muttys said:

Hi, My fiance just arrived from OZ and is going to get an iPhone. I am on vodafone with my work contract, so probably going to get one on Vodafone for her too.

I am just wondering if we are better off getting it on an iPhone plan, with the subsidy, or buying it outright and then using it on prepay? Of course it depends on her usage, but she is a pretty high data user and I am not sure that the 250megs on the iPhone plan is going to be enough for her, and we can get 200megs for only $20 per month on prepay.

What are people's thoughts on this ?

thanks.

I just signed my wife up for a VF iPhone $40 month plan and both of us have received a $75 credit on each of our accounts, it's a special they have going at the moment called "refer a friend" and family members are eligible!

I figure the iPhone $40 plan is good value, I calculated that my wife was spending nearly $40 month in prepay anyway, so she'll still be spending that much on a plan (less the $75 credit), plus she gets the iPhone4 for only $619 (16GB, Smart1 plan) compared to paying $1123 outright from Apple. The only downside is being locked into the plan for 24 months, but that's acceptable for us…time flies when you're having fun on your iPhone!

Regarding the 250MB data, I do a fair bit of emailing, web surfing, & downloading during the month and not once in 12 months on my iPhone plan have I gone over 250megs. All depends on the user and what they are downloading I suppose, if it's movies & music than you will chew through data heaps quicker, best to download that stuff when you are home on your wi-fi connection methinks.