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Virgin Mobile becomes the fourth carrier to offer the iPhone in Australia

Unlike the US and Canada, where we are limited to using our iPhone with either AT&T or Rogers respectively, those in Australia now have four carriers to choose from. Virgin Mobile has become the latest carrier and joins Optus, Vodafone and Telstra. Of course, Virgin Mobile seems to have already sold out of their initial inventory, [...]

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Optus announces Australian iPhone pricing details

Optus, one of the three Australian carriers have announced their calling plan options for the iPhone 3G. They have a variety of calling plans available as post-paid and also pre-paid accounts. The post-paid accounts seem to have quite a few options, the first of which is the ‘yes” Cap plan. These begin with a $19 a [...]

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Rumor: Hong Kong to have just 500 iPhones available for launch day

Some recent speculation makes it look like those in Hong Kong may have a hard time snagging an iPhone 3G on the initial launch day. As of now, this is still just a rumor and is based on a tip that was sent in from a reader of the iPhone blog. According to the report, anyone [...]

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Telstra in Australia iPhone 3G pricing revealed

Australian carrier Telstra has revealed their pricing for the iPhone 3G, which will be on their high speed Next G network. The pricing of the phones will vary depending on what plan the user chooses and although all the plan detail have not yet been announced, at first glance they seem pretty reasonable. The iPhone 3G [...]

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Denmark carrier Telia announces iPhone 3G pricing, MMS support included?

Another carrier pricing announcement, as you can expect, these should begin to come more frequently as July 11 approaches. The latest coming from Telia, who is the official carrier in Denmark, and although its nice to see their plans, they are seemingly offering the iPhone with MMS support. The phones, which are offered with a 6-month [...]

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Australian Carrier 3: “Petitioning” for iPhone 3G

When Apple Inc. announced their list of official 3G carriers around the world, most were happy, Australian service provider “3″ was not. “3″ did not manage to cut a deal with Apple Inc. to distribute the iPhone 3G in Australia and is refusing to walk away.  “3″ claims that they received a very high amount of interest from [...]

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Orange announces iPhone 3G pricing plans

Orange, who is currently the exclusive French carrier has just announced their iPhone 3G pricing plans, and yes they all include (almost) unlimited data transfer. Users will have five plans to choose from which range in price from 49 euro (around $77 US) per month up to 149 euro (around $235 US) per month. All [...]

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$199 3G iPhone, claims USA Today

With just a few hours left now before WWDC kicks off, we have some further, and yet last minute speculation about the subsidized iPhone pricing. USA Today is reporting that the soon-to-be-announced iPhone is going to be priced at $199, claiming that this is coming from “people with knowledge of the matter.” Of course those [...]

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Is Apple planning to allow carrier subsidies?

While there has been a decent amount of recent speculation as to what the pricing of the (hopefully) soon to be released iPhone will be, a recent story in the Financial Times is claiming that Apple has indeed caved from the pressure of the carriers. "The new version of the Apple iPhone is set to be [...]

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Vodaphone and Telecom Italia to Both Offer Italian iPhone

While Vodaphone already had a deal to sell the iPhone in Italy, it looks like another carrier in the same country, Telecom Italia, will also be offering it. Telecom Italia, or TIM, has issued a short statement to the public that they will be offering the iPhone in Italy later this year (which, [...]

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