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Information Technology News Vodafone officially announces Australian iPhone prices - leak was accurate
Information Technology News Vodafone officially announces Australian iPhone prices - leak was accurate | Vodafone officially announces Australian iPhone prices - leak was accurate |
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| by Adam Turner | |
| Thursday, 10 July 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 Optus
and Vodafone are offering iPhone users between 100MB and 1GB of data
per month, but Telstra is yet to release such details.Featured Whitepaper
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Telstra's PR spokesman has indicated that Telstra may not release details of data plans until as late as Friday morning, which means customers may not know what they're signing up for until they actually get to the counter. Vodafone's Australian iPhone plans reduce the pressure on Telstra to improve its data offering. Telstra also has an advantage over its rivals in that the Next G network is the only Australian mobile phone network that will offer iPhone users fast download speeds throughout the country. Optus and Vodafone's high-speed coverage will soon come close to that offered by Telstra's Next G, but the national Next G network operates in the 850MHz frequency band while Optus and Vodafone use 2100MHz in the cities and 900MHz in regional areas. The new iPhone 3G only supports 850, 1900 and 2100MHz which means, outside the cities, Optus and Vodafone users won't be able to use 3G and will fall back on painfully slow, dial-up-like GPRS data speeds. There is also speculation that iPhones on Next G may not offer full data speeds in regional areas . FIRST iPHONE 3G PICS: iPhone 3G v iPhone v iPod touch OPINION: Telstra iPhone data plans - expect nothing and you won't be disappointed |
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