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Well, I just been told that the Online trading will indeed continue to be supported this weekend :)
If you have been waiting to get the iPhone 4 on the Three network, congratulations! Today is the day! Today Three has announced the sale of the iPhone 4 in the UK nationwide in Three stores and online.
As you’ve probably known, unlike other UK networks, although Three announced their pricing plan on time, they didn’t manage to sell the iPhone 4 on the launch date (as I’ve predicted).
But if you are one of the people who have been holding off buying iPhone 4 because of Three, rejoice! Because the wait is over :) And it would be worthwhile too, because as I mentioned before, Three has the cheapest plans (along with Vodafone but with more minutes and texts and lower cost of initial handset price) of all plans from the 4 networks that carry iPhone 4.
Now, I’ve been told that as per today’s sale date, you can only get the Black – 32GB – iPhone 4. The white iPhone 4, as you know, is not even out yet, and as for the availability of the 16GB iPhone 4, I will let you know when I know it.
A quick test at the Online Three Store confirm this. When I chose the 16GB iPhone 4, there is no ‘Buy this deal‘ button available like the 32GB has. Instead you will get a ‘poorly-worded’ message saying something about ‘White iPhone 4 is currently unavailable …‘?!
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Breaking down of what Three is offering, basically you have 4 choices of plan. All plans are for 24-month contract and each will carry 5000 Texts, 5000 Three to Three Minutes and 1GB of Internet allowance. The difference will be in the number of cross-network minutes and the handset up-front cost, which are the followings:
1. Internet Texter 500: 500 minutes with up-front cost £189 and £30 monthly payment.
2. Internet Texter 900: 900 minutes with up-front cost £189 and £35 monthly payment.
3. The One Plan #1: 2000 minutes with £149 up-front cost and £40 monthly payment.
4. The One Plan #2: 2000 minutes with £89 up-front cost and £45 monthly payment.
If you look at the comparison spreadsheet I have, you will see that the tariff number 1, i.e. the Internet Texter 500, is the cheapest of all plans from all network, in term of Total Cost of Acquisition, which will be £909 for 24-month contract. Second only to the Vodafone £25 monthly contract, but with more minutes/texts and lower up-front cost.
If you still haven’t got the iPhone 4, and is still waiting to get one, Three is offering the best plan that you can get today. Provided that you don’t mind to be locked in a 24-month contract and really want the 32GB iPhone 4 (which to be honest, with all the HD video you are going to take, you will want all the space you need).
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