Well I finally did the plunge and ordered an iPhone 3GS with Vodafone on Friday (10.07.2009) at 0:01. I even made the special with the extra dock!! Put in my credit card details and off we go…..well we’re talking Vodafone. The darn order system did everything it should. Except order something! Today (Tuesday) I got suspicious because my credit card still wasn’t billed. So I called them up and –nothing–. No order no record. As usual Vodafone is all about how you can bungle even the easiest of things.
As a result they lost my business as I have now ordered directly from Apple (which I would have done anyway if I had anticipated that they’d sell it too). It’s even $30 cheaper from them.
So Apple has come through again and Vodafone proved it can’t really come to the party. The sad thing is Telecom isn’t an option either they’re just as pathetic. Wonder when we will really get a choice in this country.
Today Telecom has started their iPhone sim only offer to subsidise the iPhone. As soon as they started Vodafone came up with with a humongous data plan till the end of September if you sign up with them.
So I think the race has been started and I’m looking forward to see how fast the pace will go.
In regards to the competition between those two. What do you expect? What should they compete for? There is no real competition with these small numbers of people. IMHO
I’m looking forward to the beginning of August when the next 3G operator starts their business. Let’s see and wait if that can bring some heat into the telecommunication market down here.
I hope you got the special deal as well!
The Vodafone offer is not new. It just moved from the bottom of the screen to the top.
As you said let’s see what 2 degrees brings. Any competition is welcome.