The Vodafone press release calls this “The best deal on an Apple iPhone 3G”. I just wonder if they’re trying to clear shelf space for an upcoming model…The deal sounds pretty sweet – the iPhone 3G free upfront on a reasonable $69 cap, which gives you $340 worth of voice calls and 250MB of included data. But it’s on a 24 month contract, and that means you’re likely to see two hardware refreshes from Apple before you’re off contract.
That’s not to say that you shouldn’t jump on this if you’re really keen on grabbing the current gen iPhone – it’s just a subtle recommendation that if you can hold off for another 3 months, you’ll probably be able to get the even newer version, which may or may bot have 802.11n support and a 3.2MP camera. The choice is yours.
Vodafone dials up best deal on Apple iPhone 3G
SYDNEY – April 6, 2009 – Vodafone Australia announced that iPhone 3G will be available for $0* on the $69 iPhone cap with a 24-month contract from today.
iPhone 3G combines three products in one – a revolutionary phone, widescreen iPod and breakthrough internet device, to create an incredible mobile experience. With fast 3G networking, GPS mapping and support for enterprise features including Microsoft Exchange, iPhone 3G puts even more features at your fingertips. The groundbreaking App Store provides access to tens of thousands of applications from games to social networking to financial planning and health management, generating more than 800 million downloads to date. iPhone 3G is now available in 80 countries around the world.
Vodafone offers the best price in the market for iPhone 3G. For just $69 per month over 24-months, customers will receive $340 credit per month, which can be applied to voice calls, text messages and standard services, 250MB of mobile data per month and iPhone 3G 8GB handset* free of charge.
“Vodafone is thrilled to be offering iPhone 3G for $0 on the $69 iPhone plan, the first time this has ever been offered in Australia”, said Edward Goff, General Manager of Consumer Markets at Vodafone Australia.
“There has never been a better time to buy an iPhone,” added Goff.
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Alex
Monday, April 6, 2009 at 12:19 PMSupply and demand people! Why give us such an advanced phone but stuff all cap for calls and text and bugger all data per month? It’s not really worth it.
Tristan
Monday, April 6, 2009 at 12:58 PMIsn’t Virgin’s deal better than this… $70 for $520 worth of calls and 1GB of data?
Yes, you are with Optus as opposed to Voda… but is there that much of a difference?
molo
Monday, April 6, 2009 at 1:35 PMI think the optus deals are also better.
on the $59 cap, You might pay $3 a month for the iphone, but you get 500mb of data.
Whatthe
Monday, April 6, 2009 at 2:20 PMI love how this post is brought to us Optus… hahahah
PuffinFresh
Monday, April 6, 2009 at 2:38 PMTristan, yes the $70 Virgin offer is much better, for only $1 more.
Another better and cheaper plan is the $45 Virgin cap, plus $10 cap for 200mb, plus $10/m for the phone. A total of $65/m with 350mb data and $320 calls.
Also, it might be of interest to the iPhone rumour crowd that the Virgin site currently says the 16gb white and 8gb black iPhones are currently unavailable.
JakePT
Monday, April 6, 2009 at 8:36 PMPity that on Optus, for a $1 less you can get a 16GB phone, twice the data and $10 extra credit. Best deal? Hell no.