iPhone 3g Australia forum

[stephenvz]

i thought u would be able to since it says thiso n there site

Flexibility to shift up and back to your original Cap or Plan each month without charge, or to shift down for a fee. Plus you can put your contract on hold for up to 3 months, for just $11 a month.

but i guess in the terms somewhere it states otherwise

 

[bkea]

I just got my email then.

Hard to say no, but if I'm gonna have to cancel my contract anyway I might as well move to Optus.

I'm canceling to!. $208.08 early termination cost, I agree vodafone is very tempting!

 

[wolsow14]

Iphones from optus will not be in short supply.

Hi, I just got off the phone with the optus store sydney ( george street ). They are opening at 12 oclock tonight and will begin with serving deposit holders first. They have a stock in store of 14000 iphones. I know wow! the representative said they will not be running out on the first day definately. I rang back 5 minutes later to speak to a new representative who assured me the same details. They will be serving non deposit holders as soon as all deposit holders within the store are served. So i am planning on getting there at 5 am to get my new 16 gb iphone. How quikly will the sell 14000 units? regards wolsow

 

[vandozza]

i couldnt get to sydney till 4pm tomorrow... i wonder if it's worth the 4hr drive, and if they will still have stock!?

 

[adamerr]

i couldnt get to sydney till 4pm tomorrow... i wonder if it's worth the 4hr drive, and if they will still have stock!?

4HRS????!!!!!!!!
with the price of petrol these days?

just quit.
run to your local store..
but thats about all you can do.

 

[vandozza]

haha, i dont have a local store, its either 2hrs to canberra, or 4 hours to sydney

(there is a local telstra store, but telstra's plans suck!)

so i either try my luck in sydney where there are 14000+ iphones and 4.5 million people, or canberra with x? iphones and 400,000 people.

i'll probably do neither in the end, and wait for the 2nd shipment, but i would love one tomorrow!

 

[iCantwait]

i couldnt get to sydney till 4pm tomorrow... i wonder if it's worth the 4hr drive, and if they will still have stock!?

do it, if there is that much stock head off at midnight tonight and try your luck, if you have a lappy take that with you also to sync stuff and activate???

 

[vandozza]

do it, if there is that much stock head off at midnight tonight and try your luck, if you have a lappy take that with you also to sync stuff and activate???

unfortunatly i have to work from 9am-midday tomorrow. can't really get out of it either. i should have planned my week better, and had tomorrow off, then i could have gone to line up with the other keen sydney iphoners.

 

[tcmacintosh]

So if i rock up the the optus shop in the city at like 5am i will definatly get an iphone even if i am not a deposit holder?

 

[MAcNIAC]

maybe i'll wait

i've been planning on getting in early and lining up, but there's still a fair bit of confusion for me.

the leaked doc of telstra's plans may or may not be real, but if it is those data allowances are ridiculous - i predict many many people with several thousand dollar phone bills!

optus's plans sound better, but i read in Melbourne's Age green guide today that optus's 900Mhz 3g wont be supported by the iPhone and so data will be S L O W unless you're in the city and using optus's 2100Mhz 3g. where as telstra's 850Mhz 3g is supported and so data will be fast even outside the city (but then you cant afford to use it anyway)

vodaphone - same freq issues as optus, and plans are more expensive than optus.

Can anyone verify the accuracy of the frequency business ??? - I'm not that tech savvy with wireless broadband stuff

 

[nlivo]

I called up my local Telstra shop today and they said that the $30 a month plan had NO DATA INCLUDED!!! Or did everyone know that already?

 

[iCantwait]

i've been planning on getting in early and lining up, but there's still a fair bit of confusion for me...........

optus have better out of city coverage, reception wise, and for vict the 4 biggest citys have the best 3g reception, check out the reception map on the optus website. really if you live in a city how often do you go bush and use the net?

 

[archi17]

When are Telstra going to release their prices?? They probably wont even have to out by tomorrow, they will just sign people up on a 'Mystery' Plan! and then it is just a big surprise when you get your first bill

 

[MAcNIAC]

@icantwait
yeah not that often, but it's still a concern.
i'm from perth (just in Melbourne at the moment)
only a small venture out of Perth gets you into no 3g land with optus pretty quickly.

 

[MAcNIAC]

When are Telstra going to release their prices?? They probably wont even have to out by tomorrow, they will just sign people up on a 'Mystery' Plan! and then it is just a big surprise when you get your first bill

yep Telstra is showing their contempt for their customers once again

 

[iCantwait]

i can imagine telstra shops at 6am tomorrow, massive lines will move on to optus stores just around the block because the first in line will walk out of the telstra store and yell out "the plans are S*!*, lets all go to optus"

 

[vandozza]

900 or 2100 mhz in your area?

For those wanting to check if the Optus coverage in their area is on the 900 or 2100mhz (iPhone 3G friendly!) frequency you can do the following. You can also use the following method to investigate if your region is going to get an "upgrade" in the near future. (Also this information is not Optus specific, you can check Vodafone, Telstra etc as well.)

1. Go to http://www.rfnsa.com.au/nsa/index.cgi
2. Click on the "Guest Login".
3. Enter the postcode of the area you wish to check in the "Quick Search" on the upper right of the screen.
4. Open all the listed towers in separate windows (or separate tabs!)
5. Look at the "Carrier Site Names and Codes" at the bottom of the window. You may close the windows/tabs where the carriers listed are those that you are NOT interested in.
6. On the windows/tabs that you have left (which should all relevant to the carrier you are interested in) click on the "Reports" tab.
7. Download the "Environmental EME Report" for each cell tower.
8. Open the "Environmental EME Reports".
9. On the first page of the Environmental EME Report it will list the cell towers current capabilities. On the second page it will list proposed cell tower cababilities. If OPTUS WCDMA2100 is listed then this tower is either iPhone 3G capable, or will be in the near future (depending on where you find the OPTUS WCDMA2100 capability listed.)

Hopefully this guide helps those wanting to know what coverage to expect (especially from Optus) in their region.

 

[neski]

i can imagine telstra shops at 6am tomorrow, massive lines will move on to optus stores just around the block because the first in line will walk out of the telstra store and yell out "the plans are S*!*, lets all go to optus"

haahahahah so funny.

 

[chomby1991]

I have just heard that telstra in rockhampton doesnt have any iphones, so my next idea was optus cause they also have the best looking plan. but dont optus run on 2100 and 950? and the iphone runs on 2100 and 850? so this means that only non rural areas with 2100 would get 3g reception? so i wouldnt get 3g in rockhampton? thats just my train of thought at this time. anyway another question is do you think with the new firmware that it will still be necessary to unlock the firmware on an american debut iphone to have it running on telstra or would there be a more legit way of doing it like the firmware supporting telstra sims?

 

[vandozza]

I have just heard that telstra in rockhampton doesnt have any iphones, so my next idea was optus cause they also have the best looking plan. but dont optus run on 2100 and 950? and the iphone runs on 2100 and 850? so this means that only non rural areas with 2100 would get 3g reception? so i wouldnt get 3g in rockhampton? thats just my train of thought at this time. anyway another question is do you think with the new firmware that it will still be necessary to unlock the firmware on an american debut iphone to have it running on telstra or would there be a more legit way of doing it like the firmware supporting telstra sims?

3 posts up explains how to tell what frequency your optus network will be running on.

 

[tcmacintosh]

whos going to the optus shop in the sydney city tomorrow without a deposit? I'm planning to go in at around 1-2am? what do you think the lines will be like then?

 

[suprnovaynwa]

Sydney folks please don't forget to update us on your purchases later tonight! EG. Procedures, etcetc. Good luck to those who haven't got a deposit, and joy for all of those who have! iPhone-a-rama tomorrow!

 

[iCantwait]

20 minutes until the sheep get iPhones!!

 

[iCantwait]

how many optus deposits wont be used, i would be interested to know

 

[suprnovaynwa]

Selling an Optus Iphone Deposit, pm me email address and i will forward payment details through paypal. also provide an offer with the pm

Haha that's naughty! Taking advantage of those who haven't got a deposit. Don't worry though, I'd do the same thing

20 minutes until the sheep get iPhones!!

And then they can use their iPhones with that annoying accent of theirs!

Sorry, I'm just so hyperactive tonight!