BlackBerry Torch 9800: Vodafone prices get revealed

Thursday September 09, 2010

BlackBerry reveals it’s a table that shows various Vodafone tariffs. It seems as a Torch will just cost £20 a month with 100 minutes and 500 texts, but you can sign up to a 2-year contract and pay a amazing £400 up front. The monthly price increases to £25 if you only get an 18-month contract.

Those prices are for tariffs with 500MB of Internet data included. In the unlikely event that you go for a voice plan without the ability to use 3G, these pay-monthly prices would be £5 lower. The tariffs go up to more than £45 a month depending on how many minutes and texts you use.

These leaked prices seem quite unreasonable. For £35 a month, you'll be tied to an 18-month contract, but you'll still have to pay £200 up front. If you want an iPhone 4 on a £35-per-month, 18-month contract, you'd pay £170 up front. We can see one contract as part of which the Torch is offered for free, but you'd have to sign up to a hefty £40-per-month deal for 2 years. Considering the device is being offered unlocked for around £500, these tariff prices seem expensive. They are by no means final, though.
News Source: crave.cnet.co.uk



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