iPhone 4 launch confirmed by MTN

Synaesthesia said:
I knew it! Now Cell C must just get in on the act.
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If nothing else this will help drive the price of the handset down, IMHO, as MTN has historically maintained lower handset price points when compared to Vodacom.

Vodacom losing its exclusivity is however not such a big deal as it is for Carriers in other countries, like the US, as our iPhones (and most other phones) are not carrier locked. I used an iPhone from Vodacom on MTN for a long time.

I am more looking forward to the impending "offer war", as it were. I mean, come on, 350mb of bundled data on a device where any worthwhile app weighs in at over 15mb? And lets not even touch on youtube etc. I believe the carrier who comes to the party with a unlimited data offering, much in line with Blackberry BIS, is going to come out the clear winner in this fight!
 
The iPhone 4 will still cost more than the Galaxy S, it's a more expensive phone overall. As for unlimited data, yeah I don't think that's happening any time soon unfortunately. You don't even get it in the US anymore with AT&T.
 
The only reason they can offer unlimited data on blackberry is because the browser and apps are seriously lame.
 
Hugo_ZA said:
If nothing else this will help drive the price of the handset down, IMHO, as MTN has historically maintained lower handset price points when compared to Vodacom.

Vodacom losing its exclusivity is however not such a big deal as it is for Carriers in other countries, like the US, as our iPhones (and most other phones) are not carrier locked. I used an iPhone from Vodacom on MTN for a long time.

I am more looking forward to the impending "offer war", as it were. I mean, come on, 350mb of bundled data on a device where any worthwhile app weighs in at over 15mb? And lets not even touch on youtube etc. I believe the carrier who comes to the party with a unlimited data offering, much in line with Blackberry BIS, is going to come out the clear winner in this fight!
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Unlimited with "FUP" ofc :)
 
Hopefully we will now see the networks trying to undercut each other.

biltonguy said:
The only reason they can offer unlimited data on blackberry is because the browser and apps are seriously lame.
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Nah its cause everything goes through a fat pipe that has already been paid for to Europe like a VPN.

L2Internets
 
bleh69 said:
its still a sweet phone.
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a Fan boi would say that :P How do you release a phone like this, with a serious defect like touching part of the phone causes you to lose signal...just like the there iPhones, great apps, but ****ty specs.

Anyone get the mail from Apple when it was release announcing the phone. Was classic, they had a catch phrase on the one part that said something to the effect of "Video calling for the first time on a phone" ...I nearly fell off my chair laughing. Sure that works with the dumb yanks, but hey. 2 days later it was gone, but it was still a good laugh.
 
Hugo_ZA said:
If nothing else this will help drive the price of the handset down, IMHO, as MTN has historically maintained lower handset price points when compared to Vodacom.

Vodacom losing its exclusivity is however not such a big deal as it is for Carriers in other countries, like the US, as our iPhones (and most other phones) are not carrier locked. I used an iPhone from Vodacom on MTN for a long time.

I am more looking forward to the impending "offer war", as it were. I mean, come on, 350mb of bundled data on a device where any worthwhile app weighs in at over 15mb? And lets not even touch on youtube etc. I believe the carrier who comes to the party with a unlimited data offering, much in line with Blackberry BIS, is going to come out the clear winner in this fight!
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+1

I agree although i don't see it happening...
 
Ill be waiting for Vodacom to bring it out, NO way I would switch just to get it cheaper or sooner!!
 
Linoman said:
Please go back under the bridge
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What he said is pretty much true. You don't really get big, fancy apps like the iPhone. The browser is way less capable, only now with OS 6 are they getting a decent, webkit-powered browser.
 
The black berry service is heavily compressed,in fact I have heard that the average user on the BBS only uses like 6mb a month because it has such good compression. The iphone 4 may have had problems but they have been fixed,Apple are not perfect! I have had enough of having to hear about their mistake,yes they did try make out like it was not a big deal and yes they are stupid but its fixed and the phone is actually great!

You use an iphone for a month and try go back to something else,they make good phones! Call me an apple fan boi,do what you want but I think they make the best phones on the market and if I could give everyone one I would!Give me everything an iphone has and put it on a Samsung and I will buy the samsung but until then I am a so called apple fan boy.

I also like Windows 7....Microsoft fan boy aswell?
 
UnUnOctium said:
Now MTN clients will only be able to get reception when they are within 20 m of the base station :p
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You have obviously been living under a rock. Now the media hype has died down, and extended real-life tests have been done, the October edition of T3 magazine (UK) says that the issue was "grossly overstated", and that their test unit of their iPhone 4 has never dropped a call, not one, no matter how they hold the phone. It has also shown better reception than most other phones they have tested, and in their top 5 smart-phone listings, the iPhone 4 is firmly in first position.
 
surfs-up said:
You have obviously been living under a rock. Now the media hype has died down, and extended real-life tests have been done, the October edition of T3 magazine (UK) says that the issue was "grossly overstated", and that their test unit of their iPhone 4 has never dropped a call, not one, no matter how they hold the phone. It has also shown better reception than most other phones they have tested, and in their top 5 smart-phone listings, the iPhone 4 is firmly in first position.
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Finally,Someone on this forum that actually knows what's going on!

I thank you!
 
biltonguy said:
The only reason they can offer unlimited data on blackberry is because the browser and apps are seriously lame.
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So much value in that post I'm blowing chunks at it! :rolleyes:

BazDaddy said:
Ill be waiting for Vodacom to bring it out, NO way I would switch just to get it cheaper or sooner!!
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Fanboi on two fronts?
That'd make me suicidal.
 
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