Vodafone Puts iPhone Pricing Online, Then Pulls It Down
Fortunately, some of you were quick enough to take screen grabs and details, which you can find below the fold:
$69 Vodafone Cap Contract for Apple® iPhone™ 3G (Coming Soon)
iPhone 8GB for $189 or iPhone 16GB for $309 includes $310 of talk, TXT & more plus 250MB data per month$99 MyBusiness Cap for Apple® iPhone™ 3G (Coming Soon)
iPhone 8GB for $99 or iPhone 16GB for $219 includes $600 of talk, TXT & more plus 500MB data per month$99 Vodafone Cap Contract for Apple® iPhone™ 3G
iPhone 8GB for $99 or iPhone 16GB for $219 includes $600 of talk, TXT & more plus 500MB data per month (Coming Soon)$119 Vodafone Cap Contract for Apple® iPhone™ 3G
iPhone 8GB for $59 or iPhone 16GB for $179 includes $800 of talk, TXT & more plus 500MB data per month (Coming Soon)$169 Vodafone Cap Contract for Apple® iPhone™ 3G
iPhone 8GB for FREE or iPhone 16GB for $89 includes $1200 of talk, TXT & more plus 1GB data per month (Coming Soon)$69 MyBusiness Cap for Apple® iPhone™ 3G
iPhone 8GB for $189 or iPhone 16GB for $309 includes $310 of talk, TXT & more plus 250MB data per month (Coming Soon)$119 MyBusiness Cap for Apple® iPhone™ 3G
iPhone 8GB for $59 or iPhone 16GB for $179 includes $800 of talk, TXT & more plus 500MB data per month (Coming Soon)$169 MyBusiness Cap for Apple® iPhone™ 3G
iPhone 8GB for FREE or iPhone 16GB for $89 includes $1200 of talk, TXT & more plus 1GB data per month (Coming Soon)
So, what’s the deal Voda? Were these prices a mistake? Or did someone just press the post button a bit too soon?
And why oh why did we have to wait so long for prices that don’t match the offering from Optus? I think – if these prices are correct – that Voda have dropped the ball big time. Less data, with no free wifi, for more dollars… stupid Voda, stupid…
UPDATE: Reader Mark sent in these extra screengrabs, outlining some extra pricing. I don’t know about you guys, but God I hope these aren’t accurate…
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in - and Mark for the new screens!]
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If thats what i have been waiting all this time to see, then Vodafone just lost themselves a customer. I wish Telstra would hurry up. Optus is looking pretty good at this stage
I fully agree… have they not heard of competition… you have to try and beat your opposition not be complacent and just charge whatever.
How can 3G data with one of those USB things be $39/month for 5GB but to get 1GB on your phone it costs like $100/month.
Insane… I just don’t think I’ll bother now.
Is Apple going to start redirecting stock away from Voda AU now? like what the did with Rogers Canada. WTF Vodafone WTF
Still better than Vodafone are giving us in NZ!
We still have to pay $500+ for the phone on the cheep plans
Well, having seen the Vodafone Kiwi pricing plans, it’s no surprise that Vodafone AU probably won’t be matching Optus. BTW, our Kiwi cousins are getting seriously screwed over. An $80 plan with only 250MB!? You gotta be kidding me.
Be interesting to see what Telstra can come up with…
wow i think optus have a broader range of prices (all the way down to $19) so i’m gonna stick with them
Shame there not giving us all the info so at least we can compare all the carriers. But have to say, I thought they would have done a better job than whats above.
$70 cap is the minimum?
Yeah, fantastic pricing structure for Australia yet again. Lets see.. do I go on a ridiculously overpriced cap for a mobile phone or do I afford petrol this week and stick with my $30 cap with Three?
If these prices are correct then Vodafone have missed the point and everyone will be queuing tonight at optus. How can they hold off for so long on releasing pricing they know everyone elses!!
Yea agreed, this is not cool. Vodafone ripoff, Telstra most likely be a rip off, not happy. I’m just going to buy Optus phone outright, and switch to Three, rather than bend over for Vodafone or Telstra.
I’m a Vodafone user, and if this be true I won’t be for much longer. Fo’shame V-dawgs.
lol what a comlete rip off the optus plans are very competive, even with the US.Im most likely gonna get the 39$ yes plan with optus as i like the idea of not having to pay an outright 189$ at the begging and i sdo not use much phone calls
what dodgey pricing
Been waiting patiently for weeks. And then this. Vodafone, you really suck! Looks like Optus can keep me as their customer. Optus plans are so much more flexible.
… and no prepaid?
I hope it’s a mistake, coz otherwise Voda just lost a customer of ten years to Optus. Optus’ deals aren’t too good, but these deals are crap.
Most people I know have at least glimpsed these prices and no one is happy about them. Maybe its a way for them to test the waters to feedback from the community – who knows.
Either way its looking more and more likely that I’ll buy it outright and use my plan from 3 which given me 1gb of data for less $$
I have been a loyal Vodafone customer since I got my first mobile phone a decade ago.
But this nonsense game they are playing, combined with the prices shown above make me seriously think about lining up outside the OPTUS Sydney City store tomorrow night.
I have word from someone ‘high up’ in Optus that Telstra will be the best not only for coverage & speed, but value for money (data + price). Will be worth hearing what they have to say…
Vodafone, what a let down.
Aren’t Vodafone also releasing data allowances for their cheaper plans? I thought they announced this.
I don’t see how it’s fair to judge, they’ve obviously pulled it down because it wasn’t right.
i hope vodafone lose money on this. i urge everyone (even if they are already on vodafone) to switch to optus. vodafone will only learn the hard way.
i really hope 3 release the iphone. right now im kicking myself for being 3 months into a 49 cap which will last another 21 months :(
i was vodafone since 1998, and they lost me to 3 this year after they stuffed up my 49 cap pricing for the past few years.
vodafone should fire their execs for this.
wow…never thought i’d be going with Optus…Voda seems to be going out of its way to blow this launch…who knows, maybe Telstra will come out with competetively priced plans!
That is, if the Voda pricing wasn’t a mistake…
Hey Rem, you smoking crack? 2 holes in your crazy comments..
Firstly, someone in Optus wouldn’t be telling you that Telstra has better plans and secondly, Telstra and Value for money don’t go together, EVER.
WOW !!! I thought this was Tel$tra pricing for a minute.
I’ll be keeping my iPhone “classic” and the Vodafone pre-paid sim and enjoying my pre-paid cap value. No 3G, sure, but Vodafone’s 3G is hardly ubiqutous anyway. No GPS, yeah, I like battery to last more than 6-7 hours.
As much as I normally love to bash Apple for it’s downright arrogance in dictating to it’s customers, they must be bleeding over what these carriers are doing to the iPhone in countries outside the USA. By including NO usable data allowances they are crippling the usefulness of the device MASSIVELY beyond a simple phone and iPod.
Long Live the Classic iPhone…
ive been a loyal vodafone customer, close to nine years now, and they have lost another customer. i was thinking of renewing my contract with them, but after seeing those prices, jeez..
no chance! NONE!
plain and simple..
optus = win vodafone = lose.