Over the weekend I received a lot of emails from readers saying that people from either 3 stores or 3′s customer care line had told them that the 3 network was likely to be getting the iPhone after the July 11 launch date, although there was no further information than that.
I gave 3 a call to see what the official word was, and got the classic response: “There’s no official update”, which means that even if they are getting it, they’re not prepared to tell the likes of us.
At the same time as all this happening, MIS
has an interesting story about Telstra’s failure to get the iPhone 3G
for launch, based around disagreements over including Sensis
information built-in to shipping units. The end result is the fact that
Telstra’s successful venture out into the world of content – via
BigPond Music and Sensis Maps, for example – has actually hurt it in
terms of releasing the iPhone locally.
The same problem can be said of 3 – they have quite a large investment
in providing entertainment on their network, and those services
actually clash with some of the features available on the iPhone.
In the end, though, we’ll just have to wait a few weeks to see if
either 3 or Telstra have any announcements regarding the iPhone.
[iPhone 3G on Giz and MIS Australia - Thanks everyone who sent this in!]
Dav[e]tech
June 16, 2008 at 11:33 AM
we can only hope :D
Report PermalinkSam
June 16, 2008 at 12:03 PM
This is good news for me, as I was just planning on buying one outright and putting it on 3 anyway (mainly going with 3 over Vodafone due to coverage). So now if they’re releasing it officially it means I won’t be giving anything up (such as the visual voicemail I guess).
Report PermalinkCraig
June 16, 2008 at 3:48 PM
Well I guess Telstra will just have to stick to their knitting for a while longer…..
Report Permalinkdan
June 16, 2008 at 5:29 PM
ok i know, i look like a psycho but just to make sure i just rang 131683 the sales number for 3, and asked again, about the iphone:
ME: i want to know if you are going to be selling the iphone.
3: Yes we will, but i don’t have a release date for you, but a press release will be coming out in a couple of weeks with more information about it.
ME: ok good so you definitely will be selling it?
3: Yes, but i don’t have any more information to give you, i’m sorry, but you will have to wait a couple of more weeks to see the press release.
Me: ok thank you…
NOTE: this is the 3th time i rang and spoke to different people on different departments and they all said something similar, this last one actually told me about the press release.
Report PermalinkJusin
June 23, 2008 at 9:51 PM
I rang up last night and they said to me that they will be launching it at the same time as every other carrier will be.
They also mentioned to me to keep a close eye on their website over the coming week or so for more information.
Report PermalinkBill
January 23, 2009 at 12:19 AM
A three employee told me yesterday that Three is currently in negotiations with apple and a release is imminent but not date had been settled on or confirmed. So I guess might be a few more weeks or so.
Report PermalinkBen
June 24, 2009 at 11:49 AM
http://store.three.com.au/Apple-iPhone-3G-Coming-Soon
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