Optus Australia today announced its rates for the new iPhone 3G, offering both pre-paid and traditional post-paid plans.

Despite being incredibly confusing, Optus has said that a pre-paid (pay as you use) iPhone will cost $729 for the 8GB and $849 for the 16GB. Pricing starts at $30 per “recharge” but without any data allowance. Data service inclusion starts at a $40 Turbo Cap recharge - the more you pay the more data allowance your given.

“Cap” plans start at $19/month with 100MB of internet data and “$50 of calls and text”. Prices go up from there, with the highest price priced at $179/month with 1GB of data and “$1500 of calls and text”.

If your not really following (I know it took me some time to catch on), your good with deciphering codes and you’ve got some time on your hands, you can check out the pre-paid details here & Capped Plan details here.

With both Optus and Telstra revealing their plans days apart we should be hearing Vodafone’s rates very soon.

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written by Councillor Ben \\ tags: iPhone, Optus, Telstra

…And so the world wide speculation of 3G iPhone prices continues.

According to the most recent leak, a screenshot for a point of sales system from Australian Apple retailer Domayne, Australian unlocked iPhones could be as little as $699.

While nothing has been confirmed by Apple, Optus or Vodafone, there are a number of sources that suggest an unlocked, off-contract 3G iPhone may be available.

The Screenshots however suggest that an unlocked 3G iPhone will cost around $699.99 for the 8GB and  $999.99 for the 16GB. One thing is however certain, Australian Iphone fanatics wont have to wait much longer. With the first Official Australian Apple Store opening in Sydney within days, were all expecting the announcements of the Australian Iphone prices to be around the corner.

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written by Councillor Ben \\ tags: Domayne, iPhone 3G, iPhone Australia, Optus, Vodafone