iPhone Hits Vodafone UK January 14 -- TiPb's Got Your Plan Info
Here, above, are the full plans available for Vodafone's iPhone, release date just announced as January 14, 2010... and still no price war. Of course that stands to reason as the iPhone costs every carrier pretty much the same thing in terms of hardware and network usage, but we still hoped one crazy UK telco or another would decide to go for it.
Handset costs start at £59 for the iPhone 3G, £149 for the 16GB iPhone 3GS, and £239 for the 32GB iPhone 3GS but go down to free with more expensive plans on 24-month contract. Data usage stays pegged at 1GB no matter how much you pay, however. Minutes go from 300 to 3000, texts start at 3000 and stay there.
Interestingly, the last row shows tethering as an option, £5 for 500MB, £10 for 1.5 (it says MB, we're guessing its a typo for GB), and £15 for 3GB.
So that's O2, Orange, O2 reseller Tesco, 3 rumored, and Vodafone now launching, anyone getting (or moving over to) a new iPhone carrier for the new year?
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So far I'm sticking with o2, I've even been allowed to drop down to £20/month with the same txts etc of my previous tariff by losing the ability to use The Cloud's wifi, which I never used anyway
Dude, you mispelled typo. That's pretty funny.
thats just crazy, 1gb internet and 3000 texts? thats like 100 sms a day! thats settled things then, staying with o2 for the iphone v4
I waited for Orange to release their tariffs, but seeing them made me guess at these. Neither is worth losing the extra Wi-Fi provider, higher data limit & better customer service that O2 provide.
3 will be interesting but having been with them for 2 years I know the coverage in my area is completely useless!
Whilst the prices are similar on all networks at least you can now pick your carrier. O2 have not been the best for me. They curently have serious data issues and even when it works, 3G coverage is poor. I am moving my iphone to Orange for the much better 3G coverage in my area.
For new customers, if you get good Vodafone coverage, their tarrifs are interesting as they offer unlimited texts. Heavy texters (not me) find the 500 on O2 too restrictive
No I'm now £20 p/m plus more texts and web wifi on o2
i am visiting the uk from the states and have my at&t iphone running on vodaphone pay-as-you-go. Service is quite good and for those jailbroken travellers the 1 pound a day data plan has been a life saver for me.
Yeah vodafone ae selling the iphone in Ireland soon to but the tariffs are still exspensive much like 02, we get ripped off so bad! If you try asking in vodafone about wheter they will sell you one, you might get lucky! I got mine for 90 euro 2 weeks ago from vodafone:D
Finally. This iphone/Vodafone powerup sees Jesus Phone opened up to yet another network!
Unfortunate that there’s no massive swing in the price, but for me Vodafone has a bunch of other bonuses that work its way:
-First Vodafone have a larger data allowance on their ‘Unlimited’ internet package,
-I gather customer service is much better than O2
-and their 3G coverage is much more comprehensive.
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