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spazz

266 posts

Ultimate Geek

#37170 8-Jul-2009 13:19

Dear 2Degrees,

On Friday morning, several hundred people are going to line up and buy a new iPhone 3GS.

Some outright, most on a plan.

Vodafone are going to snare some of the most lucrative customers (in terms of ARPU) right from under your nose.

So please, please, give us a little something to look forward to before Friday? I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to control my new iPhone $130 plan urge, unless I know what I have to look forward to! Then I might hold out 'til August ;D

Thanking you in advance.

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Tohe

130 posts

Master Geek

#232454 8-Jul-2009 14:21

Vodafone are going to snare some of the most lucrative customers (in terms of ARPU) right from under your nose.
So please, please, give us a little something to look forward to before Friday?

2Degrees: There are also a LOT of customers that are very unhappy with the Vodafone iPhone pricing plans.
see: http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=40&topicid=37168

PLEASE... Use this knowledge and make us a decent value for money plan and help give the industry a big shakeup!!!

jermsie

302 posts

Ultimate Geek

#232457 8-Jul-2009 14:22

2Degrees won't have 3G at launch, at least, that's what I read on here

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NonprayingMantis

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Uber Geek

#232507 8-Jul-2009 15:02

They almost certianly won't be selling the iphone either - the minimum order commitments required by apple would probably prohibit it.

Yatey

284 posts

Ultimate Geek

#232575 8-Jul-2009 16:14

Waiting for my 2 degrees Sim which should be coming in the mail... soon.
Can't wait to get away from Vodafone

2degrees

178 posts

Master Geek

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#232580 8-Jul-2009 16:24

Dear Geekzoners,

The sad but true reality is that we will not be selling the iPhone at launch.
We know that the iPhone works on our network (as we have happy iPhone users here in the office using it on our network).
We haven't tested the 3GS - but will be getting our hands on one and giving it a good workout to see what happens. We'll let you know the results.

Cheers!
2degrees

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nakedmolerat

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#232670 8-Jul-2009 18:37

2degrees:

Dear Geekzoners,

The sad but true reality is that we will not be selling the iPhone at launch.
We know that the iPhone works on our network (as we have happy iPhone users here in the office using it on our network).
We haven't tested the 3GS - but will be getting our hands on one and giving it a good workout to see what happens. We'll let you know the results.

Cheers!
2degrees

so 3G network will be available at launch?

timestyles

424 posts

Ultimate Geek

#232734 8-Jul-2009 20:25

Given that 2 degrees are aiming for the prepay market, I'm going to suggest that any PDA type phone is not their intended market, at least initially.

I was all hopes for 2 degrees to shake up the market, but I have realised that for me, this is unlikely. I can call almost any phone in NZ at any time and pay no more than 50 cents a call, using a combination of prepay VF sims and Telecom phones. Given that the current price of prepay tends to be 90 cents a minute, expecting a 44% drop in call rates is unrealistic, at least for the next 5 years. It looks like I'll be carrying around a few phones for a while yet.

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DjShadow

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#232754 8-Jul-2009 20:57

technically, wouldn't there be 3g at launch for those of us who don't live in areas where 2degrees have towers and have to roam on vodafone's network? (aka everywhere except auckland, wellington and christchurch)

Tohe

130 posts

Master Geek

#232860 9-Jul-2009 07:12

2degrees:

Dear Geekzoners,

The sad but true reality is that we will not be selling the iPhone at launch.
We know that the iPhone works on our network (as we have happy iPhone users here in the office using it on our network).
We haven't tested the 3GS - but will be getting our hands on one and giving it a good workout to see what happens. We'll let you know the results.

Cheers!
2degrees

Thats ok! You don't have to offer the iPhone handset as such, but PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE give a decent alternative "plan" to use an iPhone on. We can at least then buy a handset outright and have something decent to look forward to...