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| Thread ID: 91455 | 2008-07-07 23:30:00 | iPhone Vodafone pricing revealed... | Jan Birkeland (4741) | PC World Chat |
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| 686238 | 2008-07-08 02:26:00 | I believe that the US ones are locked to AT&T. Plus you are locked into a contract, unless you buy a prepay, and vodafone won't allow prepay iphones to connect. I hope telecom do, when tehy release their network later in teh year. I am sick of these global companies ripping off NZer's. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 686239 | 2008-07-08 03:07:00 | That pricing is abominable. Worse than the snowman. Amen to that watterus! They SUCK:mad: Vodafone NZ is making the Canadian pricing for the iPhone look positively generous :eek: Online pretition to Vodafone to bring the price down to a reasonable level is here www.ipetitions.com |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 686240 | 2008-07-08 03:33:00 | I don't agree with the pricing, but I really can't put my name to a rude and badly-written petition like that one. | Nermal (7077) | ||
| 686241 | 2008-07-08 03:36:00 | Man what a rip off But I checked the pricing in Hk.Its being released on the 11th and its around the $4000hk-$7000HK mark .It is contract as well.. Thats around $1000-$1300NZ Far out $6000NZ over here.Thats like $35,000HK.WTF is wrong with vodafone? |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 686242 | 2008-07-08 03:38:00 | A lot apparently. Here is a global price list of the current 21 countries including NZ arstechnica.com Optus Australia pricing here - which is actually very good apcmag.com here is a Herald article that explains the pricing www.nzherald.co.nz More European operater pricing comparisons here www.appleinsider.com d_italy.html |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 686243 | 2008-07-08 03:39:00 | I have a question Have a look at this www.vodafone.co.nz It says $350 Ongoing monthly cost $250. If it is $6199 what does the $350 actually mean? |
Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 686244 | 2008-07-08 03:43:00 | I don't agree with the pricing, but I really can't put my name to a rude and badly-written petition like that one. Agreed. I will happily sign a petition, but that one is just silly and childish. |
Jams (1051) | ||
| 686245 | 2008-07-08 03:45:00 | Given that it is highly likely that someone will work out a way to unlock the 2.0 firmware soon after it is released, it is only a matter of time before parallel imported models become available. I personally can't understand the logic of Vodafone's pricing. This was their chance to get people like me who have always used prepaid onto a contract, and with a subsidised phone I would have paid a reasonable amount per month (up to around $50), but not $80 for minutes I won't use and a 250MB datacap. A $40 per month plan with cut back features would have been great, and you never know, I might have liked it and upgraded. Now I'll get a parallel imported iPhone or get one overseas, stay on prepay and they run the risk that I switch to Telecom or Orcon later in the year - so they miss out on a phone sale, the prospect of earning more than about $10-$15 a month from me and increase the likelihood I don't remain a customer. Doesn't seem like very good business to me. :rolleyes: Agreed. I will happily sign a petition, but that one is just silly and childish. I agree. I wouldn't sign my name to something that immature. |
maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 686246 | 2008-07-08 03:55:00 | Amen to that watterus! They SUCK:mad: Vodafone NZ is making the Canadian pricing for the iPhone look positively generous :eek: Online pretition to Vodafone to bring the price down to a reasonable level is here www.ipetitions.com Apparently US tech guru Leo Laporte will be doing live coverage of the 3G launch and will be covering NZs launch too, as NZ is the first country to release it, so I assume he has a contact in NZ to speak to. I hope they have now alerted him to the rort here. Leo has been very critical of the Canadian pricing (eg Rogers), so I wonder what he will think of NZ's pricing, which is significantly worse. Essentially you are buying a phone on hire purchase, so $199/$349 is not really the price, the price is the phone plus the 24 months of payments you have to make to pay it off. I also don't know anyone who would get the 8GB one, you would have to have the 16GB one, although 8GB for $150 extra is a rip, when a good quality 8GB USB stick costs less that $50. I wonder why apple haven't released a 32GB one, when they do have a 32GB touch. I notice Paul has been very quiet, maybe he is not impressed either, although he won't admit it. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 686247 | 2008-07-08 04:02:00 | I have a question Have a look at this www.vodafone.co.nz It says $350 Ongoing monthly cost $250. If it is $6199 what does the $350 actually mean? Essentially it is a hire purchase, as you are locked into a 24 month contract, therefore $6000 odd is the amopunt you will end up paying over the duration of the contract, or if you terminate the contract. At least it isn't 36 month like canada. You are far better to pay the higher handset price, unless you are going to use a lot more data or minutes. On their $80 /$699 plan you would pay $2619. I believe you could also buy the handset, and then sign up to just their dataplan? |
robbyp (2751) | ||
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