iPhone Plans	250	500	1GB
Cost per Month	$80	$130	$250
Included Minutes	120	250	600
Included TXT	600	600	600
Included Data	250 MB	500 MB	1 GB
Additional Usage
Per minute	$0.69	$0.55	$0.53
Per TXT	$0.20	$0.20	$0.20
Per MB	$0.10	$0.10	$0.03
iPhone with plan
8GB iPhone	$549	$449	$199
16GB iPhone	$699	$599	$349

So the minimum plan from Vodafone NZ is as follows:

8GB iPhone 3G, 24 month contract, 250MB per month
= $549 + $80 x 24
= NZ$2,469*

I am livid! I sold my iPod Touch recently, so sure I was that I would be getting an iPhone, and now I just want to send hate mail to Vodafone.

(Funnily enough they are the only providers to offer the iPhone 3G upon its release in New Zealand– I wonder if this could be at all related to their extortionate pricing…?)

Compare this great deal to what Optus Australia is offering:

8GB iPhone 3G, 24 month contract, 250MB per month
= $0 + $56 x 24
= A$1,344

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* NZ$1.00 = US$0.75 = AU$0.79