Vodafone's iPhone rate plans

Forums › Vodafone New Zealand › Vodafone's iPhone rate plans

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ... | 51

55 posts

Master Geek

# 144365 8-Jul-2008 10:21

Feck. $250/month? Sure, they're technically good value. But they're not going to attract many people with those sort of charges. That's just heinous. It really is. And I still can't get to the Vodafone website...

imadog

107 posts

Master Geek

# 144366 8-Jul-2008 10:21

exactly what i expected.

would love to see a comparison of NZ prices to the rest of the world.

uberowl

2 posts

Wannabe Geek

# 144367 8-Jul-2008 10:21

I've been watching the other thread since page 6.... This is absolutely ridiculous! $80 a month for 250mb? PLUS $549?! WHAT?! I wouldn't pay that if the phone was free! Who has $80 disposable income anymore? Petrol going up, food going up, and they offer this?! They can cram it up their ass!

iphone

5 posts

Wannabe Geek

# 144369 8-Jul-2008 10:22

stenknz

92 posts

Master Geek

# 144370 8-Jul-2008 10:22

This is absolute crap! Those plans are just a laugh.

$199 for the iPhone! What a joke! I just can't believe I was fooled again! I should have known.

As G W Bush would say!

"I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says Fool me once. ... Fool me...Can't get fooled again."

RmACK

176 posts

Master Geek

# 144372 8-Jul-2008 10:23

So $80 a month AND practically a full price phone! What a joke.
Is ANYONE seriously gonna buy one now?
Sure it's um great value all those mins etc but for those of us who send 50-100 texts & maybe 1 call a month, it doesn't help!
Maybe I'll get a 1st gen iphone.... seems no point in the 3g one really for that price

JellyWeb

67 posts

Master Geek

# 144373 8-Jul-2008 10:23

Yep, those plans are bollocks.... oh well, at least I don't have to wait up till midnight on Thursday and spend a couple of hours looking at:

Network Timeout
The operation timed out when attempting to contact www.vodafone.co.nz.

I bet the highest bidder of that TradeMe queue trader is spitting tacks now

Ben

317 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted

Vend

# 144374 8-Jul-2008 10:23

Wow that really is some serious cr*p by Vodafone. Did someone mention sexual violence in the other thread? Maybe I'd prefer to expose my buttocks than pay those plans?

friendlymonkey

174 posts

Master Geek

# 144375 8-Jul-2008 10:24

reefshipping: That is definately a pathetic offering...

250mb is jack all, and they ANYONE will pay $250 a month for 1gb data?

Would you really use more than 250mb a month?? I mean most of the time wouldn't you be using wifi at home/work/uni?

250 is fine for checking yr emails and browsing some pages when not near wifi

Noodles

470 posts

Ultimate Geek

# 144376 8-Jul-2008 10:24

reefshipping: That is definately a pathetic offering...

250mb is jack all, and they ANYONE will pay $250 a month for 1gb data?

250MB is jack all if you're downloading torrents and stuff, 250MB is quite a bit on mobile. Unless you're planning on streaming video/music on your iphone the 250MB should be ok for mail, some web browsing and google maps.

SightUnseen

130 posts

Master Geek

# 144377 8-Jul-2008 10:25

HTTP Server Error 503

No available server to handle this request

Oh dear, Vodafone.

Geekzone is holding up slightly better. Maurice, I hope you're paying by the pipe, and not the GB ;-)

I did try and dampen people's expectations, but as everyone now knows, this would be pretty difficult considering what we're looking at.

As for the reasons why, I wrote my thoughts here: http://mothership.co.nz/blog/index.php/2008/07/08/iphone-rate-plans/

timbosan

1562 posts

Uber Geek

# 144378 8-Jul-2008 10:26

What I don't understand is that you can buy a 3GB 3G plan for $79-95 plus $10 for an EXTRA 3GB, then have You Choose for $39-95, and so have 6GB of data plus free minutes for only $130. If you buy a iPhone 3G outright I think you would be better getting these plans.

$250/month = $6,000 over two years!!!

Or am I missing something?

Aaroona

Human
2911 posts

Uber Geek

Subscriber

# 144379 8-Jul-2008 10:27

What a surprise. Maybe we should all jst not even turn up for the event.

and log a claim that they are just sh*tting themselves if they think people are willing to pay that much for nothing.

I wasnt expecting anything good from vodafone, but i didnt expect them to pull a deadly stunt like this.
I tell you what, im actually waiting for telecom to come out now.

PostmanPatsCat

58 posts

Master Geek

# 144381 8-Jul-2008 10:28

but would you pay $80 a month and $550 start cost to get it?

Come to the party telecom

magu

Professional yak shaver
1599 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

BitSignal

Lifetime subscriber

# 144382 8-Jul-2008 10:28

garvani: I wonder if vodafones website is going to be able to handle the ammount of traffic its about to get, i for one have already started hitting the refresh button..

NOT!

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads." - Doc Emmet Brown

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | ... | 51