Launching November 11
After a short but agonising wait, Apple has confirmed this morning that the iPhone 4S will launch in New Zealand on November 11th with pre-orders opening November 4th. Pricing has also been confirmed with the 16GB model priced at $1,049, the 32GB model at $1,199 and the 64GB at $1,349. Keep reading for the full press release.
iPhone 4S Arrives in New Zealand on 11 November
Pre-Orders Begin November 4AUCKLAND, New Zealand – 2 November, 2011 – Apple® today announced that iPhone® 4S, the most amazing iPhone yet, will be available in New Zealand and 14 additional countries on Friday, 11 November. Customers will be able to pre-order iPhone 4S beginning on Friday, 4 November.*
iPhone 4S is packed with incredible new features including Apple’s dual-core A5 chip for blazing fast performance and stunning graphics; an all new camera with advanced optics; full 1080p HD resolution video recording; and Siri™, an intelligent assistant that helps you get things done just by asking.
Beginning Friday, 11 November, iPhone 4S will be available in Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Malta, Montenegro, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania and South Korea. iPhone 4S is available today in 29 countries around the world and will be available in more than 70 countries by the end of the year.
iPhone 4S comes in either black or white for a recommended retail price of NZD$1,049 inc GST for the 16GB model, NZD$1,199 inc GST for the 32GB model and NZD$1,349 inc GST for the new 64GB model. iPhone 4S is sold through the Apple Online Store and select Apple Authorised Resellers. iPhone 4 is available for just RRP NZD$899 inc GST and iPhone 3GS is available for RRP NZD$599 inc GST.
*Pre-orders not available in Albania, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malta, Montenegro and Panama.
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So… now that you know pricing and availability, what’s your game plan? Share with us in the comments!
At last it is here.
(alopes has made 71 comments)
About time to! It only launched in the US a mere 18 days ago but it feels like NZ has been waiting months.
The online pre orders will no doubt have a 1-2 week ship time, so the question is……where will it be on launch day……..and how will Vodafone screw this one up.
(Paul has made 337 comments)
@paul thats a sure fire thing voda will stuff up
(@Marvin_nz has made 26 comments)
LOL @Paul for the voda comment:-) Bad reputation will take a long time to recover from – another thing I will be interested in is to see what functionality SIRI will bring here in NZ – especially since it is still not listed on the NZ iPhone 4s page as a feature.
(jeffwk has made 16 comments)
@ jeffwk:
I have an Aussie imported 4S. I’m from the UK so obviously do not have a real kiwi accent and Siri works great. My wife has a slight Kiwi accent and Siri again works fine. Not sure how it will cope with your “fush and chups” kiwi’s though.
The “Find me Italian restaurants near me” type requests do not work, but they do not work anywhere in the world aside from the US. Siri will say “i can only search for businesses in the U.S.”
(Paul has made 337 comments)
@jeffwk and @paul i was using Siri with a kiwi accent and it works fine no probs at all . and remembering siri is only beta anyway and is not listed as an NZ product i was very impressed with how well it worked here .
(@Marvin_nz has made 26 comments)
@Marvin_nz wrote:
It’s pretty scary how accurate it is already and it’s early days and only going to get better!
(Paul has made 337 comments)
Does anyone know if Telecom will be getting it this time around? Or will we be stuck with vodafail and their poor handset discounts??
(sinister1981 has made 9 comments)
@sinister1981 we would all like to know that one ..
(@Marvin_nz has made 26 comments)
sinister1981 wrote:
Until we hear different we have to assume Voda are still the only NZ official carrier. If that is the case as with the iPhone 4, any launch day handsets they get will probably only be available to new customers or current customers upgrading and renewing. Of course you can still run your iPhone on other networks by getting one from Apple online etc.
Hopefully the telco’s will confirm details in the next few days.
(Paul has made 337 comments)
@ Paul:
Hi there could you tell me if you had to pay customs on your australian imported iPhone 4S? I am wondering whether I should cancel mine and wait for the NZ launch… :-/ can’t wait lol
(Yaman_NZ has made 184 comments)
@yaman_nz one way to get round it is to get is sent as a present .. get who ever sends it to you wrapped up with a card . ( i can confirm this works )
(@Marvin_nz has made 26 comments)
The 64g is cheaper without gst in NZ than Australia and in the USA without sales tax is only $112.00 dearer. NZ gets a good price from Apple.
Siri will work fine as I’m also picked as an Australian when over seas.
(kiwiadventure has made 66 comments)
Think I’ll pre-order on Friday, as much as I’d like to wait in line and get one I don’t trust Vodafone to have enough stock!
(WaterGoblin has made 22 comments)
Awesome! Can’t wait! Do preorders normally get closed if the demand is high?
(Jiriteach has made 1 comment)
It would be good to know official carrier(s) plans prior to the presale but guess can order then cancel. Cripes who am I kidding, Vodafail will no doubt be drafting an announcement of an announcement to announce the iPhone 4S on November 20th (yes that is late)
(camtab has made 480 comments)
Wrapped with a card… and what about declaring what it is? I don’t want my brother to lie about the contents of the package… can he just say a present without declaring it an iphone? like leave it blank? or doesn’t matter even if it’s an iPhone? Sorry for hassle lol and thanks for help! @ @Marvin_nz:
(Yaman_NZ has made 184 comments)
@ Paul: Yeah, I bought my last one from the Apple store because vodafails contracts were so bad at the time, it has been on Telecom prepay since the day I had it. Telecom’s contracts are actually becoming pretty good now so, it would be nice to be able to sign into a contract and pick up some sort of handset subsidy. They just need to supply the phone that I want….. Here’s to hoping!
(sinister1981 has made 9 comments)
@ Jiriteach:
No not in NZ. My iPad 2 arrived within the week of sales opening.
(kiwiadventure has made 66 comments)
@ Yaman_NZ:
I had a friend bring my 2 in to NZ when he flew in. As I understand it yes you will be charged GST but worse than that customs will hold it until they “get round” to doing the paperwork. They held my iPad 2 for 4 days. As Marvin said to minimize the risk of customs flagging it and charging GST you should have it marked as a gift etc. this may or may not work.
(Paul has made 337 comments)