Why buy an iPhone now with 399 Euros when you'll be able to buy a nice car in the US with it in only a year from now?
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iPhone Launches in Austria and Ireland
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Why buy an iPhone now with 399 Euros when you'll be able to buy a nice car in the US with it in only a year from now?
They already have it in the USA
...that's a sub prime joke. It matches the joke above too
to keep this updated i just read an article in the local news paper from yesterday about the launch
guess how many phones they had for launch day in t-mobile stores in Vorarlberg:
20
and the article claimed that "the 16GB models are already sold out" ... wow what a feat with 20 devices (including both sizes)
guess how many phones they had for launch day in t-mobile stores in Vorarlberg:
20
and the article claimed that "the 16GB models are already sold out" ... wow what a feat with 20 devices (including both sizes)
What development? The iPhone for Australia does not need to be different from the UK version. GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) is a worldwide standard and iPhone is quad band.
However, what Apple does need to do is negotiate with Australian carriers. That's the only reason that holds back iPhone's availibility in Australia (and all other countries except Japan and Korea).
why have i been quoted for something i didnt say?? im already aware that it doesnt need to be changed from the UK versions. all that it is now is for SOMEBODY to man up and give australia a decent offer.. telstra and optus wont because apple wants too much of the share in profits blaablaa.
quite angry i am i wish they could just realase on no plan on it and we get to choose who we want to go with.
You got it I was referring to Dumb & Dumber, that bit cracks me up...
Also for the record I'm Australian as well.
Congrats to all the new iPhone owners, I'm glad you guys could join us finally!
Have fun with your new shiny toys!
Have fun with your new shiny toys!
Yes, at least in Germany. It´s called My Faves but no, you can´t add any additional option to the iPhone "complete" Plans...
Yes, at least in Germany. It´s called My Faves but no, you can´t add any additional option to the iPhone "complete" Plans...
So they have the Fav Fives plans but you cannot choose those plans with an iPhone?
Congrats to all the new iPhone owners, I'm glad you guys could join us finally!
Have fun with your new shiny toys!
That's a nice upbeat message
BTW we might get the Beatles on out iPhones / iTunes soon ... now Heather has been 'settled'. Oh, I guess we should all take a few moments of silence to grieve for poor Lady McCartney who only got about $50M and says she and her daughter will be forced to fly coach on her 5 annual vacations. My heart bleeds for her ...
Exactly! - at least in Germany.
For those who care:
I just complaint about the huge different between Rates Germany <-> Austria and T-Mobile gave me a 20 rebate on my next invoice...
Don't think Steve is to blame, I am sure he would like to sell some more iPhones, no matter were. I assume it simply goes by carrier negotiations, if they agree on terms quickly the iPhone can be sold and if not, well other markets come first.
I thought the problem with canada was the trademark. iPhone is already trademarked up there so they can't sell it as that.
3c per minute? You must be talking about prepaid.. no company in Austria dares to charge 3c per minute
Thus said, I don't see many people shelling out EUR 55,- per month. With 4000 minutes, that's obviously a business plan, but the iPhone is not a business phone (yet).
So, how do the Swisscom iPhone rates look? Is that known yet?
thats irrelevant in austria - all calls are for free anyway (within the "fairuse" limits)
The MyFaves-plan is only used for pre-pay devices
Yep, that's what I wanted to say
Due to the highly developed cell phone markets in Austria, even the basic plan of 39 Euros per month seems a bit too expensive (compared to other plans in Austria). I know, everyone pays more than we do, and I'm almost shocked about the prices in Germany and the US (I'm living the Austrian standards
), but those offered plans are too expensive IMO and there should be some other possibilities. Only using EDGE, I really don't need 3GB/month download volume. I would use the EDGE opportunity for basic boredom-elimination-browsing or harvesting information about tickets for a movie or something like that. Apart from watching big sized quicktime files from sites like gametrailers.com (boredom-elimination-browsing ), I cannot think of any other reason for a bigger download that I couldn't put off until I'm eather near a wi-fi spot or at home. Well that's my opinion.Anyway, I'm glad that the iPhone is available in Austria, even if it's becoming obsolete in 3 months when Steve Jobbs announces the new iPhone 2, iPhone Pro, iPhone Nano, iPhone Shuffle and iPhone Air at the WWDC 08
G'day mates
Is there a list (or history) of countries where the iPhone has been released? Or maybe a shorter list of where it hasn't been released:
Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Iraq.
<shameless plug> you can find the details of where the iphone has been launched on my blog, www.IrelandinBeta.com also has details of all the different pricing and plans across the countries!</shameless plug>
holding out for the 3G iphone here, hopefully its out in Ireland before November as my mobile contract ends then.
Swisscom is probably going to wait until the 3G version of the iPhone is released. I recently read a study claiming that there are so many unlocked iPhones in Switzerland that it's unlikely that there are people left who want one but don't have one yet...