Matt Langtree

My new iPhone 3Gs 16GB is ordered and en route from Vodafone Australia.

My preference is towards the $69 plan (with 1GB data) from Vodafone over the Virgin $70 equivalent plan.

Vodafone is also the first Australian telecom provider to offer visual voicemail and is currently performing a $500M major national network upgrade to regional areas of Australia.

Virgin mobile operates on the Optus network which suffered major network outages on the east coast of Australia for several consecutive hours during August of last year.

Early this morning, Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple Co.) announced that the new iPhone will be available to over 70 countries. On July 11, customers from 25 Countries including Australia, Japan and New Zealand will be able to get their hands on a new iPhone for the first time. The new iPhone 3G adds features to the popular iPhone including a new case design, 3G network support and GPS support.

In Australia, Optus and Vodafone will be carrying the new iPhone 3G, and are expected to release new plans that will put Australian 3G prices more in line with 3G prices from countries around the world. AT&T in the US will offer the iPhone 3G for $199 (8GB Model) and $299 (16GB Model) on a plan. O2 in the UK is offering the 8GB and 16GB iPhone for free on many of their plans, including business plans.

As more information about iPhone 3G prices in Australia come to light, we will be posting them here.