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At the risk of being flamed by Voda"fail" haters, I'm posting this due to the seemingly high interest in the galaxy note 3 and its accompanying galaxy gear smart watch
Vodafone is currently offering a combined package of phone+watch & plans, calls + data on pre-order (before 3rd of oct) for a range of their plans, $60 and above, both 12 and 24 months. You can also sign up for the phone only
Generic, starter link here :
http://www.vodafone.com.au/personal/android/samsung-galaxy-n…
The shortest plan available is a 12month $60 plan plus $52 repayments for both the phone and the watch. This gives you $700 worth of calls, unlimited voda to voda, unlimited standard and international texts, 1.5gb data (total $1344 over the 12 months)
For an extra $5, you can upgrade the plan to have unlimited national calls (total $1404 over 12 months)
Of course, there are other plan options and combinations, but I thought the least possible time with Vodafone would be favoured by most.
Plus signing up and redeeming the offer through this website may offer a cash back of $96 or $120 depending on the total plan value chosen.
http://www.qwibble.com.au/vodafone-handsets-contracts
To put this into perspective, the handset is expected to retail from $870-$~1000 and the smart watch $300$~370, meaning a total of anywhere from $1170-$1370. Using the above plans as the price reference, and taking the minimum outright cost of $1170, you are only really paying a TOTAL of $174-$234 for the plan/s themselves.
$1344 - 1170 = $174 or $1404 - 1170 = $234. <— total plan cost over 12 months…meaning…
$174 / 12 = $13.50 or $234 / 12 = $19.50 <— monthly plan cost
Additionally, if you are successful with the cash back offer, you would be refunded $96 (for the meeting the first minimum requirement), meaning a TOTAL cost of $78-$138 for the plan for the 12 months (a monthly cost of $6.50 or $11.50 respectively)
Of course, customers currently with Vodafone could also call their Vodafone and see what other sweeteners can be offered. Maybe even if you are not currently with Vodafone, you might still want to call up and try?
Yes, Vodafone may be considered "bad", but it works for some. Perhaps the pricing on these plans is good enough to tempt some over (or back) to their network? And yes, the recommended retail price will most likely drop after some months, but for those interested in having it first, here and now, these plans may offer good value, especially when you factor in the outright purchase of these devices, plus the cost of paying for your current plan or buying your recharges.
This is especially true for the $65+$52 unlimited option vs $1170(/12=$97.50)+$40(?)unlimited prepaid options via boost/amaysim which offer more data, but not 4g speeds. You can always add data packs on top if you need.
Anyways, massive apologies for the long post. I hope i got all the maths and facts right. its late =)
And just to clarify in advance, I am not a rep, just hoping this can be of benefit to someone out there.
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Yeah that was me who he was replying to. :)
Still no word about the Gear though. And a lot of customers are getting different versions of the 'will be delivered' message. I am not holding my breath. Though it would be good to have the new phone for my trip. :)