Alongside the up-front cost of the device, consumers will have to pay for Wi-Fi access when they leave their home, or sign up for a 3G mobile broadband package.
O2 has announced that it will be offering three tariffs. For £2 a day, iPad owners can access up to 500MB, without having to sign any contract. It also has two monthly payment options: for £10 a month iPad users get 1GB of usage and for £15 they get 3GB. Customers can cancel their contracts – with 24 hours’ notice – at the end of the month.
Orange’s pay monthly option offers a better deal for heavy mobile broadband users with £25 buying 10GB. But all three of O2′s offers come with unlimited Wi-Fi access through hotspots operated by BT Openzone and The Cloud. Only Orange’s pay monthly deals come with Wi-Fi access and they only include a paltry 750MB of Wi-Fi browsing – again through BT Openzone’s network of hotspots.
Vodafone, the last of the three mobile phone networks that will be supporting the iPad when it goes on sale on 28 May, has yet to announce its prices. Figures being quoted on some websites are apparently incorrect, according to a Vodafone spokesman.
Source: Guardian
Have you been waiting eagerly for the iPad to be available outside the U.S.? If so, then today is your day: Apple announced on Friday that it will make the iPad available in nine more countries this summer, as well as dishing on the prices for pre-ordering in the U.K.
As we all know, the UK usually ends up getting stung when it becomes to the price of consumer electronics. A recent report by VoucherCodes.co.uk has compared the cost of major Apple products (iPods/iPhones) and have discovered that the UK pays up to 21% more for our electronic products than our american counterparts.
The 16GB Wi-Fi iPad model was recently launched in the US costing $499, leaving we brits with a £399 price tag (including the 20% mark up). That said, Apple have not yet released their pricing information and will only do so on the 10th May 2010, when it officially releases it for the UK.
