iPhone 3G on sale in New Zealand a day before the US

Forums › Apple iOS and devices › iPhone 3G on sale in New Zealand a day before the US

1 | ... | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | ... | 35

588 posts

Ultimate Geek

Trusted

#143640 7-Jul-2008 10:53

cranz: Vodafone has updated their website with information on which stores will carry the iPhone.

3 Stores for launch at midnight:

Auckland - 171 Queens Street
Wellington - 358 Lambton Quay
Christchurch - 681 Colombo Street

How did you find that? The link's not on the VF iPhone page.

Hang on, there's two different instances of the iPhone page - one accessed from the link on the homepage and the other found through the search.

Post-geek, opinionated mediaphile, and natural born cynic. Jack of all genres, master of none.

rebeltrousers

230 posts

Master Geek

#143641 7-Jul-2008 10:53

WOOT! :):)

manhinli

2483 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

#143642 7-Jul-2008 10:54

lugh:
cranz: Vodafone has updated their website with information on which stores will carry the iPhone.

3 Stores for launch at midnight:

Auckland - 171 Queens Street
Wellington - 358 Lambton Quay
Christchurch - 681 Colombo Street
How did you find that? The link's not on the VF iPhone page.

Hang on, there's two different instances of the iPhone page - one accessed from the link on the homepage and the other found through the search.

You can see the iPhone site on Vodafone, there's now a new link to find the places to buy the iPhone.

Find me on Twitter!

I posted 1, 2 x 10^3 times!

redjet

299 posts

Ultimate Geek

#143643 7-Jul-2008 10:56

Quite interesting that Magnum Mac are listed as selling them - I thought it would be VF branded stores but obviously it's not.

Red Jet Web Services
- Affordable websites for small businesses
- Google Email setup and Migrations

MattD

663 posts

Ultimate Geek
Inactive user

#143644 7-Jul-2008 10:56

In Dunedin it also listed Magnum Mac and Student IT.

wellygary

8328 posts

Uber Geek

#143652 7-Jul-2008 11:13

redjet: Quite interesting that Magnum Mac are listed as selling them - I thought it would be VF branded stores but obviously it's not.

I thought I read somewhere (most likely here) that Reneissance ( Magnum Mac's parent company ) had become a vodafone dealer so they could sell the iphone.

redjet

299 posts

Ultimate Geek

#143655 7-Jul-2008 11:19

wellygary:
redjet: Quite interesting that Magnum Mac are listed as selling them - I thought it would be VF branded stores but obviously it's not.

I thought I read somewhere (most likely here) that Reneissance ( Magnum Mac's parent company ) had become a vodafone dealer so they could sell the iphone.

That's interesting as not all First Mobile stores are listed, but a few are.

Red Jet Web Services
- Affordable websites for small businesses
- Google Email setup and Migrations

Quic Broadband

Move to New Zealand's best fibre broadband service (affiliate link). Free setup code: R587125ERQ6VE. Note that to use Quic Broadband you must be comfortable with configuring your own router.

magu

Professional yak shaver
1599 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

BitSignal

Lifetime subscriber

#143660 7-Jul-2008 11:42

Just heard some not so good news on the pricing front. Take it with the grain of salt, of course, but apparently prices are going to be into the ~~double~~ 4 (sorry!) digits even for the 8Gb phone, and they are not being subsidized.

Prices are supposed to be defined at this super-secret meeting on Wednesday (hard to believe, IMHO).

And apparently the data plans that Vodafone offers now will not apply to the iPhone. And not everyone will want to sell it as Vodafone is not making any margins on prices for the dealers.

All of this, of course, is not official and has not been checked in any way. Not standing behind this information, just passing along.

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

martin308

226 posts

Master Geek

#143661 7-Jul-2008 11:44

The double digits? >$99 you mean? was it ever expected to be less than that?

Benjip

943 posts

Ultimate Geek

ID Verified

#143665 7-Jul-2008 11:52

magu: Just heard some not so good news on the pricing front. Take it with the grain of salt, of course, but apparently prices are going to be into the double digits even for the 8Gb phone, and they are not being subsidized.

Well that would mean Vodafone NZ was given an exception from Apple in the US, whom explicitly stated that the iPhone "will not be sold for more than the equivalent of $199 USD worldwide".

I would imagine that Apple Cupertino has more pull than Vodafone New Zealand in this regard - they're the ones with the physical product afterall.

manhinli

2483 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

#143667 7-Jul-2008 11:53

Benjip:
magu: Just heard some not so good news on the pricing front. Take it with the grain of salt, of course, but apparently prices are going to be into the double digits even for the 8Gb phone, and they are not being subsidized.

Well that would mean Vodafone NZ got an exception from Apple in the US, whom explicitly stated that the iPhone "will not be sold for more than the equivalent of $199 USD worldwide".

I would imagine that Apple has more pull than Vodafone New Zealand in this regard - they're the ones with the product afterall.

in almost every one of these countries, the price is a maximum of $199...

Find me on Twitter!

I posted 1, 2 x 10^3 times!

martin308

226 posts

Master Geek

#143669 7-Jul-2008 11:58

manhinli:
Benjip:
magu: Just heard some not so good news on the pricing front. Take it with the grain of salt, of course, but apparently prices are going to be into the double digits even for the 8Gb phone, and they are not being subsidized.

Well that would mean Vodafone NZ got an exception from Apple in the US, whom explicitly stated that the iPhone "will not be sold for more than the equivalent of $199 USD worldwide".

I would imagine that Apple has more pull than Vodafone New Zealand in this regard - they're the ones with the product afterall.

in almost every one of these countries, the price is a maximum of $199...

How is double digits more than $199 again? thats 3 digits is it not?

magu

Professional yak shaver
1599 posts

Uber Geek

Trusted

BitSignal

Lifetime subscriber

#143670 7-Jul-2008 11:58

My bad! Coding and reading forums at the same time makes your brain go wild sometimes.

I meant 4 digits.

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

Benjip

943 posts

Ultimate Geek

ID Verified

#143671 7-Jul-2008 11:58

manhinli:
Benjip:
magu: Just heard some not so good news on the pricing front. Take it with the grain of salt, of course, but apparently prices are going to be into the double digits even for the 8Gb phone, and they are not being subsidized.

Well that would mean Vodafone NZ got an exception from Apple in the US, whom explicitly stated that the iPhone "will not be sold for more than the equivalent of $199 USD worldwide".

I would imagine that Apple has more pull than Vodafone New Zealand in this regard - they're the ones with the product afterall.

in almost every one of these countries, the price is a maximum of $199...

Sh*t me up buttercup, that sucks.

I so badly want to stand in line on Thursday night and 'upgrade' my 1st gen iPhone but they're not making it easy huh…

friendlymonkey

180 posts

Master Geek

#143672 7-Jul-2008 12:00

magu: Just heard some not so good news on the pricing front. Take it with the grain of salt, of course, but apparently prices are going to be into the ~~double~~ 4 (sorry!) digits even for the 8Gb phone, and they are not being subsidized.

Prices are supposed to be defined at this super-secret meeting on Wednesday (hard to believe, IMHO).

And apparently the data plans that Vodafone offers now will not apply to the iPhone. And not everyone will want to sell it as Vodafone is not making any margins on prices for the dealers.

All of this, of course, is not official and has not been checked in any way. Not standing behind this information, just passing along.

What/who is your source?

1 | ... | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | ... | 35