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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ijustboughtaniphone
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 4:31 PMThe 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…
jj
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 4:42 PMI can’t find those deals on the Three website anywhere… got a direct web address?
Abs
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 5:08 PMDude.. 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!!
poedgirl
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 5:34 PMThis 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.
Kieran McIlwain
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 5:35 PMWhy have you got Optus butterflies as your image for 3′s iPhone deals? :P
molo
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 6:11 PMi agree with you, vodafone is still the best deal.
tOnY
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 7:28 PMOptus 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.
Keegan Lillo
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 8:48 PMyeh but with such a rubbish network, it really doesn’t seem worth it
Jed Stevens
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 8:22 PMThe 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?
Jed Stevens
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 8:28 PMI 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…
optus sux
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 8:38 PMit 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.
Irony
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 8:46 PMGood to see it’s brought to us by Nokia Nseries… lol
3Gssswin
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 9:11 PM$67 a month for a 32GB 3GS? That’s pretty damn cheap…in fact cheapest I’ve seen anywhere.
John Fernandez
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 10:25 PMFor 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..
Andyroo
Monday, July 13, 2009 at 11:36 PMThis 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.
Kenneth Koh
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 4:03 AMtoo bad optus 3G coverage is worst then my cordless phone @ home so why bother..
Dr_Stef
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 7:43 AMWhen 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.
poedgirl
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 11:05 AMThe 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.
TuT
Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 6:19 PMUnfortunately there is no way to disable Roaming data with 3 on the iPhone.
Even with Roaming Data disabled in the settings it will still roam to Telstra’s network and hit you with excess usage charges. I have discussed this with three and they have told me there is no way to stop this
tOnY
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 8:23 PMGood 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.
marz
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 2:15 PMJust 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???