3G Apple iPhone will be subsidised

Published by Julia on Wednesday 21st May 2008, 03:36 | Filed under: iPhone

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And the final word on the 3G iPhone? Yes, you can finally rest easy - it’s well and truly on its way, this June 9. Gizmodo, chatting to sources “very, very close” to the iPhone launch, has confirmed what everyone’s been thinking - that Apple boss Steve Jobs will be showing off the device at the company’s Worldwide Developer Conference next month and, what’s more, there will be no wait: unlike the 2G model, the 3G iPhone will be available straight after the launch.

Gizmodo says the 3G iPhone will hit Spain on June 18 at the opening of the Telefonica megastore, with all the other iPhone-carrying countries in Europe getting the handsets around about the same time.

And there’s more good news: the 3G phone will no longer be flogged for a fixed price, with operators likely allowed to subsidise the device as they see fit for the first time. Phew. It looks like some good sense has finally prevailed over at Apple. The question is now: will O2 keep the exclusive rights? Answers on a postcard�

Tags: 3G, Apple, iPhone, o2, price, telefonica

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DanLane

Noooo!, subsidising the handset would be bad! at the moment I can walk into a shop and leave with an iPhone without a contract, jailbreak it, unlock it and use it with almost any SIM card I want!

I quite like that freedom.

Ewan

Nahhh we want the masses to adopt the iPhone, don't we?

Ben Smith

I don't think there's been any suggestion that option will be going away - just that the networks will additionally be able to offer subsidised prices with new contract sales...

juliancooling

I think what we want is for the iPhone to do so well, Nokia realises that it must spend time and money getting its wonderful wizardry available via single click/point type and click style interfaces. When the big boys realise that the standard competative model rewards fully usable functions, then we will move into the post normob era.

Ewan

Here here, Julian!

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