Telstra has revealed the addition of almost one million new mobile services in the six months to December 2011, but Sensis revenues plummeted 24 percent in 12 months.
The prices are €499 for an 8GB iPhone 3G and €569 for a 16GB iPhone 3G.
That’s approx US $772 or AUD $823 for the 8GB iPhone, and approx US $880 or AUD $938!
So much for an iPhone at AUD $250.
A couple of MacRumors site readers note a 20% sales tax in Italy, and while ours in Austalia is only 10% we're still talking hundreds of dollars more for a pre-paid iPhone than one on contract.
Of course we don’t what Australian prices will be, but could they truly be that different?
We also still don’t know what Telstra or 3 Mobile will do in regards to selling the iPhone 3G. There’s still a chance they will make surprise announcements close to July 11.
We can also safely assume that the MacTalk.com.au announcements of a few weeks ago that the iPhone 3G would work on any network, without special unlocking software, are wrong, as Vodafone claims the pre-paid iPhone 3G will still be locked to its network.
Although how long will that locking process be for? Vodafone does allow any Vodafone-branded phones purchased in Australia to be unlocked at www.vodafone.com.au/unlock.
Could the iPhone 3G be unlockable sooner than we might expect, especially if you’ve paid nearly $1000 to secure your own?
News.com.au suggests the iPhone 3G plans in Australia could start “with a $49 cap and additional monthly data plans of between $5 and $15”... but with Apple, it’s hard to know anything.
July 11 can’t come soon enough to get all of these questions answered. 26 more sleeps to go!
David Bass
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