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lotech: As a person with an unsubsidized iPhone on a Talk plan, I just worked through the offer to work out which is the best deal, spreadsheet results here - http://www.geekzone.co.nz/lotech/6634
z2k:ahmad:lotech: As a person with an unsubsidized iPhone on a Talk plan, I just worked through the offer to work out which is the best deal, spreadsheet results here - http://www.geekzone.co.nz/lotech/6634
As Paul has already commented on your blog, you have not factored in the VODAFONE subsidy in this table!
CRITICAL ERROR!
Please correct this because it is totally misleading and bad.
Thats actually the Pros and Cons for himself I think. For new buyers you would factor in Vodafone's iPhone subsidy but lotech already has an iPhone.
ArranH: I'm glad that when I bought my iPhone I didn't sign up to any contract, as I'm getting sick of Vodafone and seriously considering jumping to XT. I live on the North Shore but find I lose 3G signals all over Auckland city, and even when I have 3G its not that fast. I lose signal completely when I'm in henderson Heights.
After Vodafone sent me a text recommending I upgrade to 3.0 I didn't realise that Push email was on by default, tripling my monthly data usage (of which they offered to pay half which I wasn't that happy about). I know its not a huge amount but after being told (quite incorrectly, why do customer service staff, especially those in Egypt, think they know the law) what the legal standing of the whole arrangement was I had had enough. For the sake of a few dollars they will be losing a customer they've had since Bell South.
exportgoldman:
I agree with the customer service as well, all care, no responsibility. If you can't wait for better speeds move to XT, if you can stick it out a year I reckon that Vodafone will have stepped up their network build and be of equal speeds, well, perhaps within shooting distance of XT. Now there is more competition Vodafone won't rest on it's laurels.
I am also giving up smoking :-)
Marmion:z2k:ahmad:lotech: As a person with an unsubsidized iPhone on a Talk plan, I just worked through the offer to work out which is the best deal, spreadsheet results here - http://www.geekzone.co.nz/lotech/6634
As Paul has already commented on your blog, you have not factored in the VODAFONE subsidy in this table!
CRITICAL ERROR!
Please correct this because it is totally misleading and bad.
Thats actually the Pros and Cons for himself I think. For new buyers you would factor in Vodafone's iPhone subsidy but lotech already has an iPhone.
When I signed up for my You Choose 20 contract (ages ago as I'm beyond my 24 months now), I got given extra minutes (only two but hey - thats 10% increase) as I didn't need the phone subsidy (got the phone from Bond and Bond as Vodafone didn't have the phone I wanted).
I would assume this would still be the case - i.e. extra free minutes or something to compensate for not needing a subsidy if signing a new contract - something that a savvy consumer would negotiate surely!
Objectivism:
Agreed - for the iPhone $80 plan you get $580 off the cost of the device but on Telecom have to pay full cost upfront. That changes things a bit - to be fair.
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