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Forum The Water Cooler The REAL cost of a "free" iphone

The REAL cost of a "free" iphone
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11:56 am
04/10/12


suigeneris

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Currently use my iphone 4 on contract with vodafone – plan is $40/month and I get 2 G data. Looking at their website if i pick up a "free" iphone on a plan it will cost me $120 per month. A difference of $80 per month on my current plan. Total additional cost of iphone 5 over 24 months = $1920. ie I will pay $871 more for my iphone 5 than if I buy it outright from apple and just continue with my current plan with voda. It pays to do the maths!

1:14 pm
09/10/12


kiwiadventure

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Telcos don't like people like you. CoolI worked this out 4 years. Wink Once you are tied into a contract you cannot change companies once better deals are offered. 2Degrees is where I put my money as they took on the big three Telcos in NZ now look at the deals.

7:10 am
10/10/12


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"the real cost of a free phone"?? Well of course you'll be paying $80 per month more than the current plan, but you will also be gaining extra mins and data.

so if those extra's are going to be used they would count towards the value of the more expensive plan.

but if you arent going to use them then YES going to a $120 plan for 2 years just to get a free phone is plain stoopid.

 

choose a plan based on whats included not how much discount it gives you on a phone.

12:05 pm
10/10/12


suigeneris

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clintnz said:

"the real cost of a free phone"?? Well of course you'll be paying $80 per month more than the current plan, but you will also be gaining extra mins and data.

so if those extra's are going to be used they would count towards the value of the more expensive plan.

but if you arent going to use them then YES going to a $120 plan for 2 years just to get a free phone is plain stoopid.

 

choose a plan based on whats included not how much discount it gives you on a phone.

actually the data and minutes are identical to my current plan – so $80 more and no more minutes or data. for my extra $80 per month! it is a legacy plan that is no longer offered.

5:59 pm
11/10/12


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Its pretty bad.

I got a ph call just before the iPhone 5 release from Vodafone telling me that they put aside a phone for me if I wanted to change to a new plan. (The iPhone would only be held for me if I got a $100+ plan)

My current plan = $61ish a month for 3gig, 60 mins, 2500txt and 1000pxt.
New plan = $100 a month for 2gig, 300mins, 2500txt and 0pxt.

Since I have had my phone I have NEVER used all 60mins or 2500 txts and send the odd pxt to a non-iPhone phone.

Vodafone is effectively saying to me "You give us an extra $40 a month and we will take away 1 gig of data from you). I was pretty insulted t.b.h and actually got a call back later in the day telling me I should have been offered an extra gig on top of the 2gig to equal my current plan.

Still, Its a SMART phone.
I use Skype, Viber, Tango and even Ventrilo for voice so mins are not a big deal. iMessage, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and so on for txting…

If they had offered MORE data but less txts I may have considered the plan, hell, they could have halved my mins as well… 

But they didn't, which caused me to look at other providers and I have found out I can get my current 'plan' on 2Degrees Pre-Pay for pretty much 1/2 what I'm paying now. 
It even works out that I would save close to $900 (over a 24 month period) if I buy the phone from Apple and move to 2Degrees rather than change to a Vodafone plan and receive the handset discount.

8:47 pm
01/03/13


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