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Fuzzy Logic Optus iPhone 3G pricing leak - plus Vodafone and Optus only offering GPRS for rural iPhone 3Gs?
Fuzzy Logic Optus iPhone 3G pricing leak - plus Vodafone and Optus only offering GPRS for rural iPhone 3Gs? | Optus iPhone 3G pricing leak - plus Vodafone and Optus only offering GPRS for rural iPhone 3Gs? |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Wednesday, 11 June 2008 | |
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Page 4 of 5 Well, one reason is because I have friends living 45 minutes from Cairns that would love to buy the iPhone, and only Next G has decent coverage where they live for high speed data (using an additional antenna), although whether the iPhone 3G would need any additional antennas to work out there for voice is yet to be determined. Featured Whitepaper
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Such a hefty chunk of data – at the very, very least 1GB – would immediately make all their other data plans look even more ridiculously expensive than they already are, especially if Telstra iPhone plans were priced similarly to the Optus leak. Of course, Telstra is completely shameless when it comes to pricing and would likely not flinch for a moment in selling the iPhone 3G with lots of included data because the iPhone 3G can’t be tethered to a computer, thus limiting its use as a 3G wireless broadband modem for laptops, something most other phones can do very easily. But it would still make Telstra’s other data plans look bad, and hey, if they want to make themselves look bad in front of Australians, then good! More people will ask Telstra why they charge so much, and more customer pressure might actually get Telstra to do something radical, like drop their damned prices. Of course, I am hearing the violins right now coming from perennial, eternal and unashamed Telstra cheerleader Sydney Lawrence, who will be a) probably pleased to be mentioned in an article and b) quick to defend Telstra’s right to make a profit, and as big a profit as they want if people are willing to pay. And you know what? I’m a capitalist, not some commie socialist. Telstra can make as much money as it wants, I'm all for it! But I’m also a realist. High prices are bad for consumers, especially in rural and regional Australia, who need services like Next G the most, especially when their choices for voice and data are so limited in comparison with their metropolitan brothers and sisters. While I’ll defend to the death Telstra’s right to charge what it likes, it won’t stop me from hassling them as much as is humanly possible to be realistic about pricing, so more Australians can take advantage of what is unquestionably the best and fastest network in Australia. More customers means more money. Some might argue, but servicing more customers at lower prices while still making a good profit is better than fewer customers at higher prices, because more people benefit. And if life is about anything, it’s about people and living with them, not being selfish and only living for yourself. But like I said, even if Telstra announce the iPhone, it may well come with a great amount of data, but it’ll probably still be the most expensive iPhone plan in Australia due to Next G’s range. So, what might Telstra launch if they don’t launch an iPhone? Please read onto page 5. |
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