Optus wins iPhone 6s with $80 plan tweak

iPhone shoppers hunting for a bargain should look no further than Optus, who has announced a shift in its iPhone pricing that leaves the competition in its dust.

Customers buying the iPhone 6s 16GB on the Optus $80 My Plan will get the phone for $0, down from $6 per month, for a total saving of $144 over the life of the plan.

To sweeten the pot, Optus is also adding a bonus 2GB data to the 6GB already in the plan, for any phone bought on the $80 plan, but only for customers who grab the deal before January 4, 2016.

In comparison, Vodafone customers will pay $89 for 6GB data, and Virgin customers $100 per month for the same 6GB. Telstra’s prices are in a different league altogether, with an iPhone 6s 16GB and 6GB data costing a total of $99 per month.

Of course, there is still 12 hours before iPhones are officially in store, which is just enough time for the other telcos to play catch-up. Or is it?

As a reminder, this is the full list of Optus iPhone pricing.

Update: Virgin Mobile has matched the '$0' handset repayments on $80 plans, as is offering 9GB of data, but only for customers porting in from a non-Optus network provider (basically Telstra and Vodafone).

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