Telstra, Optus, and Vodafone Australia have released their pricing for the iPhone X as they began accepting pre-orders on Friday night.
Apple and Australia’s three biggest telecommunications providers — Telstra, Optus, and Vodafone Australia — have unveiled their iPhone X pricing alongside pre-orders from October 27 ahead of launch on November 3.
Purchasing the iPhone X outright from Apple will set Australians back AU$1,579 for the 64GB model or AU$1,829 for 256GB, and it is available in silver and space grey.
The price tags are an increase on the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus; in addition, in the United States the iPhone X 64GB model costs $999 while the 256GB model costs $1,149.
Accordingly, even when taking into account the exchange rate, Australians are paying between $250 and $390 extra for the iPhone X.
The iPhone X similarly costs more in the UK, starting at £999 with VAT, and in New Zealand where it starts at NZ$1,799 and Singapore where the base iPhone X costs SG$1,648 .
MINIMUM SPEND
Including handset repayments, the minimum spend per month for the new iPhones on each telco are:
MAXIMUM DATA INCLUSIONS
If you make your choices based on the highest possible data inclusions:
TELSTRA
On Australia’s incumbent telco — which recently updated its post-paid and prepaid plans with a media partnership with Foxtel — the iPhones are available at the following price points including device repayments on its 24-month phone-leasing plans:
It costs slightly extra to pay the phone off in monthly instalments under Telstra’s plans:
Telstra’s plans all include unlimited national talk and text and a day pass for international roaming, with all bar the cheapest two including unlimited talk and text to 15 countries (the US, the UK, New Zealand, China, Singapore, Vietnam, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Lebanon, Malaysia, Pakistan, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh) and a number of Foxtel Now starter packs.
OPTUS
Optus recently announced an overhaul of its post-paid plans, and will be providing the iPhone X for the following phone-leasing plan costs including handset repayments:
Paying the phones off over monthly instalments brings the plans to:
Optus’ three highest tiers also include between 1GB and 1.5GB of data to use per month on international roaming, and all plans include Optus Sport and National Geographic subscriptions, and data-free streaming across Google Play Music, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Yes TV by Fetch. Netflix, Stan, and ABC iview.
VODAFONE AUSTRALIA
Vodafone, which in August refreshed its Red post-paid mobile plans, is providing the new iPhones at the following pricing points for the 36-month repayment period:
For the 24-month device repayment period, the phones cost:
And lastly, for the 12-month repayment period, the phones cost:
All Vodafone plans include AU$5 a day international roaming; free roaming in New Zealand; and the Vodafone 30-day network satisfaction guarantee, with some plans throwing in Qantas Frequent Flyer points.
Apple unveiled the new iPhones in the US in September, with the iPhone X disposing with the home button and including integrated FaceID facial recognition, with the face data not being sent to a server but instead being stored on a chip; a Super Retina and HDR 10 display with Dolby Vision, True Tone, and 3D Touch support; animated emojis; dual 12-megapixel TrueDepth cameras with f 1.8 and 2.4 apertures; and a quad-LED flash.
According to CEO Tim Cook, Apple is aiming for the “next decade” with the iPhone X.
“The first iPhone revolutionised the first decade of the technology. Ten years later, it’s only fitting to reveal a product that will set the stage for the next decade,” Cook said during the launch.
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