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Johannesburg - After much waiting and an Apple-appropriate level of secrecy, Vodacom has finally launched the iPhone and announced its pricing plans.
The phone which has been a best-seller across the globe is available from a number of retail outlets and service providers but they are likely to be in short supply in the immediate future.
Speaking at a media briefing on Tuesday, Vodacom's Chris Ross commented that the company had brought in an initial batch of 30 000 phones but that there had been more than 30 000 pre-bookings made through the Vodacom website.
Not all of these pre-bookings will turn into actual orders but it provides some indication of the pent up demand for this phone that has proved phenomenally popular internationally, with queues forming outside shops long after launch date.
The phone will be sold in SA on both contract and pre-paid. It is not network locked and will sell without a contract for R6 389 for the 8GB model and R7 569 for the 16GB model.
Vodacom is launching three packages for the phone - all of which include 100 SMSs, voice minutes and 250MB of data. The data allocation is in stark contrast with international operators that have typically thrown in high data caps to encourage people to use the internet abilities of the phone to its fullest extent.
Preliminary testing on a review unit seems to indicate that if you don't watch any YouTube videos or stream internet radio stations, customers should be able to easily stay inside the Vodacom data limit.
The packages cost R450 per month for 120 minutes with a pay-in of R2 189 for the 8GB and R3 299 for the 16GB at the low end.
The top package includes 500 minutes, costs R925 per month and requires a pay-in of R1 799 for the 8GB and R2 899 for the 16GB model.
- Fin24.com