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Vodafone Cuts Its BlackBerry Pricing

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If you were obsessing over Vodafone’s (and Optus’s) upcoming release of the iPhone, then you might try and extrapolate all kinds of hidden meanings from their decision to cut the cost of their BlackBerry data plans.

After all, the iPhone is likely to use even more data than a BlackBerry, and with the prices for data still quite expensive, you could argue that this is a move by Vodafone to try and test the waters for their iPhone release.

But we won’t do that. Instead, we’ll take it as it is. Vodafone have cut their BlackBerry data packages to start from $14.95 for 1.5MB of data (or approximately 500 emails) or $24.95 for unlimited data. Of course, when they say unlimited, they mean anything but. And you need to be on a $79 plan or a $49 plan to be eligible for those prices too.

They’re also giving away the BlackBerry Pearl 8110 for free on a $79 cap over 24 months.

This isn’t a bad deal, but it isn’t quite as good as 3’s Blackberry deal. Although in the case of 3, if you start downloading emails outside of their coverage zone… your wallet will say ouch. So weigh up what’s best for you before you make your choice…

[Vodafone]

Comments

  • Dom

    What are the best prices for data around?
    I’m on Virgin, and I get 50mb a month for $5. It’s more than enough for email and browsing news websites, although it’s not quite up to that 3 Mobile 2gb deal.
    Hopefully any iPhone contracts that come up offer a bit more than 1.5mb.

  • Bozo Mcnoodle

    You can get the phone free on a Optus blackberry $79 cap, unlimted data and $300 of calls

    cheap cheap

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