{"id":41767,"date":"2012-01-26T22:58:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T20:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=41767"},"modified":"2012-01-26T22:59:33","modified_gmt":"2012-01-26T20:59:33","slug":"iphone-44s-contract-deals-compared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/41767-iphone-44s-contract-deals-compared.html","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 4\/4S contract deals compared"},"content":{"rendered":"

The iPhone 4S launched in South Africa on 16 December 2011, with Vodacom<\/a> and MTN<\/a>, the two largest cellular networks, offering the device on various contracts.<\/p>\n

Stocks of the devices seem to be running dry however, with potential customers eager to get their hands on Apple\u2019s<\/a> latest smartphone reporting<\/a> that stores are telling them it would take weeks before the next batch becomes available.<\/p>\n

This hasn\u2019t stopped the networks from advertising the popular smartphone and the table below shows the various deals on offer by the networks and service providers.<\/p>\n

The deals are ranked by their monthly price, so those interested in getting their name on the waiting lists can look at which deal appeals the most.<\/p>\n

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iPhone contract pricing comparison<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Contract<\/th>\nDevice<\/th>\nPrice\/month<\/th>\nExtras<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN AnyTime 100<\/td>\niPhone 4 8GB<\/td>\n269.0<\/td>\n150MBx24, 25 SMSes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom Business Call<\/td>\niPhone 4S 16GB<\/td>\n299.0<\/td>\n100MBx24, 20×24 weekend minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom Business Call<\/td>\niPhone 4S 32GB<\/td>\n399.0<\/td>\n100MBx24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom iPhone Everyday Off-Peak<\/td>\niPhone 4S 16GB<\/td>\n399.0<\/td>\n250MBx24, 120×24 off-peak minutes, 50×24 SMSes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN AnyTime 200<\/td>\niPhone 4S 16GB<\/td>\n499.0<\/td>\n250MBx24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom Business Call<\/td>\niPhone 4S 64GB<\/td>\n499.0<\/td>\n100MBx24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom iPhone 120<\/td>\niPhone 4S 16GB<\/td>\n499.0<\/td>\n500MBx24, 120×24 Anytime minutes, 100×24 SMSes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN AnyTime 350<\/td>\niPhone 4S 32GB<\/td>\n649.0<\/td>\n250MBx24, 50 SMSes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN AnyTime 500 (from Nashua Mobile)<\/td>\niPhone 4S 32GB<\/td>\n789.0<\/td>\n250MB \u201cApple bundle\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN Anytime 500<\/td>\niPhone 4S 64GB<\/td>\n819.0<\/td>\n250MBx24, 50 SMSes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
All contracts are 24 months<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

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With the launch of the iPhone 4S in South Africa, we compare contract deals from the service providers offering the device<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":35272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,29],"tags":[605,35,1125,5888,5170],"class_list":["post-41767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","category-gadgets","tag-apple","tag-headline","tag-iphone","tag-iphone-4","tag-iphone-4s"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41769,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41767\/revisions\/41769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}