iPhone will be on O2 in the UK
July 5, 2007
After yesterdays post about T Mobile apparently winning the rights to the iPhone in Germany it appears that O2 has won the rights in the UK.
According to The Times Vodafone turned down the deal as it wasn’t commercially viable and O2 will be selling the iPhone in the UK before Christmas.
The iPhone is likely to retail at £300 and O2 apparently will allow Carphone Warehouse to sell the iPhone after the initial launch period.
Apple’s agreement with O2 is thought to include a continuing share of the revenues generated by each iPhone customer. O2 ’s network will also have to be specially configured to accommodate the Apple handset.
The deal is huge news for O2 and Carphone Warehouse, the buzz in the US shows that the phone is as popular as expected and there is no doubt it will get the same reception over here.
Good news in some way, O2 have a good network coverage but…. Whether its 3g or not its going to be expensive to run, at the moment the main reason i’m on t-mobile and not O2 is the data, on T-Mobile there is a flat rate data plan, on O2 there isnt and the bundles are relatively small ammounts of data only… Anyone know if they plan to improve this and give Flat rate on O2 as well ?
Stephen
This will be big for O2. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.
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I\\\’m gagging for one but I\\\’m not touching it til it\\\’s got 3G and I\\\’m not getting any more than a one year contract. Flat rate 3G would be awesome though, even if it was pretty expensive. With a removable battery and GPS it would just about fill every need I have in a phone.
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