Unlike other countries, the Apple iPhone is offered on multiple mobile phone carriers in Australia. Prospective iPhone owners can choose between four different Australian networks: Virgin, Optus, Telstra and Vodafone.

However, one prominent Australian mobile phone network that has thus far been left out of the mix is 3. Although a popular Australian network by any standard, 3 has for some reason has not been able to offer the iPhone to their customers as part of their plans.

Customers loyal to 3 but desperate to get their hands on the iPhone only have one option: buy an iPhone outright and subscribe to one of 3’s various BYO phone deals.

At the time of writing, 3 offered a 3iSIM card on a 24-month plan on various cap prices. The caps include calls and SMS as well as data allowances, with the minimum cap offering 1GB of data – quite a large amount compared to Vodafone’s 200MB offering and Optus’ 250MB that isn’t much better.

The cap values include:

$49 cap: $350 calls, 1GB data, $240 or 300 minutes for calling other 3 mobiles
$69 cap: $650 calls, 2GB data, $350 or 500 minutes for calling other 3 mobiles
$99 cap: $1000 calls, 2GB data, $1750 or 2500 minutes for calling other 3 mobiles
$129 cap: $1200 calls, 2GB data, $1750 or 2500 minutes for calling other 3 mobiles
$149 cap: $1600 calls, 2GB data, $1750 or 2500 minutes for calling other 3 mobiles
$199 cap: $2000 calls, 2GB data, $2000 or 3000 minutes for calling other 3 mobiles