Orange Announces UK iPhone Pricing
UK wireless carrier Orange today revealed pricing plans for the iPhone, which will launch on the carrier on November 10th. iPhone pricing ranges from free with certain plan prices and term commitments up to 539 for the 32 GB iPhone 3GS on a contract-free pay as you go plan.
Monthly consumer plans begin at 29.36 for 150 minutes of talk time and 250 text messages. All plans include "unlimited" data mobile Internet browsing, which is actually defined in a footnote as 750 MB per month, significantly below the unofficial "soft" cap of 5 GB per month used by AT&T in the United States.
Orange's pricing structure is nearly identical to that of O2, which has been the exclusive iPhone carrier in the UK since the device's launch there in November 2007, although there are a few differences. Orange's entry-level offering is unmatched by O2 on a 24-month contract, and offers twice as many minutes and text messages as O2 on the entry-level 18-month contract. Orange is also offering a 122.34-per-month plan for 24 months carrying unlimited minutes and text messages as well as a small amount of European roaming minutes and data. On the flip side, however, O2 has not as yet appeared to employ caps on data usage.
Customers in countries such as the United States where the iPhone is currently offered exclusively through a single wireless carrier have been following the developments in the UK to see how pricing and other contract terms might be affected in countries where exclusive arrangements have been transitioning to multiple-carrier models.
Monthly consumer plans begin at 29.36 for 150 minutes of talk time and 250 text messages. All plans include "unlimited" data mobile Internet browsing, which is actually defined in a footnote as 750 MB per month, significantly below the unofficial "soft" cap of 5 GB per month used by AT&T in the United States.
Orange's pricing structure is nearly identical to that of O2, which has been the exclusive iPhone carrier in the UK since the device's launch there in November 2007, although there are a few differences. Orange's entry-level offering is unmatched by O2 on a 24-month contract, and offers twice as many minutes and text messages as O2 on the entry-level 18-month contract. Orange is also offering a 122.34-per-month plan for 24 months carrying unlimited minutes and text messages as well as a small amount of European roaming minutes and data. On the flip side, however, O2 has not as yet appeared to employ caps on data usage.
Customers in countries such as the United States where the iPhone is currently offered exclusively through a single wireless carrier have been following the developments in the UK to see how pricing and other contract terms might be affected in countries where exclusive arrangements have been transitioning to multiple-carrier models.
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(View all)30 months ago
Yikes. I'm guessing that it is rather easy to go through 750MB per month if you watch YouTube enough.
P-Worm
P-Worm
30 months ago
I dont understand there pay as you go pricing... how much will it cost me for a flaming pay as you go iphone.. none of this tarrif crap i just want a phone i can top up and use as normal.
Rubbish
Rubbish
30 months ago
Given O2's policy of 5GB/month, 0.75GB/month hardly counts as unlimited does it? If Orange calls it "unlimited" data access in an advert, everyone please report them to the Advertising Standards Authority, http://www.asa.org.uk
30 months ago
So it's unlimited, up to a certain limit?
Who's going to fall for that?
Many more people than you think, will only be in the small print.
30 months ago
Yikes. I'm guessing that it is rather easy to go through 750MB per month if you watch YouTube enough.
P-Worm
the US has a cap????
30 months ago
Well I was hoping for a little more competition in the marketplace, but I guess not.
I'm currently an O2 PAYG customer and was hoping to get a better deal on Orange PAYG.
Currently I get 100 'credits' each of which can be either 1 SMS or 1 any network anytime minute, 150 off-peak minutes to any network, 10% of my topups back, topup surprises (got a £5 firebox.com voucher this month), and truly unlimited data and wifi. On top of that, I get to keep the £15 to spend on calls and texts once my allowances are used up. Nothing Orange has to offer can beat this. lol at the 250MB limit.
I'm currently an O2 PAYG customer and was hoping to get a better deal on Orange PAYG.
Currently I get 100 'credits' each of which can be either 1 SMS or 1 any network anytime minute, 150 off-peak minutes to any network, 10% of my topups back, topup surprises (got a £5 firebox.com voucher this month), and truly unlimited data and wifi. On top of that, I get to keep the £15 to spend on calls and texts once my allowances are used up. Nothing Orange has to offer can beat this. lol at the 250MB limit.
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