work even if locked to o2. If I want to put them on giffgaff, do I just activate the phones with the o2 sim, then swap the sim out for a giffgaff one. Then bin o2 sim and won't get charged except the up front £40? Thanks in advance.

My girlfriend had one of these. It was a HUGE PITA seeing as there is so little space available for apps. She is now using my old Smart Ultra 6 and is amazed at how much better that is! Save your money :wink:

It has the headphone jack!

HEAT FROM ME :sunglasses::smile:

Just picked mine up ( for my daughter for xmas) so far so good. Looks immaculate
Think it says version 5.1.1 though. Should I update?

Personally I think the 4s is a better deal if it was still available, not bad for £69.

I noticed they also have. Z5 compacts for £153, but currently out of stock, that is not bad at all either.

Not at all. You need to put the sim in to activate the phone. It is a pay as you go sim anyway - no contract required.

I don't want to use the phone with a sim. It's for my daughter in the house on wifi. Would putting the sim in bind me to a contract?

3GS is still a great phone. I use it to listen to radio and YouTube. Battery is pretty good also.

Hopefully you inserted the sim from the plan you chose when you bought it?

Well, I guess a Galaxy S2 is worth 40 quid (just), so I can understand the heat. Though, it`d be a collectors piece. :man:

Make sure you use an o2 sim to activate.
If it still happens click back and try again.

Mine says activation error. What do I need to do?

Mine has switched on, set up and is on iOS 6.0! Man this brings back some memories!! worth £40 for the nostalgia factor alone. By the way, its running pretty smooth.

Just received mine, immaculate condition. I think they have replaced the front and back panel and then sold it as a refurb (just like apple do). came dead so waiting for it to charge up now.

There is no way to get it unlocked for free unless you have an o2 pay monthly sim.
Pay and go on o2 will charge £15
You could try your local phone shop but i doubt they will be any cheaper than o2.
Ebay cheapest is £15.49 but better option to go with o2 if your really desperate.

I am after this as well. Any help will be much appreciated!

I've discovered that the iPhone 4 can run O2 Priority app but only the last version which runs on iOS 7 and there is no guarantee it will continue to function. The current version requires iOS 8.

having issues with UK mail as they cannot find my address, absolute wasters.

I received this one and the 4s today as ordered both as wasn't sure which one to get. There both mint condition. I've updated the 4s to iOS 9.5 and it seems to run just fine and is compatible with ever app I've tried. Going to keep the 4s for my daughters xmas present and send the 4 back. Seems well worth the extra £30

Just read that if locked to o2 then giffgaff should still work.

It's currently locked to o2.

Collected this morning. Phone condition is perfect, guess they replaced all of the housing. Came with USB cable. OS is 7.1.1 and no performance issue detected. Phone is Xmas present for my dad, an upgrade from his Nokia 3310. Doesn't need latest apps, or any apps so should be fine. Checking battery holds a charge by leaving it alone and seeing how long a full charge lasts. I would expect a week.

Does anyone know the best cheapest way to unlock this phone?

Hi, do these come locked so can be used on giffgaff with the £5 monthly goody bags. After phones for my 10 and 11 year olds. Do you reckon this is ok? I see it has gone hot but is getting a slating so unsure. 8gb should be fine for them at mo as they don't listen to much music and if they are fussed about latest app they can get it on iPad.

The next update will require iOS 8 or later. iPhone 4 doesn't run iOS 8. You can probably read about it on the BBC website.

Any link about this, ? Don't see why they would do that.

Read my post a couple of lines up. I hope you don't have a multiple 'Brad Pitt in Seven' moment.

100% agree. iPhone 5 with ios 6.1.3. Still quick as ever with fairly good support on most apps

Oh interesting stuff about it being on iOS 6, deffo keep it on that I would say.
Can you confirm if it is unlocked (before first sim at least) ?
Wonder if worth jailbreaking ?

I was keeping my old 3gs in a box for my future grandkids (I have to impregnate a woman first though, but it will happen).
I had really looked after it and would take it out of its box every three months and charge it up, test it,etc. One day last year I opened the box and I found the back had somehow loosened itself off (I think, something physical like that anyhow), and the phone would not switch on, etc.
So I after trying to sort it out i just smashed it up and threw it away. Sad story.
Might get one of these, but just for my museum for my future grand kids.

Just got mine and it's mint like new, also on ios6 so it's running ok, there is an update to ios7 but that will make it run slow, so sticking to ios6 for now, i have just jailbroken it now so looking good.

Update.. Jailbreak has gone into spoz mode and wont open or if it does loads of errors.

Got jailbreak working again, just make sure you remove modmyi from sources then it runs like a dream.

The phone just arrived and its DOA, I was just wondering if anyone else has had the same problem?

as i understand they put it on the latest firmware as part of their refurb process.will let you know too of course

how much for one?!

I dont think this is 1000 deg deal its undoubtedly going to give people a bad UI and then cause a negative perception of iOS, there will some people that it works for but MANY more it wont... just dont give it to old people (or anyone else)! you cant use it so why would they.

Comment totally agree I'm stilling rocking IOS6 with my 4s best firmware ever. Also, you can still get all the apps on ios 6 by downloading them via iTunes on a pc first

Huh, a £14.99 Android can run O2 Priority app but a £40 iPhone 4 can't.

Cheers OP , got a android phone for less than half price as a spare , and as its o2 my giffgaff card will slot straight in...............:smiley:

Its a refurb so not going in my Museum!

BBC is ending its iPlayer app on the iPhone 4 this November, not sure if that includes the essential iPlayer Radio app which I use my iPhone 5s a lot for. BBC+Apple p*ssed me off before when they obsoleted iPlayer on my iPod Touch 18 months after I bought it new.

Ive still got about 10 new iphone 3gs new in boxes black n white or pink, now that's nostalgia.

Yes.

Cash Generator has PS3s for £40ish. Post that. :laughing:

It's an iPhone at a subjectively cheap price.

Eh, iPhone 4 is too old to run O2 Priority app?

Only 8GB. That's hardly anything but usable for light users.

No you can't

i just bought one, this is good to give away as a present for those relatives always asking for a phone in india. I have an older one which is jailbroken and runs ios7 fine. Excellent for podcasts or general use as a phone, wont run the latest versions of apps since they need above ios8 which is unavailable for this. however it may download an older version if you have had it before. ( although the older version may not actually work anymore)
BTW
they are also doing the 4s for £69, theres also the alcatel Idol 3,LG Joy or Leon which are better and are only £30, and also the awful pixi 3 for a £5.

How the hell is this so hot?

can I still install o2 priority app on this? as I just want to get the freebies lol

I've bought one for the iPhone museum. You could easily spend £40 on just a round of drinks .

Easy fella .. perhaps some of us wouldn't buy a games console ! I don't even own one.

does skype, viber , etc working on those?

let us know what iOS is on? Cheers

Nonsense, I have a Samsung Galaxy Europa, which I only paid £40 for over 5 years ago (and that was new), that also does everything that this Iphone willl do, calls, internet, texts, camera. Yeah it's basic, and was pretty basic at the time. Kid use them now for video and photos and as mp3 music players, still very capable, and I can replace the battery, not that I've needed to, mind. Battery still lasts for days, if wifi off. Updates have never crippled it because er, it hasn't had had any since Android 2.2!

bit behind the time isn't it? the iphone 20 is out now aint it?

nobody is going to buy this for their daily driver. I have bought one as an ipod for the bedroom.

£40 for some really really old tech.. Might post that a PS3 or Xbox 360 is going for £40. Least they are still supported! What a proper crap , crap deal.. buy this out of date, unusable tech for only £40! Might as well burn the notes!

Pay your money and instantly regret your choice..

Seriously ??? Awesome...never got the hang of these DVD thingys !!!

I've bought one, the cost is £39.99 and then you can either top up or not, this will be good as a spare using it as phone or texting or basic apps and web browsing so worth it from m, I have another cheap Nokia, camera is awful on that but iPhone 4 camera pretty good,

I have a 4s... it's practically unusable now. Going to be upgrading to the 6s as the 7 is too expensive and doesn't have the audio jack. Saying that though, anyone know as to where one can get a good deal on the 128gb 6s, or is it worth waiting till Black Friday?

Thanks

My dad still has an iPhone 4. It's pretty much unusable.

just lazy........click the "get deal" button and it will tell you. save time asking questions

Why do people think Steve Jobs was such a genius ?
He is just basically Sir Clive Sinclair with better hair and a better car.

Daughters xmas present sorted

Is it weird that my 16GB IPhone 4, that I bought on release, is still functioning perfectly to this day? Reaching the 7 year mark...

All my friends' have gone through countless amounts of phone's in that time.

You would have to be an idiot to buy this. Its 6 years old... its pretty much useless in this day and age

This phone would be perfect for someone who is a light user and mainly wants it for call/text/social/email.

is the phone new ? thx

bought one and is due for delivery tomorrow. Will post on here its condition etc!

I certainly wouldn't recommend it as a phone for someone who wants the latest apps and is a moderate to heavy user, but for a kid or someone with limited use and wants iMessage, YouTube, eBay and general browsing, it's perfect.

I used to, like 5 or 6 years ago. But I know a couple of people that still have the 4S and always moan how painfully slow they are, almost unusable other than for phone or messaging, so this must be even worse. With so many new Android alternatives available at this price point you would have to be an absolute Apple fanatic to get this.

But this might make a nice smart remote control for Spotify if you have wireless speakers or a good remote control for a fire tv, or a spare emergency phone for the car. Or, how about a car sat nab as well? All in a good £50 worth of value.

That's a really good point. Some of your old apps won't work anymore

Decided to go for the 4s in stead as it should be able to still run most apps unlike this one and not much more. Will make good xmas present for my 9yr old daughter. Heat added

I use my old iPhone 3 and 4S as home security cameras - just needs to run the one app - 'Manything' and it does a great job with motion sensing - also torch turns on if it hears a noise at night. Instant alerts to your phone and remote viewing. This is a great price for security camera use.

By SOON, you mean NEXT MONTH!!!! Voted Cold....freezing cold
http://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/apple-make-iphone-4-obsolete-9060875

Right , so contextually speaking , that 1.5 GB of ra, which you purport to being irrelevant , actually provides a surprising adequately ergonomic experience on its version of android. Likewise the camera takes half decent photos , certainly as good as the iPhone and better in low light looking at review images.

I don't get why wouldn't spend that money on a phone that still supports apps ,it just seems odd. Also why is it on to not expect a lot for £40 on an ancient iPhone but similarly demand the world from a £40 android device ?

Nonsensical

If anyone is in the market for a cheap iPhone, the absolute minimum model I'd recommend is the 5S. Although a few years old itself, it is still a supported device and runs iOS 10 with some lag but is manageable.

The 5S can be had on eBay from a couple of reputable sellers like MusicMagpie with some sort of warranty for around £120. You might even find a 5S deal on here from O2 Refresh for a similar price.

The iPhone 4 is an object lesson on how software ecosystems cripple perfectly adequate hardware. At least with a TV you can keep a great screen and keep cheaply swapping smart boxes. With a phone you're eventually be shafted. It's built-in obsolescence all the way!

That depends if you want to spend 5 minutes selecting a Spotify song. When you know what it is you want to play

No-one seems to have mentioned the potential WiFi chip self destructing, was it a common fault or was I the only one back in the day? People blamed the upgrade to iOS 7, saying it made the chips run hot but dont know if that was ever proved. I would buy one to use as an MP3 player but otherwise they do feel quite slow by today's standard. Heat all the same - cheap. Thanks

To be fair a lot of similarly priced Android phones are also stuck on a 2-year-old OS.

However, this doesn't really compare well to a cheapo Android.

An Alcatel Pixi 5" has:

faster CPU (quad core 1.3GHz vs single core 800MHz)
much larger screen (this is 3.5" lol)
larger battery (2000 vs 1420 mAh)
Higher resolution camera (8 vs 5mp)
More RAM (1GB vs 512MB)
More recent OS


Same price.

This would be ok for £20, but at £40 it's still not competitive.

How do you know? You do not own one!

When my iPhone 6 was stolen last year, you wouldn't believe how grateful I was to have my old, jailbroken iPhone 4 there as a backup to get me through those weeks.

Great little backup, particularly those with all their devices in the Apple ecosystem. To this day, I still choose to keep it as my backup. Jailbreak it and you will have lots of geek fun!

Stuck on os 7.1.1 which means no chance of running latest apps such as Pokemon go etc etc.

seems like a good deal for someone who just wants a phone and doesnt use apps.

2hr battery life

When you can get brand new Android phones running Android 6 much faster than this, with double the storage and microSD for almost the same price, I don't get why anyone would buy this. Seems crazy. These are awfully slow and unsupported. Check the Vodafone Smart Turbo 7 for example.

​what does RAM have to do with it? They're completely different operating systems. The camera on the iPhone 4 is still not bad. I'd be surprised if some crappy Alcatel at £40 would have a better camera than even a 6 year old iPhone.

Going to buy a couple of these and then sell them on fleabay for a bit of pocket money..

Warmth added..

I'll get my coat..

Well, I see your point but sell it for 35 when you bought it for 40 makes no sense. Please don't get me wrong, I loved the iPhone 4 when it was released, but now with so many alternatives much more powerful I can't see really an advantage in buying this phone. Even my 7 year old daughter plays games that can't run on this phone. Moreover it comes with 8GB and half is taken by the OS.
I know some guys that have it (even the 4s) and they say it is painfully slow.

The elephant in the room: battery will be shot! not that you'll be doing much on it!

Just. No

Even the 4S is v.slow running. Browsing the internet is certainly not an enjoyable experience. The 4 is even older, and slower...

Do yourself a favour and either save up for a 5 or 5S, or get a Chinese Android phone. You can get a 2GB RAM/16GB ROM Android phone for under £50 these days.

iOS 6 is even more archaic.

not unless you downgrade to iOS 6 beforehand.

These are NOT great for a kid, my 10 yr old has my old one, you can have calls, Facetime, Safari for internet and a few games. She already finds many apps cant be downloaded as its so old and cant be updated, now want a 5 or 6 to be uptodate but I cant afford it yet.

Yes id agree with above, I've broke my s6 and am using my old 4s, it's painfully slow and that's the S! But for the money you can't go wrong as a spare phone, or even a webcam using a app?

I really wouldn't buy one of these, I had to go back to my iphone 4 recently as knackered my newer phone, and it's now horrendous to use mainly as apple doesn't support it anymore. If I wasn't so close to my udgrade date I would buy a new better phone.

I have this phone and use it as a cycle computer. it is slow with the it's 7 and is hard to install apps on to it because it is not a higher ios. I had to install the strava app using my computer, going to the iPhone you click on install app in your app list, it then says something like can't download this version and will download the last version it works for.

Use it with find my iPhone
Car tracked !

It's an old phone, get over yourselves. It does the basics well. I can't think of one dated Android phone that Google's updates haven't crippled yet, or one that hasn't crippled itself by being generally terrible.

I'm buying this purely as a backup phone.

Painfully slow. Sounds like 1st world problems to me. It's great deal if you want a decent phone for calling, messaging, photos and checking the internet.

Great for a kid

How much was this on release ?

my bad, extra £30 is not worth it!

Apple fans can't count. Which is just as well as they'd realise how much of their JSA they've blown on them.

Does YouTube work on these as I'm fed up of my daughter taking my phone?

Waste of money (stone age tech). Give the money to charity instead.
Cold for me.

You must be kidding?! The iPhone 7 has a brilliant camera, far and away the most powerful processor, the most colour accurate screen on any phone (with the highest brightness), and as evidenced by various YouTube videos....the most capable waterproofing of any flagship.

(I don't own one....but if money was no object, there is no better phone out there right now)

It will be....until they realise that you bought them a 5+ year old phone that is running an obsolete version of iOS...

A good joke present :wink:

I have one of these as the family 'emergency' phone if someone breaks theirs, it works well still but as others have said you can't update the apps, I think it is a good deal if you just want calls, texts and emails.

this is also 'perfect' condition according to O2, which they state has no visible blemishes or anything, basically a new phone. cant go wrong for £40. Nice christmas pressie for someone too.

this is basically just a less stretched iphone 7. bargain!

Because there's alternatives available for cheaper that can do the same job. No point carrying a smart phone that is pretty much useless.

You mean £30 more.

pay extra £30 and get S at the end so it makes iPhone 4S
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/apple-iphone-4s-like-new-from-o2-no-top-up-needed-white-only-69-99-o2-2532442#post29016124

This was an amazing phone at launch, in many ways a game changer. But buying one now makes no sense at all as it will be painfully slow and apps will stop being available. Should spend a bit more to get at least an iPhone 5 or get an Android phone

You can still sell it to CEX for £35 basically not much money lost, can any android phone do that? The answer is NO hahah
https://uk.webuy.com/phones/product.php?mastersku=SAPPIPH48GW&sku=SAPPIPH48GWO2B#.WAuO-I8rLX4

Not an apple fan, but for this price deal is very good!

Wrong. I just checked out paying £39.99

As OP says, when you top up (if you decide to) then that's the allowance you'll get.

spotify for music, wont need so much space. can use it for apps.

stills runs alright, decent price for a well made product.

They should be paying you for recycling. Cold.

Have a 4 in the house. Pretty useless with any of the recent ios updates, and if you don't update many apps don't work. It's a shame, as it was a great phone back in the day. Save your money and if you want an Apple go for a used 5s, populate auction sites for just over a £100. Cold for me.

great deal, spare iPod for the bedroom

I don't think so it's unlock
if not you need to pay around £20

Where on earth did they find stock for this?

"This changes everything" said the advert when I bought it

No it's not usable, I have a 4s with no apps installed and it's so dam jittery and clunky to use on ios7.

Soon to be a £39.99 book holder, or a door stop!:laughing:

I wouldn't recommend this phone, nowadays, to anyone. This is completely outdated. Today you will be better of with any cheap android. That's my opinion.

I have a mint 4s whats the best price I could get for it 40 seems low.

Remember when these were the **** :smile:

Could use this as a iPod touch, far cheaper too

Thanks for the post. bought one.

Was going to buy this for an elderly relative to bring him into our apple charging ecosystem but then realized... This still uses an old 30 pin dock connector...
The only use I can see for this is some sort of smart home touchscreen controller.

So you want to pay for obsolescence. Don't be penny wise pounds foolish. Just and advice.

I was given an iPhone 4 a couple of weeks ago by a colleague. It had a smashed screen and the sound didn't work. Spent £14.50 on parts and repaired it. It's sat in my draw ever since as I've got no idea what to use it for (I already have a phone). I suspect the same will happen for many who are currently trying to think of a reason they might want to buy this.

A lot of apps are moving to ios 8.0+, which will be painfully slow on this device, iplayer is going to stop working on all OS below ios 8.

Read about Apples new Emerging Markets policy. 4S will be alive in places like India for a few more years, I'd expect security updates to keep coming through.

Use one every day as a Podcaster, Audiobooker & guess what.... A TELEPHONE. Perfectly capable.

There's no such thing as a free lunch bruv..

Actually they will... but only for the next eight days.

Yes

There was an alcatel phone with 1.5gb ram and half decent camera for £40 odd quid on here last week at o2...

Money can be spent far more wisely in my opinion, even if its just a burner phone

yes easily

who would want an iPhone 4 lol theyre so ancient even apple won't fix it anymore

Guides on youtube on howto downgrade iOS 7 to iOS 6.1.3,
Plus side is the phone will be much faster
Down side is it will be even less compatible with current apps in the store

Not bad as an iPod and a fitness tracker - if you can get app support + you can ring someone to pick you up if you get lost/injured

ALERT this phone has very bad lag anything above ios6. its barely useable. if u do go for it u can still get any app u want by logging into itunes on a computer downloading the app even if it is on ios8 then after download it via app storei on phone. youll be then greeted with a new message "this requires ios8, however would you like to download the latest compatible version?"

Might pick one of these for my dad , Good find thank you

A fairly ok feature phone would cost as much as this in Tesco or Argos. This is a least a gorgeous stainless steel design. Wouldn't personally buy it but if I needed something for calls and texts and a bit of emergency smartphone functionality for work or holiday then £39 is hardly breaking the bank.

Someone has to throw in a needless snarky comment

Im torn, I almost feel this is a decent deal but really, all your getting is a device with an average camera and less functionality than your £40 alcatel's etc. I suppose your getting better build quality but yeah, I think this deal is a about 12-18 months late for it to make any real sense.

Probably the last phone apple released that was technologically on par with the competition, went down hill from there

A good way to introduce your mum to the 21st century.

expensive

If this wasn't an iPhone it would be selling for 1p. Nobody should be buying this phone, I have one in my drawer and it crawls with the latest updates. I've had 3 phone since I got rid of my iPhone 4. Might be worth buying and then selling on eBay for spares.

sold this over a year ago as it was too slow and screen was too small

That's expensive toilet paper!

I just had one of these that I traded in to CEX. Do not buy one unless you enjoy constant frustration. They are incomprehensibly slow now (that's from factory reset!).

Only if is brand new :smile:

A good price to own what was a bit of a game-changer for phones and iPhones in general. The Retina Display and modern design elements still look good today. I don't believe you can get a week out of this unless on WiFi only and as others have said iOS 7 is horrible on it.

Each new iteration seems to just slow things down without reason or decent new features and I notice some of Apple's own apps demand iOS 10 now.

Tempted for a spare phone and it's the phone that changed the game back in the mr jobs days , all I need is COURAGE and £39.99 to spend

would this run Spotify?

Exactly what i mean it was ok in the microsoft and apple mac years you can keep an old version of mac osx and keep current apps and not update! But with the ipad iphone they stop the app working if you so not upgrade! iOS 7 apps are starting to not to work in it! I know because my wife uses ios 6 on an ipad 2 as upgrading would slow it down and nearly all the apps do not work!

Ahhh, the nostalgia of 8gb being big enough to hold a photo.

Read recently that Apple have requested developers to either update their apps to run the latest iOS as I think they'll soon be doing a purge to clean up the database and servers.

PS : voted hot, cheers OP could be a stocking filler too.

HUKD

assuming this wont be much good for apps as they wont work on such an old os?

It's not great for anything other than calls and texts, but I'm still using one. I get around a week out of a single charge.
It seems quite futuristic compared to the huge slabs people are carrying around these days.

If you are thinking of getting it for the O2 priority apps then please think twice. As the iphone4 can only up to iOS 7.11 and the O2 priority apps requires iOS 8.0 or later. I have the iPhone 4 before but due to the limitation with iOS I have to upgrade to iphone6.

no option to choose without top up. :disappointed:

OBSOLETE alert! TNA fans incoming!

And coming soon...........as new VHS video recorders. :confused:

I think is an OK deal for a what once was a flagship phone
just bought to use whilst jogging

I have my personal phone and a workphone and im pretty sure its perfect to take calls and read, send emails so i dont get why its down voted

Buying this phone seems like a terrible idea unless you're opening an Apple museum

They're obsoleting it? In that case you'd need to dowithoutlatestappsulate it

This phone is 3g only! Sell on ebay for £50 so not worth it as ios 7 apps are starting to disappear and with apple things move on quickly!

Hot from me
Just concerned it may grind to a halt with the latest updates

Is this the 4s? If not so o2 do the 4s?

looks like you buy and then get charged whatever tariff you select monthly , i assume using your card details that purchased ...does say you have 14 days to cancel though

Thy unlock for u free off charge ?

how do you buy without selecting an 02 tarriff ??

how is a locked phone a deal? don`t get it , but if this is for you good luck

Is it locked or unlocked ??

Can get a £52+ cex voucher for trading this in.

More if it's unlocked.

Great price.

8gb lol

Can these be unlocked easily / cheaply?

link .. can't get it to work now https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/phones/apple/iphone-4-like-new/#contractType=payasyougo:smirk:

https://www.o2.co.uk/shop/phones/?contractType=payasyougo#sort=content.sorting.lowestOneoffCost