The iPhone will be arriving in France on November 29th, just under a week away, and we're beginning to hear quite a few more details about Orange and the iPhone. iPhone plan pricing seems to be a big concern, but fortunately some digging on Orange's website has revealed the plan and pricing details for the iPhone, which have also been covered in English by MacScoop.
As with most other iPhone plans, Orange's rates seem to be pretty competitive. Plans are priced at €49, €59, €79, and €119, which will get you either 2+2 (daytime + nights and weekends), 3+3, 5+5 or 8+8 hours of calls. The plans also include 50, 100, 150, and 1000 SMS messages, respectively. All four of the plans offer unlimited EDGE data usage and Visual Voicemail, and the plans also let you use Orange's WiFi hotspots for 10 hours a month (100 hours for the €119 plan).
All of those prices are for a two-year contract; reducing the length to a year will cost roughly another €4,5 a month. People have also been wondering about Orange's price premium for unlocked iPhones, which is apparently going to be €100 if you want to unlock your phone before six months of your contract have elapsed. That €100 isn't bad compared to what T-Mobile is charging, so I suspect we'll see at least a few French iPhones leaving the country. And as usual, we'll be hearing more about the launch in the next few days, so stay tuned.
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