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Super8: Looks like the WWDC announcement has caught Vodafone NZ short. Our rep was suprised that the launch date had been announced and that the phones were to be priced so low! No official plans or pricing in place from First Mobile.
motorwayne:Super8: Looks like the WWDC announcement has caught Vodafone NZ short. Our rep was suprised that the launch date had been announced and that the phones were to be priced so low! No official plans or pricing in place from First Mobile.That just makes me LOL, how typical, and the VF site has nothing at all on it!!! ROFLWhat a bunch of A**motorwayne
motorwayne:Super8: Looks like the WWDC announcement has caught Vodafone NZ short. Our rep was suprised that the launch date had been announced and that the phones were to be priced so low! No official plans or pricing in place from First Mobile.That just makes me LOL, how typical, and the VF site has nothing at all on it!!! ROFLWhat a bunch of A**motorwayne
But from my perspective, if I was the marketing boss at VF, I'd have had the site ready to go the moment the news was released - not rocket science to me, maybe I just don't get it?
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brentbart:But from my perspective, if I was the marketing boss at VF, I'd have had the site ready to go the moment the news was released - not rocket science to me, maybe I just don't get it?
If I was the Marketing Manager (I wish!) I'd keep quiet as anything released might be lost in the "noise" of the Apple press release. I'd gear up my own time talking to the media when its likely to get more press, so list the details then.
And no, don't know anything but to me that would make much more business sense.
richgamer: vodafone live will be gone. you cannot deduct money from a cellphone account using an internet browser. only wap can do this. people can only use credit cards to pay for things on the internet.
garvani: Going by what i posted before, the maximum price point is $199USD worldwide, which works out to be $262 nz dollars, so they would be breaking their contract with apple to sell it for 1.5x the price of the US models..
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freitasm: Everyone seems to "forget" that prices in the US$ do not include the local sales tax (usually 8% but can be more), while prices in New Zealand includes GST (12.5%) and perhaps import costs?
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I just wanted to say that I think it’s appalling that Vodafone did not have a 9AM press release ready for the 3G iPhone.
This has to be the biggest handset to be launched in NZ (and internationally) for 2008, and Vodafone have known about it since May!
The marketing dept really dropped the ball on this one.
There is now an official press release link on the vodafone.co.nz front page in microscopic text.
I have spoken to Renaissance Apple Division who has confirmed they will be distributing the iPhone to Mac resellers in NZ; however after speaking to a Manager at a local Apple reseller, he said that they are waiting for their Vodafone dealership application to come through before they can sell it.
At this stage both the local apple store and renaissance said they don’t have a SKU and cant backorder the iPhone.
After talking to the people at the Vodafone web store this morning they told me that they would shortly have a link on their web store for registering interest / pre ordering the product, however I haven’t heard anything as of yet.
I have also heard from Alison Sykora at Vodafone this afternoon, who put out the May press release. She has confirmed that they currently don’t have any information about pricing yet, she also hinted about keeping an eye on the website to register interest in the product.
(Yes I did get up at 5AM to watch the WWDC live, and I will be purchasing the iPhone when it’s released next month.)
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