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French and German carriers release iPhone pricing (Update: and Italy's, too)
Heads up, mimes, and er... strudels: the iPhone 3G S pricing for France and Germany has been released!
One of France's providers, Orange, plans to charge €229 ($318US) for the 32GB version and €149 ($206US) for the 16GB with a one-year minimum contract. The least expensive contract will cost €39 and last two years. Orange plans to open its Champs-Elysées store one minute past midnight on the day of release, which means the French will have their iPhones in hand a full 14 hours before the U.S.
Orange is also releasing a new data plan that has four hours of calling and unlimited e-mail and text messages, 60 TV channels and Internet access through 3G and WiFi at €52 per month, an imporvement over previous plans with fewer TV channels and unlimited texting only at certain times of day. Tethering will also be available at €9.90 per month for 200MB of traffic, or €29.90 for "unlimited service" that will be throttled once the user exceeds 1GB of data.
Germany's T-Mobile, in a similar approach to O2 in the UK, is pricing the iPhone 3G S at €1 for both models, but to get that price the customer must agree to a two year contract at €119.95 per month. The most expensive configuration at the outset is the 32GB phone at €249.95, but it will allow for cheaper contracts.
Orange's competitors, SFR and Bouygues Telecom, have not yet released pricing information. SFR plans to release the 3G S on June 24th, and Bouygues has not yet announced a date.
Update: Italy's provider, TIM, has also released their pricing scheme for prepaid plans: €719 for the 32GB phone and €619 for the 16GB. Thanks, antiorario!
[Via Macworld]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Erickgranger said 3:11PM on 6-16-2009
Price sounds OK for the first time with orange
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iceman said 3:19PM on 6-16-2009
t-mobile germany rocks with $165 a month for two years
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Tom said 4:15PM on 6-16-2009
Yeah, but you get unlimited minutes to all German landlines and mobile networks, 3000 SMS, 100 MMS, Internet flat rate (with throttling after 5 GB, though) and you can use all of T-Mobile WiFi hotspots.
antiorario said 3:34PM on 6-16-2009
TIM (Italy) on prepaid: €719 for the 32GB, €619 for the 16GB. Yikes.
http://bit.ly/L45mX
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Ed said 3:45PM on 6-16-2009
So.. what's your excuse now, AT&T?
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Philipp said 4:31PM on 6-16-2009
The prices for Germany are wrong. The cheapest monthly rate is EUR 24.95 + 129.95 EUR for the 16 GB or 249.95 EUR for the 32 GB. The phone prices get progressively cheaper the more expensive the plan you want gets.
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SIP said 9:34PM on 6-16-2009
“The cheapest monthly rate is EUR 24.95 + 129.95 EUR for the 16 GB or 249.95 EUR for the 32 GB”
In Sterling, that works out to: cheapest monthly rate of £21.08 + £109.75 for the 16GB or £211.10 for the 32GB
T-Mobile, there are call charges for all landline/mobile calls, SMS, MMS and a 200MB cap on HSDPA and no WiFi when out & about.
On O2, the cheapest monthly tariff is £29.38 + £184.98 for 16GB or £274.23 for 32GB.
I use a iPhone 2G (JB & unlocked) on my present network and pay £35pmth and never go above my free minutes/texts. If I wanted a similar (but less inclusive mins/txts) contract with O2, I would need to go to the 2nd tier, monthly tariff of £34.26 + £184.98 or £34.26 + £274.23. Over 18 months, the total costs would be:
16 GB 3G(S) (Incl MINS/SMS)
29.38*18 = 528.84 + 184.98 = 713.82 (75/125)
34.26*18 = 616.68 + 184.98 = 801.66 (600/500)
32 GB 3G(S)
29.38*18 = 528.84 + 274.23 = 803.07 (75/125)
34.26*18 = 616.68 + 274.23 = 890.91 (600/500)
PAYG 16GB = £440 32GB = £540
Think I’m going for the 32GB on PAYG.
ABL said 5:50PM on 6-16-2009
Is there a known legal way to buy an unlocked unit yet?
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JSchilders said 5:23AM on 6-17-2009
Italy and Belgium will probably sell the IPhone 3GS unlocked.
TrinkenSie said 5:50PM on 6-16-2009
Any news on how much tethering will run @ T-Mobile Germany. I am especially interested in a tethering option for the 3G (yeah, I'm not gonna upgrade...).
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Klemens said 6:19PM on 6-16-2009
TrinkenSie,
no tethering in Germany, read the footnotes on the T-Mobile site ("Die Nutzung des iPhone 3G und iPhone 3G S mit iPhone Software 3.0 als Modem (Tethering) wird derzeit nicht unterstützt und ist nicht Gegenstand des Vertrages.").
Also, yep, iPhone plans in Germany start as low as €25/month... check out this: http://www.t-mobile.de/iphone/tarife
bikeham said 7:07PM on 6-16-2009
Hello, Australia here. Is there anybody out there with iPhone pricing?
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valthewu said 1:57AM on 6-17-2009
in austria, orange asks for 69 € for the 16gb iphone, with a two year contract and 33,5 € per month plan, included are 1000 voiceminutes nationally, 400 minutes into the EU, 1000 text messages and 6gb internet traffic.
:-)
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Daniil said 5:53AM on 6-17-2009
I don't understand, in Italy will sell unlocked ?
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MrTFM said 6:21AM on 6-17-2009
yes of course, but with really expensive prices....
A B L said 12:11PM on 6-17-2009
That would account for the 700 odd Euros TIM is asking for (see previously posted link). But for someone who goes back and forth a lot btw the US and Europe, this may be the only way to legally use the phone on the AT&T network and Euro networks..... lots of dough though.