Vodafone Announces Pricing, Plans For iPhone [Vodafone iPhone Plans Starting At £30]

About 10 days ago, British mobile phone giant Vodafone announced it would stop carrying the HTC HD2 in favor of Apple’s finest. While Vodafone won’t have the iPhone out to their customers before Christmas, they have announced the pricing for the iPhone plans.

Vodafone’s iPhone plan will set you back £30 a month for a two-year contract, with a free 8GB iPhone 3G. Consumers who want the high-end 3GS 32GB iPhone will have to dish out another £239. While the plan includes unlimited text messages, Vodafone has included a 1GB monthly internet usage cap. By comparison, iPhone rival carrier Orange has a slightly lower cap of 750MB per month. WiFi is unlimited on the phone.

As for pricing, the BBC reports that Vodafone’s £30 monthly cost is in line with O2’s (£35) and Orange’s (also £30). A nice feature is that Vodafone will let you use your iPhone as a wireless modem for your notebook – at the price of £5 for every 500 MB used.

Although Vodafone’s decision to drop the HTC HD2 and carry the iPhone caught many by surprise – a Vodafone exec told the BBC they had been preparing to switch to the iPhone for over a year. British folks who are keen on Vodafone can pickup the iPhone from that carrier on January 14th.