The operators begin to be on guard. When it is almost a week after the announcement of the iPhone 4S, we already have the first operator warning its customers of the imminent launch of the new Apple phone from October 28. It does so through an informative pre-registration website, where it invites its current and future customers to leave their data to know the sales conditions of the iPhone 4S with Vodafone before anyone else.
We say this because for now, the red operator has not put the cards on the table, so it does not expose the four of rates that it is going to configure for users who wish to take the iPhone 4S. From the outset, we can bet on it, Vodafone will require a commitment of permanence of between 18 and 24 months, as well as the contracting of one of the rates designed with voice and data plans.
We do not know if it will articulate its rate table with an option that allows the iPhone 4S to be taken at zero euros. Probably yes, although in that case, you would have to get the most expensive rate in the list, the @XL, which costs 118 euros per month, although it offers unlimited calls and navigation in practice (limited to a very high number of minutes and data traffic, in practice).
In the case of the points program, we can guess that there will also be some option, very high, yes, so that the iPhone 4S does not imply an economic expense beyond the exchange of points. Although in that case, the extension of our commitment to permanence with the firm seems something that nobody will free us if we want the new Apple phone.
To date, Movistar and Orange, the other candidates to inaugurate the launch of the iPhone 4S in Spain, have not made announcements about the launch of Apple's touch phone this season. It would be very unlikely that they did not endorse the release of the device, so we can only wait a few days until, indeed, they sign up for the informative pre-registration formula.
One question that someone may be asking is whether an MVNO will sign up for the launch of the Cupertino firm's phone. Recall that Yoigo supported the launch of what to date is its most direct rival, the Samsung Galaxy S2. In addition, it could be that with the help of The Phone House we could also see it in the catalog of some operator other than the big three.
