If i brought a Iphone 4s in australia would the siri work in NZ ? and would i have to buy the Iphone off the internet if i wanted it unlocked ?

Hey Paul #105,two options you can go on a plan through Vodafone , this subsidises the handset cost of the phone but have to sign a smartphone contract.Telecom are not official resellers of Apple..Or you can do what I do and pay for the unlocked full priced GSM handset through online store,my iPhone 4 took 8 days to fly from Sydney to Dunedin.The beauty of an unlocked phone is you can go on prepaid and Telecom are quite happy to give you the microSIM to go on XT for about $20 or any other worldwide carrier of your choice if you choose to move! Whatever you do you wont regret an iPhone,I made the switch from Android months ago.

Hey guys just a question or some advice. First off I've never owned an iPhone before but I'm wanting to purchase this one, my question is can you only purchase an iPhone if you go onto some type of Vodafone or Telecom plan? I just remember when the IPhone first came to NZ you had to be on a plan, has it changed now? Thank you in advance.

No Siri function for NZ iphone 4S?? - The Apple NZ website and Vodafone NZ site doesnt not meton the Siri feature at all and this is one of the biggest thing for the 4S so why NOT!!! could it be NZ won't have this feature. Apple Au/Voda AU site has this featured all over their site.

Yes,well I guess it all comes down to reseller marketing and a consumer driven free market - the consumer knows best and tells 5 people who tells another 5 people.Sometimes Engineering in itself doesnt quite cut the mustard.

@ Davo #101 "Im sure the WP7 will fizzle out ,Apple made Nokias Symbian extinct and that Zune player haha"

Actually the Zune? In the end, it was a beautiful, capable, highly refined music player, but nobody bought it. Why would anyone buy it when the iPod offered safety in numbers? Thats the reason the Zune failed, not because it was bad but because fanboys only buy the things the think are cool, not the things that are actually the best. Let's hope the Windows Phone story doesn't play out the same way. Microsoft's work here deserves attention, praise and sales. Maybe it's not quite as mature as the iPhone or Android. But the world is a more interesting place with Windows Phone in it. The Nokia partnership is certainly a step in the right direction.

Whoever said iSheep..baa lol good one but remember 90% of All Computer operating systems sold and used is Windows OS - Theres the real sheep.Plus iPhones only account for about 4% of phone sales.As for something made still based on 2007 - who cares its still fun and it actually works.Im sure the WP7 will fizzle out ,Apple made Nokias Symbian extinct and that Zune player haha.Going back through the comments people are missing the point -its not about twin core processors ,its about trust and knowing it works and design aesthetics,my mate tried to update his Blandroid through Samdung Kies last night and it stuffed it phone and finally salvaged somrthing after 3 hours lol and is off to buy an iPhone.

Even after moving here from the UK some 7 years ago (and now having a Kiwi passport before anyone tells me to go home) I sometimes struggle with the Kiwi accent so poor Siri may face an uphill battle!

I am at a loss to see how your mostly British forebears managed to munt our language quite so completely! It is usually comprehensible but I do still meet people with such thick accents that I need to have them repeat things.

I would add that at least 80% of British people cannot speak English properly now either and the place sounds like a giant Eastenders set: ghastly.

I tried Siri today in a store in London, fresh off the plane from NZ yesterday (so no time to pommify my accent), and it couldn't understand a thing. Useless!

had my 4S since launch here in Australia,found Siri to be about 80% accurate with my NZ accent but no biggie.hopefully we'll get all of the features that the US have in the next update