The Official 3G Iphone Thread

[JK8]

OMG!

"iPhone 3G will be available in the US on July 11 for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) for the 8GB model and $299 (US) for the 16GB model in both Apple and AT&T’s retail stores and requires a new two year contract with AT&T for qualifying customers. iPhone 2.0 software will be available on July 11 as a free software update via iTunes® 7.7 or later for all iPhone customers. For further information about iPhone 3G pricing and availability in the US and internationally, visit www.apple.com/iphone."

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/06/09iphone.html

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Cellular/4075.html

"The crowd cheered when Jobs announced the iPhone 3G will sell for 199 dollars with eight gigabytes of memory. Apple will charge 299 dollars for a Where does it say anything about contracts

See it now?

 

[Swift-wp]

FFS!!!!!!!!! What part of the $199 and $299 is the amount you have to pay in for the 24 month contract don't you understand?

 

[Dovi]

South African App. Store is online

 

[d0b33]

FFS!!!!!!!!! What part of the $199 and $299 is the amount you have to pay in for the 24 month contract don't you understand?

LMAO some people are just thick, it's hopeless.

 

[Keeper]

But I thought when the black market importers were buying the first iPhone for $599 or whatever that it was without contracts - and that steve said "twice as fast, half the price"

 

[d0b33]

But I thought when the black market importers were buying the first iPhone for $599 or whatever that it was without contracts - and that steve said "twice as fast, half the price"

Yes but it was a bricked iPhone you had to activate it with iTunes at home but Apple will be putting an end to this it seems.
The iPhone1 was $399 directly from Apple but the black market traders added another $100 for those who could not purchase it from the US Apple store directly (non US residents).

So the black market traders will probably be adding $200 now since there is no alternative but to take out a contract or prepaid agreement.

 

[Pooky]

Yes but it was a bricked iPhone you had to activate it with iTunes at home but Apple will be putting an end to this it seems.
The iPhone1 was $399 directly from Apple but the black market traders added another $100 for those who could not purchase it from the US Apple store directly (non US residents).

So the black market traders will probably be adding $200 now since there is no alternative but to take out a contract or prepaid agreement.

How will they get it though since it has to be activated in store?

 

[d0b33]

How will they get it though since it has to be activated in store?

lol it's the "black market" they can get hold of anything

...but seriously I don't know either, if they do get hold of them I doubt it will be cheaper than the prepaid options we'll have here.(by much at least)

 

[gboy]

well we will see in a few hours, we will see it on amazon

 

[Swift-wp]

Looks like like news24 has its story wrong as well.

"Apple will sell iPhone 3G models in the United States for $199 and $299, depending on memory capacity. The original eight-gigabyte iPhone was priced at $600 when it debuted in June last year."

 

[ToxicBunny]

Ras...

Sorry, I'm getting tired of this person spamming their site.

 

[adamr]

http://www.cacell.co.za/apple-iphone-16gb-p-615.html?cPath=29

talk about ridiculous ... waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off from steve jobs price ... lol!!!! ...
R17000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .... what are thee guys smoking ...

 

[OutOfTheBox]

Tip.

If you connect pin3 and 7 of the charger port to the red and black wire of a PC power supply you will no longer have to pay for any calls.People will not see you carrying one and they won't wonder why you would pay tomorrows money for yesterdays technology.

A win win situation, is there a prize for best tip ?

 

[Pooky]

http://www.cacell.co.za/apple-iphone-16gb-p-615.html?cPath=29

talk about ridiculous ... waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay off from steve jobs price ... lol!!!! ...
R17000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .... what are thee guys smoking ...

Oooh yeah that's so cheap I'm gonna buy 5!

 

[d0b33]

Looks like people are indeed only paying $199 for the iPhone without a contract and asked to activate when they get home since Apple's activation servers are down, now is the time to get one!

This is just a rumour btw but the activation servers are down.

 

[PeterCH]

Looks like people are indeed only paying $199 for the iPhone without a contract and asked to activate when they get home since Apple's activation servers are down, now is the time to get one!

This is just a rumour btw but the activation servers are down.

They are partly activated by the Staff at stores according to the /. writeup.
The phones are still locked and useless without the activation.

Apple will no doubt fix their servers by tomorrow.

 

[ICE-VaPa]

I spoke to an MTN outlet in Lonehill, The guy there said that MTN will be selling the iPhone 3g come end of July. Can anyone confirm this? I initially thought it was only Vodacom? He didn't even flinch.

 

[Dovi]

Any update on an SA release date yet ?

 

[Reptile2025]

According to http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Cellular/4456.html
Maybe end July

 

[Artagra]

A couple of points:

1. MTN is not going to cell the iPhone 3g any time soon. If someone tells you that, they are lying / ill informed.

2. Activation and signing a contract are independent of each other. Both in the US and in SA you can sign a contract, and even see the first payment go off your account, before receiving your phone. Have you ever got a contract with a phone that was in stock, but not at the store where you where at? I have - what happens is you sign the contract etc, and then they courier the phone to you / let you know when it's ready for collection. With the activation servers being down, people have still been signing contracts and handing over account information, having credit checks, etc. Activation servers being down does not equal contract free phones. AT&T is not that stupid. Apple is *definitely* not that stupid.