If you’re in the market for an iPhone 8 or iPhone X, you may be in luck! Optus is offering some high data deals for a cool $69 a month plus the price of the handset repayment. Noice.
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The deals are for the 64GB versions of the iPhone 8 ($79), iPhone 8 Plus ($89) and iPhone X ($99) – all $69 plus the cost of the phone repayment. They all come with 100GB of data a month, which is great for anyone who likes to burn through a lot.
The only caveat that stands out on these plans is that they don’t come with international talk and text – which will probably be a deal breaker for a lot of Aussies with family and friends overseas.
But if you don’t need those features and are happy to commit a previous gen iPhone for 24-months, this might be a great deal for you. You wouldn’t be the only one. There is a huge market for older iPhones – especially those with the beloved home button.
Considering it’s an ‘S’ year, it isn’t a bad time to play the waiting game to see what Apple drops next year.
And as our mates over at Whistleout pointed out – a 64GB iPhone XS with only 20GB of data will set you back $102 a month.
For more on the economics of iPhones, we have a really great breakdown around the cost of the XS and XR that’s definitely worth a read.
Anyway, onto the plans!
iPhone 8
iPhone 8 Plus
iPhone X
A previous version of this article stated that all of the plans were $69 including the handset repayments. We regret this error.
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