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International iPhone pricing guide

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 07:43 — Andy Space

 With all the furor over iPhone 3G prices and subscription costs, we're happy to find an invaluable resource for price-spotters, an international iPhone pricing guide.

We'd just set out to assemble one ourselves, which, given the nature of an international roll-out is harder than it looks, as so much of the small print in these deals is in languages foreign to us, turns out we didn't need to, as the venerable TUAW had the list already. So, we didn't know about it, and figure it could come in useful, and figured many others would find it of use.

One thing that is missing are details on WiFi access, which we understand varies from country to countru, with some potential customers complaining at the cost their carrier wants to charge.

We'd like to get on top of the WiFi and data plan charges, and need your help, partially to overcome any language barrier, so, please state the country and carrier you are talking about and kindly put information on WiFi and data offers in your country in the comments box below.

Meanwhile, here's the international guide from TUAW.


 Country Carrier Price (local currency) Data plan Contract term

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 USA AT&T $199/$299 $30/$45 2-years

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 Canada Rogers $199/$299 starting at $30 CAD 3-years

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 Australia Telstra $279 8GB/$399 16GB with $30 plan, free with $80 (8GB) or $100 (16 GB) month plan Rate varies depending on pre-paid/post-paid plan 2-years

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 Australia Optus Pre-paid: $729 8GB/$849 16GB / Post-Paid: No upfront fee, monthly handset repayment added to "yes cap" or "yes cap 3G" plan Varies according to pre or post-paid option and contract term 1 or 2 years

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 Australia Vodafone N/A N/A N/A

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 Austria ONE (Orange) €149 8 GB/€229 16 GB €10 a month 2-years

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 Austria T-Mobile starting at €1 N/A 2-years

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 Belgium Mobistar TBA TBA TBA

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 Denmark Telia DKK 1399 8GB / DKK 1999 16GB DKK 599 first six months, DKK 399 after that 6-months minimum

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 Finland Sonera €1 - €159 8 GB / €85 - €245 16 GB, pay as you go €429 8 GB and €519 16 GB €32 - €89.99 a month 2-years

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 France Orange €149 8 GB €199 16 GB new customers, €199 8 GB €249 existing customers €32 a month 2-years

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 Germany T-Mobile 1-€ - 169,95€ for 8 GB and 19,95€ - 249,95€ for 16GB, depending on rate plan Varies between 29,-€ and 89,-€ 2-years

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 Hong Kong Hutchison Telecom HK$2938 or free with HK$498 data plan HK$188 for 500MB data and voice or HK$498 for unlimited data 2-years

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 Ireland O2 €49 - €169 8 GB / €129 - €229 16 GB €45 - €100 18 months

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 Italy Vodafone €499 8 GB / €569 16 GB pre-paid, subsidized TBA TBA TBA

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 Italy Telecom Italia €499 8 GB / €569 16 GB pre-paid, subsidized TBA TBA TBA

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 Japan Softbank ¥23,040 / ¥34,560 ¥7280 unlimited data 2-years

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 Mexico Telcel TBA TBA TBA

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 Netherlands T-Mobile €1,00 - €79,95 for 8GB/ €19,95-€159,95 for 16GB depending on rate plan €29,95 - €64,95 2-years

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 New Zealand Vodafone N/A N/A N/A
           

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 Norway Netcom NOR 1 - NOR 1390 8 GB / NOR 890 - 2290 16 GB depending on plan NOR 399 - NOR 1099 1-year

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 Portugal Orange TBA TBA TBA

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 Spain Telefonica Rumored €99 8 GB/ €199 16 GB Rumored starting at €24 a month 2-years

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 Sweden TeliaSonera 1 kr - 2495 kr 8GB, depending on contract length and plan/ 795 kr - 2495 kr 16 GB depending on contract length and plan 299 kr - 859 kr a month 18 months or 2-years

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 Switzerland Swisscom CHF 99 - CHF 519 for 8 GB (depending on plan) / CHF 199 - CHF 619 for 16 GB depending on plan CHF 25 - CHF 55 or pay as you go. 2-years

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 Switzerland Orange TBA TBA 2-years

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 UK O2 Free with select tarrifs, ₤99 8GB or ₤159 16 GB Between ₤30 and ₤75 including voice and data 18 months

 

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Comments

austria just is way ahead of

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 08:14 — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

austria just is way ahead of all the others.
burn stupid german t-mobile to the ground!!!

o2 Ireland will (Finally)

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 08:18 — Gav (not verified)

o2 Ireland will (Finally) have Unlimited wifi with the 3G rollout

however the availability of it will be patchy at best (the nearest hotspot to me is 40 miles away)

Belgium iPhone

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 08:56 — targamac (not verified)

Belgium iPhone today announced at 525 euro (8GB model) and 615 euro (16GB model). Will be fully unlocked and not tied to monthly contract, can thus be used on any carrier.

Nice. Good price. Do you have

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 11:13 — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Nice. Good price.
Do you have to live in Belgium to be allowd to buy it?

If not, then I have an ide where I'm going to buy my iPhone
(I'm from Denmark, but I will not have Telia as my proviter)

As far as I understood,

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 15:30 — targamac (not verified)

As far as I understood, everybody can buy one, even people that do not live in Belgium.

O2 UK

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 08:57 — Chris (not verified)

Unlimited access to 9500 Wi-Fi access points included for free through 'BT Open Zone' and 'The Cloud'.

Unlimited 3G Data where available.

Way better map

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 09:13 — Frank T. (not verified)

Way better map here:

http://www.macblogz.com/worlmap

Here's the proper

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 09:14 — Frank T. (not verified)

Here's the proper link:

http://www.macblogz.com/worldmap

Switzerland Swisscom + Orange

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 09:14 — w (not verified)

orange = 1GB (all subscriptions)

Swisscom = 100MB - 1GB (small = 100MB, middle = 250MB, large = 1GB)

Official Swiss Orange pricing (press release)

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 23:35 — Aueua (not verified)

Here are the official iPhone price plans details for Orange Switzerland:

http://www.allo.ch/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=20115

Compared to Swisscom:

. minimum subscription is more expensive (44 vs. 25 Sfr.), but:
. iPhones cost slightly less;
. 50 Sfr. rebate if you bring back a working mobile phone;
. 1 GB data for all price plans;
. free SMS included;
. free converstation minutes included;
. international calls at swiss rates (no roaming charges) included.

In other words, Orange offers more than Swisscom at an acceptable price!

Cheers!
Aueua

South Africa?

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 09:21 — Nic (not verified)

You left out the 5th biggest mobile market in the world... South Africa....

South Africa?

Wed, 07/09/2008 - 00:16 — SomeBloke (not verified)

Does it matter? Telkom…uhhum…I mean Vodacom are going to offer it at a price that isn't even related to these. Plus they'll tie it in to a pathetically small and grossly expensive data plan.

Denmark

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 09:30 — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Denmark: Free Wi-Fi Hotspots (not that many of them though), 300 mb data included, additional data 1,25 DKK pr. mb, unlimited sms, 300 mins included, free calls to other telia customers and wired phones, additional minutes 0,99 DKK.
The only good thing about this is the ability to unlock after 6 months.

Denmark is not "6-months

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 09:43 — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

Denmark is not "6-months minimum" it's "6-months" you can't bind a privet person more then 6 months in Denmark.

And as posted before me only 300MB data, and no way to buy unlimited data.
But we get free sms and MMS .... looks like telia Denmark do not know what an iPhone can and can't do.

Mexico - TBA? Gimme a break

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 11:01 — malvenko (not verified)

I'm sure the ***holes from Telcel (national carrier) will screw us better than the Canadians or Italians.

Yay... way to go, Mexico.

I'm sure they don't want to disclose the price now to prevent complaints as of this moment.

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG, I LOVE

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 12:41 — 9to5Mac Noob (not verified)

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG, I LOVE iPhone News!!!!!!!

I can't wait until later today when MOAR iPhone news will be posted. I check for iPhone news on my iPhone when I am away from my Mac so that I don't miss ANY iPhone news. OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!11 I can't wait for breaking iPhone news. I love iPhone!!! and will pay whatever it costs to have one, those people complaining about higher rates in Canada and Italy should not be whining - if you can't afford it then too bad, you don't deserve one. I hope they raise the rates so fewer people will be able to afford it and, I can stay alone and unmolested by the unwashed masses while high above in my ivory tower.

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG, I LOVE iPhone News!!!!!!!1

Total cost

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 13:40 — Jon (not verified)

I mentioned on the TUAW thread (and maybe it'll get updated) but it would be super cool to have a column summing total cost of ownership over the life of the required contracts.

Up front purchase price is relatively unimportant in the grand scheme of things.

Austria

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 14:18 — ro (not verified)

I think there should be a column for the minimal total cost / month. Having said that, here are the details for Austria: (everything in euros and incl. tax)

One (Orange):
iPhone 8GB: 149
iPhone 16GB: 229

Voice plan: 10 until the end of the year, then 25. You get 1000 minutes to everywhere in Austira (we only pay for outgoing calls), after that 4000 minutes from One to One, after that 0.1 / minute.

iPhone pack: 14. you get 100 sms & 3 GB. after that 0.25 for sms

no activation fee (usually 49). order online and get 40 (new customer) or 20 (existing customer) bonus.

Minimal total cost/month: 24 for the first 6 months, then 39 euros.
contract length: 2 years.

no info about wifi hotspots.

T-Mobile:

iPhone: same as one.

plans:
39 euros: 1000 minutes everywhere, after that 0.25/ minute. 0.25 for sms. 3GB data. no activation fee. first 10,000 customers get it for 35/month

55 euros: 1000 minutes to other t-mobile, 1000 to land lines, 1000 to other wireless carriers. 1000 sms. 3GB. no activation fee. first 10,000 get it for 45 euros. prices after 1000 minutes / sms: 0.25 / minute. after 3GB: 0.1 / MB

total minimum cost / month: 39 euros. contract length 2 years.

no roll over minutes (one & t-mobile)

just too bad I recently moved to Montreal... I really get angry when I compare Austrian / Canadian prices...

Telcel Screws Us Again

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 14:55 — ChrisS (not verified)

http://www.telcel.com/iphone/planes.html

plans came out officially today. yep, Carlos Slim has his head stuck up his ass still. 150 meg of data..... 599 pesos (like 55 bucks).

GUILTY!

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 18:41 — steveballmer (not verified)

Apple is guilty of currency exchange fraud! Canadians pay more and EU member nations pay a premium just for this stupid phome!
WAKE UP PEOPLE!
The ZunePhone is coming soon!

Vodafone gouge citizens with OUTRAGEOUS priceplans

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 21:08 — PissedOffMatt (not verified)

$6000 to run your $199 iphone in NZ ... capped data ... disaster !

Vodafone NZ Plans

Tue, 07/08/2008 - 21:10 — PissedOffMatt (not verified)

http://www.vodafone.co.nz/iphone/plans.jsp

It's not Orange...

Wed, 07/09/2008 - 00:48 — jac (not verified)

.Portugal Orange

It's not Orange, it's Optimus. Orange doesn't even operate in Portugal.

Also, Vodafone will be selling iPhones too, and so will TMN.

For Swiss plans compared 1:1

Wed, 07/09/2008 - 01:49 — does it matter? (not verified)

For Swiss plans compared 1:1 inclusive total* cost of iphone *(subsided price plus 12 x monthly fee, resp plus 24 x monthly fee) -> http://www.20min.ch/grafik/iPhone.html (graphic is in German but me thinks quite straightforward...)

New Technology mobiles

Wed, 07/09/2008 - 05:53 — music world (not verified)

The human always use some technology for communication.Now a days the people use Latest Mobile Phones as a best communication equipment.

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