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  1. 22nd June 2009, 09:27 AM #1
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    Default Official: Optus 3GS plans and pricing (+ possible upgrades)

    https://personal.optus.com.au/web/oc...&site=personal
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    Here are the plans:



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    This is disappointing. I thought the 32GB and 16GB were going to keep the same price points as the old 16GB and 8GB. That what Apple had announced.
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    Bloody expensive! Lol
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    Not overly impressed - only a maximum $4/month drop on the current prices for the equivalent phones, sometimes as low as $1.

    Pretty ordinary given the US price drops and the AUD's strength against the USD.
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    Quote Originally Posted by manooka View Post
    This is disappointing. I thought the 32GB and 16GB were going to keep the same price points as the old 16GB and 8GB. That what Apple had announced.
    Yes that's what Apple wants, but you have to consider the exchange rate. Last year it's 1:.98 now it's 1: .80 for our currency.
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    I wonder when Vodafone will come out with the prices. I wonder why we can't just pre order online like they did in the US & UK
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    So I guess this proves once and for all that the "leaked" plans were fake.
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    I'm looking at the 16GB 3GS - if I get it on the $19 plan for two years, the total cost/month (with handset repayments) is $46 ($19 + $27)

    On the $49 plan, it's $62 ($49 + $13).

    How stupid!
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  10. 22nd June 2009, 09:48 AM #10
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    got no interest in this shitty network, I despised them and their inconsistency for the last 6 months, bring on July 11 when I leave em.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mcargy08 View Post
    Yes that's what Apple wants, but you have to consider the exchange rate. Last year it's 1:.98 now it's 1: .80 for our currency.
    Yes, that is what resulted in the $4/month hikes they brought in in the middle of the year, effectively lifting the handset price for new subscribers by $50-$100 (10-20% of the subsidised price). That was when the AUD was buying $0.60 USD, whereas it is now back up to USD $0.80 (I doubt they would have been pricing at USD $0.98).

    These new prices absolutely don't reflect the price drops in the US or the current conversion rates. Unless the other carriers are much more punitive than this, the incentive to stay with Optus is rapidly disappearing.
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    Wow that's pricy! No Pre-Paid options?
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    Quote Originally Posted by mcargy08 View Post
    Yes that's what Apple wants, but you have to consider the exchange rate. Last year it's 1:.98 now it's 1: .80 for our currency.
    But if you are in a 2 year contract the exchange rate will vary over that time. They shouldn't have to hike the prices just because of the current rate. If Apple says the prices are the same, it should be the same. Everywhere.
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    I'm waiting for NeoRicen to go to work on these and tell us all exactly how bad a rip off it is.
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    Looks like I will sit this one out, save my pennies for June 2010.

    I am on a $39+12 for a 16GB at the moment, dont really want to spend more and dont really see the point in a 16GB 3GS over a 16GB 3G

    No info on what you get with each plan either??

    Last year there were 2 different plan sets, the Iphone "yes" plans and the "yes" cap plans or such, seems there is only one this time
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    $1140 for the 32GB 3G S. Hmm...
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    $1,140 for 32GB iPhone 3G S if you get the cheapest plan over 12 months instead of being able to get it pre-paid. If I can't get it somewhere cheaper than this pre-paid on launch I'll be pretty disappointed
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    I'm probably just going to do the 32Gb model, over 12 months, and forget about the new sim.

    Question however.

    Am I able to put my Optus account say, $1140 in the green, then basically forget about it until next year? Will that work?
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  19. 22nd June 2009, 10:13 AM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by Goodbye View Post
    I'm looking at the 16GB 3GS - if I get it on the $19 plan for two years, the total cost/month (with handset repayments) is $46 ($19 + $27)

    On the $49 plan, it's $62 ($49 + $13).

    How stupid!
    Why is that stupid? You get more call value on the more expensive plan.
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    If this follows last years trend, Virgin will be the same price point but more value in their caps. Its not that bad...the 24 month, $59 plan works out to be cheaper for a 32GB handset than that $74 I'm paying Virgin for a 16GB. I've also found I'm not using the full data and phone cap so could probably survive on the $59 cap.

    So all in all, its not cheap but it could be a whole lot worse...
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