Three Announces iPhone Pricing
Three’s just announced their iPhone 3GS pricing on their website in the lead up to them selling the phone later this week. The good news is that current 3 customers will be able to buy the iPhone over 24 months on their current plan without having to break contract.
There are 4 main plans on offer for people signing up to 3 for the new iPhone:
* $39 cap – $150 worth of calls, 150MB of data and $10/month for the 8GB 3G, $18/month for the 16GB 3GS and $24/month for the 32GB 3GS.
* $49 cap – $350 worth of calls, 250MB of data and $5/month for the 8GB 3G, $14/moth for the 16GB 3GS and $18/month for the 32GB 3GS. If you opt for either of the 3GS models, you’ll get an extra 500MB worth of data.
* $79 cap – $650 worth of calls, 1GB of data and a free 8GB iPhone 3G or 16GB 3GS, or $10/month for the 32GB 3GS.
* $110 plan – The works: 3000 minutes of calls, 500 SMS/MMS and 3GB6 of Mobile Internet every month. The 16GB 3GS is free or $5/month for the 32GB 3GS.
They’ve also got pre-paid on offer, with the iPhone 3G 8GB for $759, iPhone 3GS 16GB for $929 or the iPhone 3GS 32GB for $1,129. Pre-paid caps start at $29 a month (with 150MB of data) to $99 a month (with 2GB of data).
For current 3 customers, you can buy the iPhone hardware over 24 months, get a gig of data included and continue your current plan without breaking contract. The 8GB will cost $35/month, the 16GB $40/month and the 32GB $45/month.
Overall it seems pretty competitive, although I still think that Vodafone has the best value offer for the 3GS at the moment. Feel free to argue with me in comments…
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The 3 prepay caps blow Vodafone out of the water – 3 include 500Mb of data on $49 cap, Vodafone include zero for the same cap price, but they will sell you 200Mb for $9.95. Hmmm… For those who don’t want to be tied into a contract, 3 are definitely the players – so much so I’m considering moving over to them…
I can’t find those deals on the Three website anywhere… got a direct web address?
Dude.. your forgetting Virgin.. I think they still have the best plan V70 – $520 calls (including International calls) – 1GB data..
Only thing going for Vodafone is COVERAGE!! In my entire road trip from Adelaide through to Bateman’s Bay, Sydney right through Sunshine coast.. I never lost reception for 1 second..
Virgin/Optus drops out like hell even downtown melbourne!!
This is a really good deal for me. I currently pay $30 for 2GB of data and I don’t even use 500mb per month. If I cancel that, I can get a 3GS for only $10 more per month.
Why have you got Optus butterflies as your image for 3’s iPhone deals? :P
i agree with you, vodafone is still the best deal.
Optus offer 79cap with $10 dollar discount to match vodafone’s 69cap free 16gbs. Compare to including call, optus’s 79cap give $610 call, unlimited SMS and MMS and 1GB data. Pretty easy to spot which network offer the best deal. Even the Timeless 99 with free 32GB beats vodafone.
yeh but with such a rubbish network, it really doesn’t seem worth it
The data is not what i expected from 3, its more Telstra-esq on the lower plans, and with the phone roam onto NextG out side the city? will i get all my data when it does?
I just found an answer to my question. on the $49 cap, if you get the 16 or 32 gig iPhone, you get a bonus 500mb a month BUT Roaming in Australia, including within 3’s Broadband Zone (NextG), is charged at 50c/MB.
Optus here i come…
it is really between 3 and vodafone. Virgin is technically optus (uses their infrastructure) and optus’s network is pitiful, they might have ok coverage but their bandwidth capacity is woeful at the best of times, and adding users all the time.
3 is the big winner for me, AND they are constantly upgrading their network it tandem with new users.
Good to see it’s brought to us by Nokia Nseries… lol
$67 a month for a 32GB 3GS? That’s pretty damn cheap…in fact cheapest I’ve seen anywhere.
For someone whos been with three since it stated in Australia, not really very happy. I expected better deals. For now, I am not going to change my phone. Perhaps in about a month or two, when the prices start to drop down a bit..
This sounds good: For only $110 p/m you’ll get 3000 minutes of calls, 500 SMS/MMS and 3GB’s of Mobile Internet every month.Choose between the iPhone 3GS 16GB for free or the iPhone 3GS 32GB for only $5 p/m.
too bad optus 3G coverage is worst then my cordless phone @ home so why bother..
When I was with 3, my phone was on roaming networks like 90% of the time (which 3 charge you a mountain of cash for), and the service you get from the 3 shops is like having to pay for being kicked in the nuts several times.
So I don’t think I’ll ever go with back with them, especially not when it involves iPhone or other smartphones.
The iPhone won’t roam onto Telstra if it has a 3 signal available. Since I got my iPhone 3G, I have never seen it roam. I have had other phones roam all the time, including when there’s a perfectly good 3 signal available.
Plus, even if it does roam, you can disable roaming data so it won’t cost you any more.
Good luck with 3 data…
I got charge $6.80 for just 14MB download while using iphone at roaming. It is crap how the roaming data is not include with data pack.
Just got my 3GS on the 3 plan – they were doing a over-the-phone deal for the ppl who had expressed interest in the phone for the 16GB @ $25 per month for 24 months with 1GB data per month. I figured this was a lot better than getting the 32GB for $45 per month and after reading the reviews that ppl recommended the 16GB is big enough.
Can anyone help though – i’ve just noticed that my phone is constantly roaming at work cos the signal on lvl 15 in the CBD on 3 is seemingly pathetic – if i browse for a few minutes i’m going to get charged massive amounts of fees right???