IPhone: Free Mobile deal with competitive offerings - II

With a flat rate

Incumbent operators offer packages more expensive monthly, but that fund at the same time the phone partner. According to Xavier Niel, the offer of Free remains largely cheaper anyway.

We compared the offers of the three incumbents on the total price of a 16 GB iPhone 4S and paid a fee for two years. Two profiles were selected package for this comparison:

- A package as close as possible to that of Free, with unlimited calls, unlimited SMS and unlimited internet, but restrained

IPhone: Free Mobile deal with competitive offerings - I

Free mobile packages were presented this morning (read: The second revolution Free). The operator announced that the iPhone at launch, it will actually wait until January 27 next.

Prices in Free iPhone

At that time, you can buy an iPhone as expected 4S € 1, provided the fund then. Several funding opportunities are offered by Free, 24 or 36 months. This table summarizes the final price of each model and the difference from the rate naked on the Apple Store.

The secondary revolution of Free

€ 19.99! This is the new price "magic" of mobile phones in France. After its success with its offer ADSL € 29.90, Free hopes again cut prices in mobile telephony. Xavier Niel called on all its competitors to align its rates twice as expensive.

Draw me a perfect package

What is it like the perfect package? Xavier Niel described: the voice unlimited (with international calls to Europe, Switzerland, DOM, the United States and Canada. In all, 40 destinations included). The same goes for SMS and MMS unlimited.

The Revolution of the PAF

The rumor of an Apple TV as, half confirmed by Steve Jobs himself, is constantly talking to her. The planets will align them-for a new warning shot in the style of Cupertino?

An impregnable fortress

So far television as such was under the rule of cable operators: real gatekeepers of access to content, they do not intend to let disintermediation easily, and Apple has been busy for the Apple TV pay to be enthroned on the side of free set-top boxes and delivered by cable operators, which has earned its status as "hobby".

The Revolution of the PAF

If Google was the first chopping to set foot directly into the TV, the initiative has so far been a dismal failure, attracting the hostility of the television channels who refused to see Google put its advertising over their content. Connected televisions have beautiful invade CES last year, mayonnaise has so far not taken in all initiatives affecting near and far to the media, Apple has always had at heart to act with the consent rights holders (even sometimes engage in real wrestling). We saw this difference in culture shine again there is little Match with iTunes, Apple is the only supplier of this type of solution has first signed an agreement with record companies, which enabled him to offer a solution much more elegant (including avoiding unnecessary upload data it already has on its servers).