??? That's not what I meant - you pay 200 Fr. ONCE, not 24 times, of course.
The phone will cost about 200 Fr., the subscription will probably be around 40 to 75 Fr. / month, depending on the amount of data volume included.

But even if you import the phone from the US you'll need a data subscription here in order to use it - and that, too, costs between 49 to 59 Fr. per month + at least 12 fr for the basic subscription plus your phone-calls and SMS.

There's no doubt in my mind that the specific iPhone subscriptions will be cheaper than putting together your own iPhone plan.

peter

Hmm. But you dont HAVE TO get a plan if you alredy got one, its just changing phones. My stepsister already got herself an ABO. She pays 25.- a month, 100 free sms a month, 0,20.- per text, plus free calls from 8pm-6pm swisscom-swisscom users.

http://www.preissuchmaschine.ch/product_417370.html

http://www.20min.ch/digital/dossier/...story/23680579 -Apples erstes Handy für 689 Franken (8 Gbyte Speicher), bzw. 749 Franken (16 Gbyte Speicher) seit Monaten zu kaufen.

The problem is that she'll need an extensive data plan for the iPhone. The iPhone constantly connects to the internet, to download e-mail, weather info etc - there's no way to stop it from doing that which doesn't involve crippling the phone's usability.

Also, Safari on the iPhone doesn't do any data compression and will transfer a TON of data volume when browsing on the go. Data volume without a data plan is insanely expensive.

A data plan that includes 1.5gb per month costs 49 Fr. with Swisscom (that's in addition to the subscription she already has). Swisscom also offers the "surf options" which cost 10 and 20 Fr. respectively but they don't include nearly enough volume so they're pretty much unusable with the iPhone.

I definitely don't recommend using the iPhone without a data flatrate - I tried that for a month and got a phone bill of 560 Fr.

peter

Uhh no, she actually sometimes just connects her Internet in a Wi-Fi zone. She even just connected to our LAN or from her own server.

Its WAP ready, so you just connect it wherever you are IF you get a signal.

OGO on the other hand is like that.

Are you referring to my post? wasn't sure.
Anyway, I have an iPhone and can assure you that this sucker is constantly connected and constantly transfers data. Yes, you can use WiFi where it's available - but in between it'll use EDGE unless you disable it. But then: if you disable EDGE, what would you need an iPhone for?

peter

The question will be: when will it be available in Switzerland?

peter

WWDC thread is here:

Official Apple WWDC 2008 Thread

Well, things are starting to happen for the Swiss iPhone. The Swiss Apple store (along the others) went offline - and Swisscom is changing its website.

up until this afternoon, www.swisscom.ch/iphone was redirected to Swisscom's media website. Now it's showing Error 400. A concidence? I think not.

Hmm thats true.. All iphone needs is 3G ^^

that i will wait for!

The iPhone 3G will be released in 70 countries on July 11th 2008 for a maximum fee of $199 for 8GB and $299 for the 16GB. I switzerland it will be available form Orange & Swisscom

Excellent thanks a lot,

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/06/09swisscom.html
http://www.apple.com/iphone/?sr=hotnews.rss
http://www.apple.com/pr/?sr=hotnews.rss

New apply iphone 2.0 already released today in swisscom .. Do you guys think phone can unlocked? As i plan to buy but it a such a waste if the phone cant unlock .. Is this price is only for introduction?

YES!

http://www.macworld.com/article/1324...ailbroken.html

It has already been jailbroken so it's just a question of time..

Soooo... Orange or Swisscom? A quick browse of the two sites shows that Orange's HSDPA coverage is (allegedly) a bit better than Swisscom's in my area, but Swisscom offers 7.2Mbit/s as opposed to Orange's 3.6.

Any insiders got info on likely plan pricing - and will the CH providers insist on a limited data bundle??

Doesn't Orange only have service on 1800?

I'd take better coverage at 3.6Mbit/s over lesser coverage at twice the speed any day.

3.6 is enough.

Dear Orange/Swisscom, please visit the O2 website and learn.

*Best of all, the new 8GB iPhone won't cost you a penny on our £45 and £75 tariffs. And it's just £99 on our £35 tariff and new £30 tariff.

All tariffs include unlimited browsing on your iPhone, unlimited Wi-Fi access, visual voicemail and reduced roaming rates with our International Traveller Service and are subject to a minimum term contract of 18 months.

Well, the keynote has come and gone. For me it was something of a damp squib to be honest. Lots of demonstrations of games on the iphone.... not the principal reason the typical iphone buyer makes a purchase is it? And basically nothing else except the rebranding of .mac, which is interesting but hardly radical.

Anyhow, I will NOT be upgrading my unlocked original 8gb iphone to the new one initially. I was surprised and disappointed that 32gb was not offered as the ipod touch has been available in this capacity for months. I will wait until 32gb is available and then make a decision, as 16gb is still not enough to satisfy my needs.

krlock3

Orange are taking reservations http://www.orange.ch/

Even the lowest £30 tariff is Sfr70 per month!! - and that would be without calls . While I can assume it will not be that high here in Switzerland, that is a lot of beer money for a contract.

Pat