iPhone 4S: The prices and tariffs of mobile operators

iPhone 4S: The prices and tariffs of mobile operators

A pre-order the iPhone 4S is possible since Friday morning in Germany, France, Great Britain, Japan, Canada, Australia and the United States. The launch itself will follow on Friday the 14th October - are expected to arrive by this date, the first devices to preorder. In Austria and Switzerland, the iPhone gets 4S until 28 October in the trade, a pre-order option seems not provided. [Update: The first iPhone in Apple's contingent awarded online store, now seems the iPhone maker called "one to two weeks" as the period up to delivery.]

4S in Germany costs the iPhone in Apple's online store without a contract known to € 629 (16 GB disk space), 739 € (32 GB) or € 849 (64 GB). The device can be used without power lock as usual with SIM cards from any GSM provider. The RFID tag of the iPhone while at the same time the 4S dominated CDMA2000 mobile phone standard - but this is according to Apple only supported when the device for use in CDMA networks, "bought and activated" is been.

The German Telekom does the iPhone 4S with two-year contracts in the program and integrates the unit over this period by Netlock on its own mobile network. Customers and their contracts can purchase the equipment at subsidized prices, which vary greatly depending on the chosen tariff: The best deal "Call & Surf Mobil XS" (month price 20 €) will cost the iPhone 4S, for example 480 € (16 GB), 590 € (32 GB) and 700 € (64 GB). In the most expensive tariff "Complete Mobile XL" with a monthly basic fee of 100 € the prices are correspondingly lower: 50 € estimated the German Telekom then for the iPhone 4S with 16 GB disk space, 170 € for the model with 32 GB and 280 € for the 64-gigabyte iPhone.

In recent years, offered the Telekom given iPhone's existing customers at an early stage ransom from their contract to switch to the most recent iPhone can - such an "Upgrade Anytime Offer" is not designed for the iPhone 4S, said a spokesman the network operator over Mac & i.

Vodafone markets the iPhone 4S with two-year contracts in the super-flat internet rates. The device is not equipped with a network lock. The best deal "Superflat Internet Weekend" (€ 25 monthly fee) costs the iPhone 4S, for example 250 € (16 GB), 350 € (32 GB) or 450 € (64 GB). In the most expensive tariff "Superflat Allnet Internet" with a monthly basic fee of 100 € of purchase price of the iPhone with 16 GB disk space 4S is at 100 €. The 32-gigabyte iPhone will cost 4S in this tariff 200 €, the 64-gigabyte model, in turn, € 300. In addition, Vodafone sold the iPhone contract and also 4S Netlock-free at full price 630-850 €.

Telefónica O2 customers can pre-order the iPhone does not currently 4S at subsidized prices. The provider offers - as in the past - instead of a financing model. For all variants, he expects a one-time payment of 19 €. For the model with 16 GB for 24 months then € 27.50 each are due, the calculation yields a total price of 679 €. The rate for the 32 GB version is five, the higher for the new 64 gigabyte model for five euros, the total price so that at 799 or 919 euros. Higher against the cash price at the Apple financing price 50 to 70 euros. You can choose from only the Blue O2 tariff models 100, 250 and Unlimited at prices from 20.25 to 54 €. Who instead preferably about one-o2o deal, must still be satisfied to date with the current iPhone 4.

When ordering, it can sometimes cause problems: In the Apple Store it was overloaded and the attempt at Telekom's online contract extension will cross into the void. O2 Germany has announced that the iPhone-4S-quota for online ordering is already "fully booked" was - the O2 shops taking pre-orders but reportedly still opposed.