Apple iPhone For UK On November 9th - Some Points To Note

I almost forgot about this one this morning until skimming the Guardian over breakfast, but Apple have announced the iPhone for the UK, with a release date of November 9th. Here’s some points to note from the press coverage this morning…

• The iPhone will retail at £269 (€386) and will be carried, as previously suggested, by O2
• There will be no discount on the handset
• First-time buyers subject to minimum 18 month contract with O2
• Steve Jobs wouldn’t talk revenue share
• Subscribers in UK will have bundled access to 7,500 WiFi spots - what does that leave Irish market?
• No 3G
• 80% of O2’s “high value customers” would love an iPhone, not necessarily buy an iPhone
• Contracts start from £35 (€50) per month including unlimited data
• EDGE and WiFi all the way
• UK only today, other European countries within the next quarter…

As much as I have a love for all things Apple, there’s still not enough in an iPhone to sway me, plus no concrete details on a rollout within the Irish market. Did someone tell me the Nokia N95 8GB model is hitting the shelves here around the same time?

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