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Tuesday, 10 August 2010 |
Virgin Mobile’s iPhone 4 pricing has narrowly beaten both Optus and Vodafone for value, and left Telstra’s iPhone 4 plans in the dust at the low end in Australia.
Virgin Mobile, who use the Optus Mobile network, have undercut Optus’ iPhone 4 plans at the low end of the subscriber market, with iPhone 4 Cap plans starting at $29 through $59. Virgin Mobile’s $59 iPhone 4 Cap plan is a slap in the face to Optus who had been seen as the best value option with their own $59 Cap plan that included a free 16Gb iPhone 4 and 2Gb of data. Virgin Mobile one upped Optus by including 2.5Gb of data in their own $59 iPhone 4 cap plan, which also includes a free iPhone 4.
Virgin Mobile’s iPhone 4 plans slice up their users into two psychographic profiles, ‘talkers’ and ‘mobile internet users’, and tailored two groups of iPhone 4 plans to suit each offering different value propositions. At the low end starting at $29, Virgin Mobile offers ‘talkers’ equivalent talk time to rival Vodafone but only 100Mb of download quota vs Vodafone’s 550Mb (50Mb + 500Mb ‘bonus’) but including the $15 handset levy for a 16gb iPhone 4 is $3 cheaper per month than Vodafone if you aren’t a heavy mobile data user.
When it comes to ‘mobile internet users’ Virgin Mobile bests both Optus and Vodafone for value, including 1.5Gb of data on their $39 iPhone 4 cap plan, 2Gb on the $49 iPhone 4 Cap plan and 2.5Gb on the $59 tier. Virgin Mobile seems content to play in the low-value side of the iPhone 4 market, by not having plans on pricing tiers above $59 per month. |
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Monday, 28 June 2010 |
Thanks to Tim for sending us the tip!
Virgin has confirmed it will carry the iPhone 4 next month, with all five major carriers now confirmed to sell the gadget. They recently opened up an Expression of Interest form for those interested in signing up with Virgin when the iPhone gets released next month.
A company spokesperson confirmed to ITWire.com.au that the carrier would sell the iPhone at launch, set for "late July". However, it is suspected massive demand in the US could push that release date back. However, Steve Jobs has emailed a reader in response to this rumour and confirmed that the late July date stands. |
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Sunday, 13 June 2010 |
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Friday, 26 June 2009 |
Click here to view the Virgin plans. Brad also emailed us in with this info - thanks Brad!:
Got sick of waiting for Virgin to update their website and called them They have released their plans, just not on web yet. Plans are: $70 plan with 16GB add $8, 32GB add $15 and same 1 GB and $520 on included calls. |
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Friday, 19 June 2009 |
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Virgin Mobile has been left mystified by a glitch that has prompted its call handling system to falsely notify customers that one of it call centres has been closed.
Late today Virgin Mobile customers who contacted the company’s iPhone customer service line were notified that its call centre had been closed due to a “significant outage”.
On attempting to reach the call centre customers are usually connected to the iPhone hotline based in Australia. However customers who tried to connect to the call centre received the following message from Virgin’s mechanical answering service:
“Due to a significant technical outage we’ve had to close our contact centre. We are working to resolve this issue in the next few hours.”
The message then continued advising customers to try the company’s web site for information.
A spokeswoman for Virgin Mobile, a brand owned by Optus in Australia, said the company “just couldn’t understand why” the system kept sending out the message. It assured Australian IT the call centre was operational.
“They can’t see any reason why (it’s playing the false message) but they’ll keep looking into it because they don’t want anyone else having that experience,” the spokeswoman said. |
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