Hi John, Is the iPhone that Optus is selling in any way different from the one that Telstra, or for that matter Vodafone, is putting on sale? One doubts there is any deviation in the models, all being designed in Cupertino and manufactured in China. Then why the need to pay a Hollywood actor to sell Apple’s world beating product?
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