Update: About half an hour ago I received an angry phonecall from Optus about this story. I was told, in no uncertain terms, that the pricing tip I received was “wrong”. No more information was given, other than the fact that the story was incorrect.looks like we still have a little wait before we know what we’ll be paying for the iPhone…
The biggest question on everyone’s lips now that the iPhone has been announced in Australia is how much it’s going to cost you. Well, a friendly tipster has stealthily procured those details and sent them through to Giz AU. Thanks Tipster!
So, if you’re an Optus customer, here’s what you can expect we were told:
- *The iPhone is only available on a 24 month contract – you can’t purchase it outright
- *The 8GB model will cost $220, the 16GB $330
- *Only the 16GB is available in white
- *Optus won’t be selling accessories – they will be sold through the Apple store
- *There will be two plans available: a $79 cap with 1GB data and $300 worth of calls; and a $99 cap with 3GB of data and $400 worth of calls
- *Both plans include Visual Voicemail
- *30c flagfall; 35c per 30 seconds talk, 25c SMS messages
Now, as with any tip, this isn’t 100 percent confirmed yet – I’ll be chasing up with Optus in the morning to get confirmation. But the source seems legit from my end, and the pricing all sounds about what I was expecting.
What do you guys think? Is $79 for 1GB worth of data good enough value for money for a portable internet device?
Greg Smith
Friday, July 4, 2008 at 2:59 PMWhat a ridiculous price. I’ll stick with my Motorola and wait three months when Apple announces price cuts because it’s bringing out another model, or something similar.
LR
Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 11:35 AMTelstra and Optus can get screwed. I’m sticking with Three for now cos they have the best plans and are actually human. they were the first people to give out free internet browsing from their homepage. I just hope they release an iPhone 3G plan anytime soon.
FA
Friday, July 11, 2008 at 1:36 PMWell I just walked out of the Optus store empty handed. Sales rep told me the price to purchase the phone outright was as follows:
8gig – $729
16gig – $849
This obviously is a blatant rip off and goes against what Steve Job’s said in his presentation speech about the iPhone. Why is it we Australians get ripped off ALL the time. The ACCC should do something about this blatant rip off!!
blayke
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 2:24 PMall of u need to stop whingeing at prices if u want the latest in any technology u pay for it either put up with it or shut up! 81 a month for the 16gb iphone with optus is a good deal….just think back 2 years ago i paid almost that much for a sony ericcson k800i which back then was top of the range fone(james bonds fone in casino royale) and it was 1100 prepaid but none whinged about any plans they were on this fone walks all over everything else so stop whining bout paying a medium level price for a top of the range 4 in 1 product i mean how many of u went and spent 400+ on an ipod…probably half…..then how many on a gps navman or similar..another 400 probably half again and then another minimum 200 on a crappy fone all of u…add it up is 1000 anyway and u pay less for the iphone upfreont…..so stop complaining its cheap whn u look at what it has got!!!