French and German carriers release iPhone pricing (Update: and Italy's, too)
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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Heads up, mimes, and er... strudels: the iPhone 3G S pricing for France and Germany has been released! One of France's providers, Orange,...
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I don't understand, in Italy will sell unlocked ?
June 17 2009 at 5:52 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replyyes of course, but with really expensive prices....
June 17 2009 at 6:21 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThat 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.
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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Hello, Australia here. Is there anybody out there with iPhone pricing?
June 16 2009 at 7:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyAny 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...).
June 16 2009 at 5:50 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTrinkenSie,
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
Is there a known legal way to buy an unlocked unit yet?
Italy and Belgium will probably sell the IPhone 3GS unlocked.
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.
June 16 2009 at 4:10 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply“The cheapest monthly rate is EUR 24.95 + 129.95 EUR for the 16 GB or 249.95 EUR for the 32 GBâ€
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.
So.. what's your excuse now, AT&T?
June 16 2009 at 3:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTIM (Italy) on prepaid: €719 for the 32GB, €619 for the 16GB. Yikes.
http://bit.ly/L45mX
t-mobile germany rocks with $165 a month for two years
June 16 2009 at 3:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYeah, 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.
June 16 2009 at 4:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyPrice sounds OK for the first time with orange
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