New Zealand Release
The very first iPhone 3G model released on July 11, 2008 was sold in Auckland, New Zealand to 22-year old student Jonny Gladwell at 12:01 am NZST. The iPhone is available to customers on the Vodafone network and the Telecom network. There was much criticism from New Zealand customers when Vodafone announced their pricing for the first generation iPhone as they were the only network to offer the first generation iPhone. The first generation of iPhones has been available for sale in New Zealand through parallel import stores since the phones originally went on sale in the US, the original 2G models available for sale in New Zealand have been unlocked for use on the Vodafone network and can be used with any plan including pre-paid plans. On November 8, 2011. Telecom announced they will offer the iPhone 3gs, iPhone 4 and the iPhone 4S on their network.
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