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07/07/2008, 6:20am, EDT
Monday, July 7th
Vodafone offers iPhone for US$150 in New Zealand
Vodafone New Zealand revealed on Monday that the iPhone 3G in New Zealand will be priced at $199NZD (around USD$150) when purchased with a 24-month contract. With stocks expected to be "strictly limited," the company has to disclose the its rate plans for the new device, but is expected to announce a significant tariff restructuring in the next few days, moving away from the traditionally high data costs seen in the country. Previous price plans have seen charges of up to NZD$10 per 1MB of data, with dedicated 200MB bundles costing NZD$35, however, this is expected to drop to a more manageable cost of around NZD$10 per 10MB used for casual users. Like O2 in the UK, Vodaphone is promising that will be able to pre-order the iPhone 3G in the next few days.
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Obscene pricing!!
$199 NZ for 8gb and $250 per month!!
for a lousy 1 gb yes 1 gb of data
the 16gb is 349 on this contract!
iPhone Specific Plans iPhone 250 iPhone 500 iPhone 1GB
Cost per Month $80 $130 $250
Included Minutes120 250 600
Included TXT 600 600 600
Included Data 250 MB 500 MB 1 GB
Additional Usage
Per minute $0.69 $0.55 $0.53
Per TXT $0.20 $0.20 $0.20
Per MB $0.10 $0.10 $0.03
iPhone with plan
8GB iPhone $549 $449 $199
16GB iPhone $699 $599 $349
Rip off New Zealand
Today (Tuesday 8th July 08) Vodafone NZ (www.vodafone.co.nz/iPhone) has officially lifted the lid off its iPhone plan pricing.
WTF!!! How on earth do these people think of these prices...
Why should we put up with these thieving corporate monkeys.
Please sign this petition if you agree that Vodafone NZ are trying to rip-off the general public of New Zealand and should drastically reduce there pricing plans for real people.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/iphoneripoffNewZealand/index.html
Come on Apple sort these thieves out... let 'almost everyone' have a iPhone.
Worse than Canada
Have you seen the plans in New Zealand. The NZ Plans are Worse than Canada - who has that kind of money. $250NZD per month for the 'best' plan which is only 600mins 600txt and 1GB data. $250NZD = $190USD. Watch this video of Vodafone NZ getting SLAMMED on national TV over their obscene pricing.
http://digg.com/apple/VodafoneNZSlaughteredonTVaboutOutrageousiPhonePlans