An 8-gigabyte iPhone will be launched in the UK (according to CrunchGear) on November 9 for 269 quid or USD $542, a considerable price increase as it leaps over the pond. O2 will be providing service and free WiFi will be available from The Cloud, a UK pay-as-you-go public WiFi provider. The WiFi music store will also appear on UK iPhones next month, allowing for on-the-go downloads from the ITMS.
O2 has been building out its EDGE network to support this launch, which is actually a downgrade of its current European 3G offerings. The move to give away free WiFi is probably an attempt to offset the poor 2.5G data coverage in Europe in general. Jobs said that 3G was not embedded into the phone due to battery concerns, which means the next iPhone will probably come attached to a car battery and it’s own handtruck. This is right in line with TC France’s discovery of the FrancoiPhone on Orange.
In honor of our friends over the pond, CrunchGear is offering one free 8GB iPhone — already unlocked by our own team here in New York. Click through to CrunchGear to read how to enter.
Just another case of rip off briton. At least its not as bad as Adobe which Rip us folks in europe off with every release even with VAT taken into account.
I am going to get an iTouch over this. I have a tendancy to drop my phones and I don’t trust myself with one of these.
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cool! first to post
You’re not first to post! Darren is!
Is it me or there is no mention of the wining a iphone on crunchgear.com?
Was this a ploy to get us to go to crunchgear.com, cause if it is.. it worked!
U yanks kill it!
I couldn’t find the competition link either! Damn yanks.
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Cheers,
Vinay
Not that I want one, but being on O2 puts me off even more, still, better than T-Mobile.
And TheCloud? That the company who advertise ‘unlimited’ WiFi, but have a 1GB/month ‘reasonable usage’ limit? heh.
Think I’ll be sticking to Nokia or Samsung and going back ot Orange….
Win an unlocked iphone that will be rendered useless with the next firmware update!
I think it’s disappointing that the iPhone will be priced that much higher than in the US, what with the recent price reduction as well.
Wouldn’t entertain one…! Just got myself a HTC Touch – much better.
Also I’m porting back to Vodafone from O2 as not happy with the Customer Service – never had probs with Voda. Lets hope O2 Customer Support gets built up a tad before release.
Too many tie-ins for my liking, and overpriced.
It seems that we are more excited about the unlocked because
it is transparent unlike the price.
Who said that we have “poor 2.5G data coverage in Europe in general”? I cannot acknowledge that. At least in Germany it’s great. There is even 3G HSDPA with 3.6 or 7.2 Mbps in many places.
The tie-ins are far too unbearable, at least it isn’t as restrictive as the US carrier service. I hope O2 and The Cloud will suffice for the bandwidth usage people with have with their iPhone calls. I need to get one of those soon…damn — I saw one and I was playing around with it but it was just slowing down tooo much for me
High price was the reason of “no so good” iphone sales. i know im not gonna able to afford probably never. i wonder how many there are like me.