Telstra announces Australian iPhone prices

From
http://www.thinkingaustralia.com/new...iew.asp?id=535

Telstra has confirmed rumours that it will release the Apple iPhone next
week for as little as $279 on a $30 plan.

Unlike Optus and Vodafone, which will offer the iPhone outright without a
contract, Telstra will only offer the iPhone on 24-month contracts.

The carrier revealed the first official Australian prices for the iPhone,
with total minimum prices for the phone and contract ranging from $999 to
$2400.

The new 8GB iPhone will be available with Telstra for $279 upfront on a
two-year contract at $30 per month, or for free on the carrier's $80 per
month plan.

The 16GB model will be available for $399 on a $30 per month contract or
included for free with a $100 per month contract.

The company did not release any further information about data charges, only
adding that each plan included free Wi-Fi access at Telstra hotspots.

Earlier rumours predicted Telstra would release the iPhone on July 22nd - 11
days after Vodafone and Optus - but all three carriers will release it on
July 11th.

Three, the only remaining carrier without the iPhone, launched a campaign
last week urging customers to lobby Apple for an iPhone release on the
network.

Telstra had been a noticeable hold-out from Apple's iPhone 3G carriers when
Apple chief executive officer Steve Jobs announced the phone's
specifications and Australian availability on June 10.

The telecommunications carrier is the biggest in Australia, with 9 million
mobile phone customers, and rumours emerged that the hold-up was due to
Telstra's insistence that Apple add Telstra's own Sensis applications on to
the phone.

Telstra's consumer group managing director David Moffatt said the company
was "delighted to bring this product to (users) on Telstra's high-speed Next
G network".

"With iPhone 3G on the country's largest and fastest 3G network, providing
coverage to 99 percent of the population, more Australians will enjoy the
iPhone 3G experience in even more places."

"Alan Parkington" <patriot@iheartaustralia.com.au> wrote in message
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> From
> http://www.thinkingaustralia.com/new...iew.asp?id=535
>
> Telstra has confirmed rumours that it will release the Apple iPhone next
> week for as little as $279 on a $30 plan.

And not a single mention of the phone being vandalised with WhereIs and
other useless Telstra Crippleware.
It looks like Sol was forced to kiss some Apple arse to get the rights to
sell this phone.

--
Kwyj.

"Kwyjibo" <kwyjibo@ozdebate.remove.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Alan Parkington" <patriot@iheartaustralia.com.au> wrote in message
> news:Ni2ak.16007$IK1.3377@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
>> From
>> http://www.thinkingaustralia.com/new...iew.asp?id=535
>>
>> Telstra has confirmed rumours that it will release the Apple iPhone next
>> week for as little as $279 on a $30 plan.
>
> And not a single mention of the phone being vandalised with WhereIs and
> other useless Telstra Crippleware.
> It looks like Sol was forced to kiss some Apple arse to get the rights to
> sell this phone.

the lingering stench of Steve Job's shit on Sol's moustache


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Will it receive the 'blue tick' to indicate it can be used in rural areas?.

as if Apple gives a flying fuck about rural and regional Australia.

"Core2Duo" <Core2Duo@theinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Will it receive the 'blue tick' to indicate it can be used in rural
> areas?.
>


** Posted from http://www.teranews.com **

On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:13:41 +1000 "thegoons" <thegoons@bigpond.com>
wrote:

> as if Apple gives a flying fuck about rural and regional Australia.

as if Apple gives a flying fuck about Australia!