A contract without a contract?

[darkwaterfairy]

Various of our mobile networks/operators are taking pre-orders for iPhone 4s before issuing any details of their tariffs. How is that going to work? How can 2 parties legally agree to a binding contract when one party is saying it's going to make up the terms it'll agree on at a later date? Surely these pre-orders can't be legally binding then, as

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[strawberyutopia]

If I buy an iPhone 4 outright, O2 will happily let me use my 15£/month iPhone-contract-but-not-really on it...

That includes 300 minutes, unlimited texts, unlimited web + wifi.

Now... if only I could afford to buy the phone...

[strawberyutopia]

Though... 15£/month + £500 iPhone 4
= 55£/month (for one year), or 35£/month (for two years)