We now have the official word from Telecom with everything you need to know for this Friday’s iPhone 5 launch in New Zealand. There is some important things to note here so well worth a read if your planning on trying to get one on launch day. Carry on reading for all the details.
Here is everything you need to know.
1. All Telecom stores will be open as usual from 9am selling the iPhone 5
2. 3 stores will open at 12:01 am to start selling the iPhone 5. They are:
167 Victoria Street, Auckland
42-52 Willis St, Wellington
Riccarton Mall store, Christchurch
3. Doors open at 12:01am
4. There is a limit of one handset per customer
5. Customers are encouraged to bring up to three guests on the night
6. 12 month plans, open term and pre-paid sales will not initially be available
So there you have it. Official word from Telecom on the launch details. You can now go ahead and plan your iPhone 5 purchase plan.
The immediate question that springs to mind is when will they be available to purchase outright. Only Telecom know this but common sense would tell you it’s only going to be the case once they have enough stock which we think is a good few weeks away. If you absolutely must buy outright we’d suggest waiting for them to appear on the NZ Apple online store. Wait time could be as long as 4 weeks. If Telecom offer them off contract before then you can always cancel your Apple online order.
It’s all go tonight with the New Zealand iPhone 5 information people. We have just had word of the amount of iPhone 5′s Vodafone NZ are to have at launch and boy is it small. Vodafone NZ have been allocated just 10,000 handsets for initial first wave launch, that’s for the whole of New Zealand. To put it in perspective with previous launches we have heard for the 4S launch they were given 18,000 handsets. These lower numbers are no doubt purely due to the record high demand for the iPhone 5. If you want one of these at launch I wouldn’t plan on cruising to the mall on Sunday to pick one up. Get in early on launch day.