{"id":251923,"date":"2018-06-17T18:12:16","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T16:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=251923"},"modified":"2018-06-17T18:12:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T16:12:16","slug":"the-most-expensive-smartphone-contracts-in-south-africa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/251923\/the-most-expensive-smartphone-contracts-in-south-africa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The most expensive smartphone contracts in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Africa’s four largest mobile operators all offer varying contracts to meet consumer’s needs – including a premium service that often bundles in unlimited SMS, call minutes and data.<\/p>\n

These contracts when coupled with premium subsidised smartphone devices, which can now stretch beyond R20,000, can become quite costly.<\/p>\n

Apple smartphones feature as the most expensive devices currently available through the operators, with the the group’s premium Apple iPhone X 256GB being the most expensive overall.<\/p>\n

In terms of contract prices, MTN’s contracts are the most expensive overall, followed by Vodacom, Cell C and Telkom.<\/p>\n

FNB Connect, which is one of the few MVNOs in South Africa to offer flexible premium smartphone contracts in the country, has also been included.<\/p>\n

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MTN<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"MTN<\/a><\/p>\n

MTN’s most expensive contract package is the MTN Sky Supreme, which offers uncapped data (with a fair use of 25GB before throttling) and unlimited SMSes and call minutes.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Smartphone<\/th>\nContract<\/th>\nCost per month<\/th>\nTotal cost\u00a0(24mo)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
iPhone X 64GB<\/td>\nMTN Sky Supreme<\/td>\nR2 899<\/td>\nR69 576<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PorscheDesign Huawei Mate RS<\/td>\nMTN Sky Supreme<\/td>\nR2 899<\/td>\nR69 576<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samsung Galaxy S9+<\/td>\nMTN Sky Supreme<\/td>\nR2 699<\/td>\nR64 776<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Huawei P20 Pro<\/td>\nMTN Sky Supreme<\/td>\nR2 599<\/td>\nR62 376<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samsung Galaxy S9<\/td>\nMTN Sky Supreme<\/td>\nR2 599<\/td>\nR62 376<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Vodacom<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Vodacom’s premium contract package is the Red VIP Plus, which offers 20GB of data every month, on top of ‘limitless’ SMSes and call minutes.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Smartphone<\/th>\nContract<\/th>\nCost per month<\/th>\nTotal cost\u00a0(24mo)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
iPhone X 256GB<\/td>\nRed VIP Plus<\/td>\nR2 699<\/td>\nR64 776<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iPhone X 64GB<\/td>\nRed VIP Plus<\/td>\nR2 549<\/td>\nR61 176<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samsung Galaxy S9+<\/td>\nRed VIP Plus<\/td>\nR2 349<\/td>\nR56 376<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Huawei P20 Pro<\/td>\nRed VIP Plus<\/td>\nR2 349<\/td>\n56 376<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samsung Galaxy Note 8<\/td>\nRed VIP Plus<\/td>\nR2 349<\/td>\nR56 376<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Cell C<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cell C’s costliest contract package is the Premium 25, which offers 25GB of data per month, on top of 3000 SMSes and 5000 call minutes.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Smartphone<\/th>\nContract<\/th>\nCost per month<\/th>\nTotal cost\u00a0(24mo)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
iPhone X 256GB<\/td>\nPremium 25<\/td>\nR2 599<\/td>\nR62 376<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samsung Galaxy S9+<\/td>\nPremium 25<\/td>\nR2 399<\/td>\nR57 576<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Huawei Mate 10 Pro<\/td>\nPremium 25<\/td>\nR2 399<\/td>\nR57 576<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iPhone 8 Plus 256GB<\/td>\nPremium 25<\/td>\nR2 399<\/td>\nR57 576<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Huawei P20 Pro<\/td>\nPremium 25<\/td>\nR2 299<\/td>\nR55 176<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Telkom<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Telkom’s most expensive contract package is the FreeMe Unlimited, which offers uncapped data (with a fair use of 25GB before throttling) and free SMSes and call minutes. The SMSes are capped at 50 free per month, with 3,000 free minutes per month before being charged.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Smartphone<\/th>\nContract<\/th>\nCost per month<\/th>\nTotal cost\u00a0(24mo)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
iPhone X 256GB<\/td>\nFreeMe Unlimited<\/td>\nR1 999<\/td>\nR47 976<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iPhone X 64GB<\/td>\nFreeMe Unlimited<\/td>\nR1 799<\/td>\nR43 176<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iPhone 8 Plus 256GB<\/td>\nFreeMe Unlimited<\/td>\nR1 799<\/td>\nR43 176<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iPhone 8 Plus 64GB<\/td>\nFreeMe Unlimited<\/td>\nR1 699<\/td>\nR40 776<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samsung Galaxy S9+<\/td>\nFreeMe Unlimited<\/td>\nR1 699<\/td>\nR40 776<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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FNB Connect<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"FNB<\/a><\/p>\n

While FNB Connect is an MVNO is South Africa, it is one of the few that offers long-term smartphone contracts on top of its month-to-month data contracts.<\/p>\n

The smartphone products are limited, and come already tied to set top-up packages, but can also be coupled with the MVNO’s other data products. In the list below, we’ve selected the group’s smartphone packages, along with the Ultimate Connect voice package<\/a><\/strong> (R399 per month).<\/p>\n

The key difference with the FNB Connect contracts is that the data and SMS packages are limited (100MB to 1.1GB and 50 to 350 SMSes, respectively)\u00a0compared to the other operators.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Smartphone<\/th>\nContract<\/th>\nCost per month<\/th>\nTotal cost\u00a0(24mo)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
iPhone X 256GB<\/td>\nTop Up XS<\/td>\nR1 548<\/td>\nR37 152<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iPhone 8 Plus 256GB<\/td>\nTop Up S<\/td>\nR1 298<\/td>\nR31 152<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samsung Galaxy Note 8<\/td>\nTop Up M<\/td>\nR1 258<\/td>\nR30 192<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Samsung Galaxy S9+<\/td>\nTop Up L<\/td>\nR1 232<\/td>\nR29 568<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iPhone 8 256GB<\/td>\nTop Up S<\/td>\nR1 218<\/td>\nR29 232<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Read:\u00a0SA mobile share in 2018: Vodacom vs MTN vs Cell C vs Telkom<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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