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16 Jun 2010
Orange has announced its iPhone 4 pricing plans for pay-as-you-go, monthly and businesses customers, revealing that contract customers will have to pay a whopping £75 a month for 24 months to get the device for free.
Business rates include a 24-month contract at £50 a month offering the 16GB version for free, while all Business Infinity tariffs on £95 a month will receive the device for free.
Otherwise, customers will have to pay between £24.68 and £194.89 depending on the length of the contract and the value of the handset. For example, a 24-month contract for the 16GB iPhone 4 at £30 a month will require a one-off payment of £101.28.
Pay monthly customers unwilling to take up the £75 a month option will have to spend at least £29 for a 16GB device on a £45 contract for 24 months, rising to £319 for a 32GB device on an 18-month contract at £35 a month.
Orange will sell the smartphone at £480 for a 16GB model and £570 for the 32GB model to pay-as-you-go customers on the firm's Monkey, Dolphin, Canary, Racoon and Camel tariffs that offer a combination of texts, calls and music.
Other mobile operators have announced pricing plans for the new Apple handset. O2's prices start from £15 a month for 300 minutes, but the operator has not yet said how much the phone will cost.
A hastily withdrawn Vodafone 'test page', meanwhile, suggested that the company will charge £189 for the 16GB version and £280 for the 32GB version. Tariffs start at £25 per month for a 24-month contract for 75 minutes, 250 texts and 1024MB of data.
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RE: Unlimited Internet
They can say its unlimited with kind of limit, the fine print almost always has a mention of fairusage policy (sky broadband appears to be the only contract at the moment that doesnt have one!) 750 MB isnt that much if you watch youtube alot, but its more than enough if you surf the net or check emails with it. Im not advocating it by any means as I think everyone should be allowed to access as much of the internet as they like without a limit, but they arent breaking the law by saying unlimited when they call it a fair usage amount in the fine print. its harsh, harsh but fair
Posted by: Simon 18 Jun 2010
Ripped off as always!!!!!!!!!!
I see that the 16Gbyte model is £499 and the 32Gbyte phone is priced from £599 whilst the US pay $199 for the 16Gbyte model and from $299 for 32Gbyte version - as always the Brits are robbed blind!!! - how can they justity such a MASSIVE price difference for just "shipping"? Agree with other poster, for some reason sellers are able to "limit" unlimited - surely illegal?
Posted by: ade 17 Jun 2010
Unlimited limited internet
Isn't it against the law to say that mobile internet browsing is "unlimited", and add to the fine print that it's limited to 750MB.......... ? No, really?
Posted by: Eddie Yanez 16 Jun 2010
orange blunder on iphone 4
orange may have committed a gaff on the iphone4 pay as you go, selling at £480 and £570 for the 16gb & 32 gb respectivly. apple are selling the sim free unlocked versions for £499 and £599 respectively. so for an extra £20 you may as well buy the sim free unlocked 16gb version from apple direct and not have one from range locked. and if you want the 32gb version thats only an extra £30. then you can if you want just goto the network of your choice and get a sim only plan on say £10/£15 a month and it will work out a lot cheaper.
Posted by: steve jobs clone 16 Jun 2010