The Apple iPhone

[GoOsH]

True. Good thing about Oz is that prepaid > contracts now. The deals are the same if not miles better than contracts.

Not so everywhere else in the world. I can't see the UK or USA doing prepaid for the iPhone.

true, though the sim only contracts you get these days are quite decent, and while you are direct debiting each month, they allow you to cancel it anytime, so you're not tied to it. mine's £15 a month for 200 mins + 200 texts. Not too bad, its enough for me.

[HERETIK]

i find people just THINK macs cost alot more.. people at work assumed i had spent $6000+ LOL when it arrived.. i don't know HOW and where they came up with this >!?

funny you say that, people dont usually have to think so hard to come to that conclusion.

[Dee]

http://www.itwire.com/content/view/18684/1151/

BOOO

[Crunk Juice]

fuck you

[nigel]

Actually reading into it more it seems you cant buy one without signing a contract on the spot. They don't want people to buy one and crack it for their own network like everyone has done with the current model.

Fuck that. I don't want to go with the carrier they have chosen because they all SUCK!

[j-mo]

http://news.theage.com.au/national/t...0612-2pl2.html

[Tension]

I need a new phone but dont think im interested in an iPhone

Im pretty loyal with Nokias, just had a look at the N82... anyone know good or bad things about these?
http://www.nokia.com.au/link?cid=PLAIN_TEXT_767173

[Creek]

I just want one for $199 (or aud equivalent) and just use my Vodafone sim

[ZD]

http://news.theage.com.au/national/t...0612-2pl2.html

so it's 3G only not dual band like with current 3G phones? which basically means when the 3G coverage is crap, that's it, it can't switch to the GSM900 network........yeah, that's a good idea. also the lock in plan with a specific carrier for 2 years is pure apple all the way. apple can't really expect to make much impact in the overseas market if it plans to operate like the US. nokia will eat them alive.

[j-mo]

I just want one for $199 (or aud equivalent) and just use my Vodafone sim

$1000 outright sorry sunshine

[Dogma]

exsqueeze me?

HE SAID THE IPHONE IS GOING TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD.

DO YOU GET IT YET.

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THERE IS NO SUCH WORD AS HEMOGONY YOU SILLY PRICK

[Dogma]

omg typo you win life!

great success!

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i'm more inclined to think that's how you believed it was pronounced...

kinda like people with "day jah voo" and the like

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[Dogma]

yeah you can tell the grandkids about that one.

[Dynamik]

allright, so i'm told it's going to be AUD$450 outright ... anyone? anyone? adler? anderson?

[GoOsH]

I just want one for $199 (or aud equivalent) and just use my Vodafone sim

buy a stolen one off a crack head then

[WestL]

optus just released their price plans for the iphone, typical of Australian telco provider prices really...

8GB iPhone 3G (Black)= $729

16GB iPhone 3G (Black or White)= $849

Plus, connect to Optus Pre-Paid and receive $400 Bonus + 1GB internet browsing PLUS recharge with $40 or more on Turbo Cap and receive EXTRA BONUS data every time you recharge!
To get you started Optus Pre-Paid is offering a special offer - unlimited mobile internet browsing on Turbo Cap^ until 31 August 08.

So its good that the price is not double for the 16 model, I think that its actually cheap for the handset itself, really cheap considering what your getting, but the data plans could be a lot better.

The $199US that was stated by apple is the subsidised price that AT&T are selling them for, which they are running at a loss after buying them off apple.

Very complicated considering its just a phone, THE BEST PHONE (SOON TO BE COMPUTER) EVER!!

I cant wait till next friday morning, firstly to get in on my current voda sim, an secondly to buy another one and learn to crack it, so that i can start selling them on!

[TS Mack]

Hmm I would say that's kinda pricey, but then again it does blow every other phone in the world completely out of the water.

I'm off the the US next week.. may bring a few of those $199 numbers back to sell.

[JaYeLL]

Post Paid Pricing (Plans)

Pre-paid Pricing

[Donny]

I've considered the IPhone but I think I'm gonna wait for the BlackBerry Bold 9000

[WestL]

Hmm I would say that's kinda pricey, but then again it does blow every other phone in the world completely out of the water.

I'm off the the US next week.. may bring a few of those $199 numbers back to sell.

Its only 199 from AT&T that price being made able by the fact that they make the cost back in you signing the contracts, so essentially they arnt that price!

When you look at what nokia charge for their latest phone i think that its pretty fair, especially considering that this is the newest for of computer systems, we have Mac OSX, Windows and soon to be iphone 2.0.

I would like for it to be cheaper, of course i would but when you look at the market and see that its under a $1000, i think that its fair.

Im interested to see if apple re-seller get to sell them outright an if so what price, especially now that the apple store has openned in syd, I cant see them not selling them, and you would think that store like DigiLife and NextByte woudl need to be able to sell them.

[GoOsH]

Hmm I would say that's kinda pricey, but then again it does blow every other phone in the world completely out of the water.

I'm off the the US next week.. may bring a few of those $199 numbers back to sell.

LOL read the fine print you dill, they're $199 on a 24 month plan. Do you think they'd actually sell the iphone cheaper than an ipod??? ddduuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrr

[TS Mack]

LOL read the fine print you dill, they're $199 on a 24 month plan. Do you think they'd actually sell the iphone cheaper than an ipod??? ddduuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrr

Well actually, DoOsh, you aren't obligated to sign up to a plan at all. You walk out of the Apple store with an unactivated $199 iPhone and can do whatever you want with it. Such as unlock it and resell it.

Durr.

[fatnick]

Expect a heap of 2nd hand iTouches to come onto the market in the next few weeks.

[voi]

Hey guys, what mobile has a really good camera on the market atm?
thanks

[GoOsH]

Well actually, DoOsh, you aren't obligated to sign up to a plan at all. You walk out of the Apple store with an unactivated $199 iPhone and can do whatever you want with it. Such as unlock it and resell it.

Durr.

yeah ok if you say so mate. you let me know when you can buy an 8GB iphone outright $100 cheaper than the equivalent ipod touch - which is the same thing without a phone. Do you honestly think they'd do that? you idiot.

[TS Mack]

See the fine print. It says $199.

Why do I even bother.

[nigel]

Expect a heap of 2nd hand iTouches to come onto the market in the next few weeks.

I would have felt like a goose owning one of those.

Oh! An iPhone! WOW!
No it's just a touch

O2 UK charges don't seem to be too foul. £75/month, free phone, 3000 minutes, 500 texts, unlimited data.

£45 a month plan and the 16gB costs £59. 8gB is free.

Guess I might give O2 a crack

[GoOsH]

See the fine print. It says $199.

Why do I even bother.

hahaha yeah and that asterisk next to it doesn't mean anything at all (like - that it's $199 when you sign up to a 24 month contract)

I can get an N95 for free* as well!! woo yeah.

seriously, why do you even bother?

[TS Mack]

Ok fucknuts. Let me explain it again. You buy the iPhone at the Apple Store. It is sealed and not activated.
You can do whatever you want with it and are not obligated to activate it with AT&T. Hence the millions of unlocked iPhones out there.

Let me know if you want one.

Then again, fuck you.

[Dogma]

[Gilbert Grape]

Hey guys, what mobile has a really good camera on the market atm?
thanks

I think the nokia n82 has one of the best at the moment, with excellent xenon flash. Probably on par with an entry level 5mp standalone camera. Chunky phone though, but doesn't look too bad with a black cover.

iPhone is interesting, but could have used a more significant update featurewise. I'll be hitting up the Nokia E71, which is supposedly out through Optus July 10th. I don't think I could live without a proper qwerty pad now.

[GoOsH]

Ok fucknuts. Let me explain it again. You buy the iPhone at the Apple Store. It is sealed and not activated.
You can do whatever you want with it and are not obligated to activate it with AT&T. Hence the millions of unlocked iPhones out there.

Let me know if you want one.

Then again, fuck you.

ok, wow apple must just be the dumbest bastards in the world then! why would anyone buy an ipod touch? they might as well just stop producing them altogether.
you're such a fanboy it's hilarious

[nigel]

Ok fucknuts. Let me explain it again. You buy the iPhone at the Apple Store. It is sealed and not activated.
You can do whatever you want with it and are not obligated to activate it with AT&T. Hence the millions of unlocked iPhones out there.

Let me know if you want one.

Then again, fuck you.

That was the case with the original iPhone. I know, because thats what I did.

Apparently with the 3G model this is no longer the case.

I posted a page or so back saying that I'd heard they weren't letting you leave the store without it being on a plan and activated.

[da bizness]

That was the case with the original iPhone. I know, because thats what I did.

Apparently with the 3G model this is no longer the case.

I posted a page or so back saying that I'd heard they weren't letting you leave the store without it being on a plan and activated.

he speaks the truth. Apple aren't stupid.
Sign up for a 24month contract with at&t is now compulsory instore for the $199 price.

Rumours are suggesting there may be an outright/prepaid option available in the US at some stage for around $600USD

[WestL]

Ok fucknuts. Let me explain it again. You buy the iPhone at the Apple Store. It is sealed and not activated.
You can do whatever you want with it and are not obligated to activate it with AT&T. Hence the millions of unlocked iPhones out there.

Let me know if you want one.

Then again, fuck you.

OK, ignorant fool, keep on not listening and look like a "poor, ignorant fool" when you walk into an apple store with a $199US in coins collected on the street, asking for a brand new iphone, "but that what the small print says" haha, idiot.

official realease from AT&T
"the unsubsidised price of an iPhone (US$399 for 8GB, US$499 for 16GB), and the unlocked, unsubsidised price of the iPhone (US$599 for 8GB, US$699 for16GB)"

But nah, hook me up with one of your special ones aye!!

[WestL]

and if you feel like educating yourself for once read up:

http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-pho...phone-info.jsp

[da bizness]

OK, ignorant fool, keep on not listening and look like a "poor, ignorant fool" when you walk into an apple store with a $199US in coins collected on the street, asking for a brand new iphone, "but that what the small print says" haha, idiot.

official realease from AT&T
"the unsubsidised price of an iPhone (US$399 for 8GB, US$499 for 16GB), and the unlocked, unsubsidised price of the iPhone (US$599 for 8GB, US$699 for16GB)"

But nah, hook me up with one of your special ones aye!!

lol

[GoOsH]

OK, ignorant fool, keep on not listening and look like a "poor, ignorant fool" when you walk into an apple store with a $199US in coins collected on the street, asking for a brand new iphone, "but that what the small print says" haha, idiot.

official realease from AT&T
"the unsubsidised price of an iPhone (US$399 for 8GB, US$499 for 16GB), and the unlocked, unsubsidised price of the iPhone (US$599 for 8GB, US$699 for16GB)"

But nah, hook me up with one of your special ones aye!!

no no you see apple and at&t are so stupid they'll let you walk out with your $200 phone and not activate the plan, so they lose a huge amount of money! they really are dumb enough to allow this to happen! they totally haven't thought about this ingenious plan of not activating the plan and just putting in someone elses sim card!
pffft

[Dogma]

[Kirky85]

Ok fucknuts. Let me explain it again. You buy the iPhone at the Apple Store. It is sealed and not activated.
You can do whatever you want with it and are not obligated to activate it with AT&T. Hence the millions of unlocked iPhones out there.

Let me know if you want one.

Then again, fuck you.

I am getting one as soon as they come out, I thought they were $299.
Cant wait

[WestL]

I am getting one as soon as they come out, I thought they were $299.
Cant wait

yeah same, ill be getting mine early next friday morning, but it does surprise me how people after looking at the current phone/gadget market can think that they would be getting such a powerful device for so cheap!

optus officially said they are selling the handset outright for $849(16GB) and the 8GB ipod nano retails for 249 so that means that the iphone will definatly cost youat least $800, but i hope that people in the US work somethin out an can sell them on ebay for around the 600 mark...

[robo-t]

I've considered the IPhone but I think I'm gonna wait for the BlackBerry Bold 9000

oow nice.. i hope it has proper web browsing. i have the 8800 but it has that stupid "text" browsing crap. Where as my n95 has proper wicked websites and shit.

what else does it have?

and is the iphone qwerty? can you have a touch qwerty keypad come up? if not, pants.

[richard_parker]

Qwerty.
Can't record video or send mms tho.... i guess they expect you to email everything?

[Gilbert Grape]

oow nice.. i hope it has proper web browsing. i have the 8800 but it has that stupid "text" browsing crap. Where as my n95 has proper wicked websites and shit.

what else does it have?

and is the iphone qwerty? can you have a touch qwerty keypad come up? if not, pants.

install opera mini. just beware it won't be included in your blackberry 'internet' plan, it'll be charged at whatever normal data rates your carrier uses. personally I can't stand the tie in required with a blackberry to a carrier, ie no prepaid etc. e71 is the alternative to my mind.

@iphone qwerty, it's nowhere near as fast as a physical qwerty keyboard. i'm looking forward to checking them out when it hits, but if theres nothing significant over the 2g model i don't think i'll be bothering.

optus pricing - http://www.yesiphone.com.au/home.aspx

8GB iPhone 3G (Black)= $729

16GB iPhone 3G (Black or White)= $849

Locked to Optus

24 month $49 contract - 250mb data, $300 calls
24 month $79 contract - 700mb data, $550 calls

handset repayments
24 month $49 contract - $7/month 8gb / $12/month 16gb
24 month $79 contract - $0/month 8gb / $2/month 16gb

excess data is at 2.2c/kb aka $22,000/gb. YAY -_-

[FizziX]

I think im gonna be getting the samsung i900 instead of the iphone

[ZD]

iphone killers?

sony xperia - http://www.sonyericsson.com/x1/default.aspx?cc=au&lc=en

samsung i900 - http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/...i900-unveiled/

edit: the sony one looks awesome. i'm such a sony fanboi atm.......geez.

[j-mo]

The Sony is actually an HTC product with a Sony badge.

[WestL]

I cant believe the bullshit plans that Vodafone put out the other night, hopefully as they have pulled them down its not actually going to be the real plans, coz basically they are chargin twice as much as optus for the plans, and more to buy the phone outright.

It seems so stupid to me why vodafone would do this, i only hope that the price plans they put up were their initial thoughts and not actually what they are goin to offer, because if that is the case i think they will loose a few customers.

I also read an article yesterday saying that Australia will only be getting an initial 80,000 iphones, and both optus an telstra have both said that from peoples interests on their website, they expect to sell out within hours of release, with both having "sold out" signs already printed!

Not happy at all, coz im still not sure how im goin to get mine as i dont wanna be locked in for 24 months purely because i think that much better data plans will be released within that time!!