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Archive for November, 2009
3 slash MiFi and INQ Mini 3G prices in time for Christmas
Nov 2nd
3G operator 3 have slashed the cost of their MiFi Mobile wi-fi device and the new INQ Mini 3G handset in the UK in a bid to increase sales in the run-up to Christmas.
The MiFi device, which allows you to setup a personal hotspot with Internet connectivity via 3′s 3G network, is now £49.99 upfront on the ‘Broadband 5GB 1 Month’ deal – down from £69.99. The package comes with a MiFi unit and 5GB of data per month for a monthly charge of £15 per month. You can also now save £30 on the 3GB MiFi ‘Ready To Go’ kit, which comes with 3GB of data included to use over a three month period.
If you prefer a more relaxed contract-free approach, MiFi is now available on pay as you go, with the device costing £49.99 and data charged at 3′s usual mobile broadband top-up rates.
Finally, the INQ Mini 3G – with built-in Twitter, Facebook, IM and Skype (as well as the usual features like the ability to make and receive phone calls, texts, and the like) has been dropped by a tenner, from £59.99 to £49.99.
iPhones arrive on Orange next Tuesday
Nov 2nd
Apple’s iPhone 3Gs and iPhone 3G will be available to Orange UK customers from next Tuesday, 10th November 2009.
According to the companies site, you’ll need to shell out at least £29.36 on a 24 month contract or £44.04 over 18 months to get the 3G ‘free’, whilst the 3GS 16GB is only available for no extra cost by subscribing at a minimum to the £44.04 over 24 months or £73.40 on an 18 month contract packages. The iPhone 3GS 32GB is ‘free’ on an eye-watering 24-month £73.40/month contract.
All contract packages come with ‘unlimited’ mobile internet and Wi-Fi access – which, if you’re Orange, means 750meg/month. Yes, the same cap for WiFi or 3G/GPRS data. Brilliant.
All in all there’s a total of 27 combinations of package, handset, contract length and minutes/texts available. Meanwhile, over on the pay as you go side, there’s a similar bedazzling – and possibly confusing – array of 15 different options, with handset prices ranging from £343 for the iPhone 3G through to £539 for the 3Gs 32GB version.
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