Siu Lun

I searched the net the other day for iPhone 3GS information in Hong Kong. Some people has posted some different information to what I was told today by a Three iPhone 3GS sales person.

Here is the information on their official website

I was told that for the top-of-the-range price plan (HK$398 p/m). The handset cost is HK$3580. Plus you have to pay a HK$1100 which is rebate to you over 12 months.

Now then I am on the $268 price plan. The handset cost for me is HK$4180. Plus I have to pay an extra HK$500 which is rebate to me over 12 months.

This basically means. Regardless of price plan, you have to pay HK$4680. It is just that over time, the guys with the high price plan gets more money back (roughly as you can see HK$500, which isn’t much).

PLUS. You have to sign up an additional 12 months contract AND a HK$28 “value-added services” to your price plan (it doesn’t matter if you already have VAS in your current plan the $28 is on top of). This would bump my plan to $296. Over a year it is HK$366 extra. (bear in mind this isn’t just over a year, this is actually over the course of your remaining contract).

I already have a 24 months contract and I’ve used about 6-8 months so far.

Any how..

Net Payment then is actually HK$3580+HK$366 for ($398 price plan) and HK$4180+HK$366 for ($268 price plan).

For me, this means I have to pay HK$4546 to get the upgrade, but the cost of the 3GS on the Apple Store HK is HK$5388.

HK$5388-HK$4546 = HK$812

For that price difference. I would much rather buy the handset standalone than to upgrade my phone and be forced into extending my contract. (I can see a release cycle of 178 days which is around about 6 months for the iPhone, if I keep doing this, my contract would be longer than my life expectancy -.-”)

I have either been told wrong, or the guy at http://hongkongphooey.wordpress.com/ has got it wrong. It isn’t HK$2,480 net price but HK$3946 for the HK$398 price plan.

The above information is all for the 16GB version