Optus have sent around an email to current iPhone 3G customers offering up to 50% off the upgrade fee when you sign up for the new 3GS handset for 24 months.
The percentage that you actually get seems to very between 20% and 50%, and looks to depend on how far into your current contract you currently are.
The actual upgrade fee itself for each person also varies, and apparently won’t be made known until tomorrow (although some people are saying that Optus are telling them when they call up). However, if you are still paying off your current 3G handset, you’ll still have to pay that off on the new contract as well – so make sure you factor in that continued cost when if you decide to upgrade.
The email is also requiring potential iPhone 3GS owners to register their place in the queue for tonight’s midnight launch, so if you were planning on just rocking up tonight, you might want to look into trying to register.
jacob
Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 4:12 PMi was on the $59 plan i got the iphone a few weeks after it came out and i got 50% off +!!! just before i got this email i rung up optus and talk to tham and got tham to take $200 off the fee :) so i think it was about $800 so that makes it $600 now just 50% off and it makes =??? i think i got the best i could really get :) but now i want to upgrade tryed same trick didnt work:(
Sam
Friday, July 30, 2010 at 6:35 AMDo people expect to get a $800 phone for free. really ? come on, seriously. I have finish my contract looking forward in getting my shiny new phone. gimme already!!