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Oh now this oughta be interesting!
30 Jun 08 06:46 pm Filed in: Just sayin' is
all
Unless you’ve been offworld for the last month or so,
you’ll already know that the iPhone is about to go global in
3G/2.0 form in 11 days. Very shiny, capable toy,
and if I didn’t already have a perfectly decent
phone and iPod I’d be sorely tempted. As it is I
was hoping that pricing for this critter would
make the whole decision easy...
It didn’t.
Telstra today announced their pricing. iPhone (I assume 8GB) AU$279 and AU$30/mo contract (assume 24 months). That’s less than half what I thought it would be, and puts it right in the non-smartphone pricing category. Optus and Vodaphone will have no option but to match. It’s going to be a blitz.
As for me, well I’ve been accused of being a rampant consumer (gadget junkie) but I like to think I can temper this with some practicality for now... no really... I’m pretty sure I can...
It didn’t.
Telstra today announced their pricing. iPhone (I assume 8GB) AU$279 and AU$30/mo contract (assume 24 months). That’s less than half what I thought it would be, and puts it right in the non-smartphone pricing category. Optus and Vodaphone will have no option but to match. It’s going to be a blitz.
As for me, well I’ve been accused of being a rampant consumer (gadget junkie) but I like to think I can temper this with some practicality for now... no really... I’m pretty sure I can...