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Pre-order iPhone
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Killer
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Cool, submited pre-order. 
Totally with you on that one... and sadly I think you're probably close to the truth.I'd love to pre-order, but any word on price?
If it's R3000 on a R800pm contract then no thanks
Anyone thinking of getting an iPhone, should read this article on The Register.
The Register said:
LCBXX
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How much?
Killer
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Vodacom disclaimer
$199 with a mandatory 2 year contract. In store activation only. So the loophole of buying it and "activating" at home has been closed. They have already reported pre-paid prices of EU500/570 8/16GB so expect the same type of prices here (well expect to pay more than just the exchange rate).
You can't do that anymore. It has to be activated in-store over there. In other words, you have to take out an AT&T contract, which will work out so expensive in the long run you may as well buy it here.
Anyway, I was hoping for a price on that site. I still plan on picking one up though, as I doubt it will be very expensive.
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Killer
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Read the disclaimer from Vodacom "Pre-register to this site does not constitute an offer by Vodacom Service Provider Company (Pty) Ltd nor does it guarantee stock availability."
Ou grote
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Noticed that, wonder what the point is then...
Killer
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Vodacom will contact you with price info when they have it and ask you if you are still interested in a contract.
Registering is almost like giving Vodacom an idea/figure of how many people are interested in the iPhone.
Registering is almost like giving Vodacom an idea/figure of how many people are interested in the iPhone.
pope24
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It won't cost more than the Rand equivilant of $199 on the cheapest contract. This is my prediction based on the O2 pricing in the UK.
Also I predict that the cheapest contract will less than R400 a month with "unlimited" email and web surfing. This is roughly what the blackberry is on Vodacom and there is no reason to believe that they will do anything different with the iPhone.
Vodacom actually want to sell these contracts and they will price it agressively.
I predict that it will be free on a iPhone 200 contract (Talk 200 + data) and a small pay in on a iPhone 100 contract (Talk 100 + data). The 16GB version will be free on the iPhone 500 contract.
Also I predict that the cheapest contract will less than R400 a month with "unlimited" email and web surfing. This is roughly what the blackberry is on Vodacom and there is no reason to believe that they will do anything different with the iPhone.
Vodacom actually want to sell these contracts and they will price it agressively.
I predict that it will be free on a iPhone 200 contract (Talk 200 + data) and a small pay in on a iPhone 100 contract (Talk 100 + data). The 16GB version will be free on the iPhone 500 contract.
I think this is optimistic - the iPhone is 3G capable and as a multimedia device one can burn many GB's per month. Blackberry is a different system and its multimedia usability is limited which means people don’t really use much BW on the system...
I hope you are correct though!