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Vodafone India responds to complaints by lowering iPhone 3G pricing

Perhaps spurred on by the widespread backlash due to the iPhone 3G pricing, Vodafone India has announced some new lower pricing. Just days before the official release they announced the pricing would be 31,000 Indian rupee (about $711 US) for the 8GB iPhone and be 36,100 Indian rupee (about $827 US) for the 16GB iPhone, [...]

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Vodafone India announces iPhone 3G pricing, almost ensured to be a luxury item

As we have already seen, India is all set to be included in the next iPhone launch date which is coming up in just a few days, on August 22. However, although they have been confirmed to be a part of the launch, both Bharti Airtel and Vodafone have kept quite about any pricing information [...]

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Turkcell announces iPhone 3G availability in Turkey

Turkcell has just announced that they will soon be bringing the iPhone 3G to Turkey. As of now the deal has been finalized, however they have not yet announced any pricing plans for the phone itself, nor any information regarding the pricing of calling or data plans. As of now the iPhone 3G release is [...]

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Apple’s firmware update 2.0.1 relocked some legally unlocked iPhone 3G’s

While there were plenty of people who were taking issue with the fact that the iPhone 2.0.1 firmware re-locked their phone, most of it should have been expected, especially coming from those who unlocked or jailbroke using one of the available tools like Pwnage. Of course even if AT&T here in the US does not [...]

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Five more International iPhone 3G launches confirmed for August 22

It appears that we now have a few more confirmations for the upcoming August 22 launch of the iPhone 3G, they include India, Singapore, Estonia, Romania and the Czech Republic. The carriers will be Bharti Airtel and Vodafone in India, Singtel in Singapore, EMT in Estonia, Orange in Romania and Telefonica in the Czech Republic. Most of [...]

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iPhone Jonny gets the first retail-sold iPhone 3G

Greg Packer, aka iPhone Jonny has completed his goal, and become the first to get a retail-sold iPhone 3G. Of course that really does not give him anything, other than some jelous looks when he first leaves the store, but hey, he was the first. That has to be worth something…right? If nothing else it does [...]

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Vodafone New Zealand reveal their not-so-user-friendly iPhone 3G plans

It looks like Vodafone NZ did not want the Canadian Rogers users to feel like they were the only ones getting screwed and released their own set of not so nice plans. As Vodafone NZ mentioned yesterday the phone pricing does begin at $199, however that price applies only to the 8GB iPhone along with the [...]

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$47 iPhone 3G Plans for Both Italy and Portugal

Vodafone recently announced that its base iPhone 3G monthly rate plan for Portugal will start at $47 (29.90€,) and that its base iPhone 3G monthly rate plan for Italy will start at $93 (59€.) Coincidentally, Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) only just announced that they too will be offering a monthly iPhone 3G plan for $47 (29.90€.) AppleInsider has so [...]

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Vodafone New Zealand launching the iPhone 3G at midnight

Vodafone New Zealand is not wasting any time in getting the iPhone into hands of their customers. They are not waiting till 8am or 9am like the UK and US, but instead opening the doors of three retail locations at 00:01 on July 11. Thats right just one minute after midnight, which means that those [...]

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Vodafone India begins taking iPhone 3G pre-registrations

We have already seen the reports circulating about how O2 in the UK will begin taking pre-orders for the iPhone 3G as of July 1, but still no official confirmation has come on that. On the other hand Vodafone India has officially began taking pre-registrations, with an announcement in The Times of India and also directly [...]

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