Το iPhone στην Ευρώπη

[gkontoletas]

Ο ίδιος ο Steve σε εκδήλωση σε κατάστημα της Apple στο Λονδίνο ανακοίνωσε το iPhone για την Ευρώπη.
Προς το παρόν μόνο στην Αγγλία και μόνο από την Ο2

http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/18/live-from-apples-mum-is-no-longer-the-word-event-in-london/

http://shop.o2.co.uk/promo/iphone (αυτή τη στιγμή κάνουν τις αλλαγές στο site)

 

[Μιχάλης Κορ.]

Summary

* iPhone coming to the U.K. November 9th
* Will cost £269 and be available from Apple Retail stores and the Carphone Warehouse. 8GB model, EDGE not 3G (so the same model as the US). iTunes WiFi Music Store will of course come with the iPhone.
* O2 is the exclusive carrier
* Contracts cost £35, £45 or £55 a month and include unlimited (within fair-use) WiFi at The Cloud hotspots and EDGE & GPRS on O2. For more details there's a shiny new O2 page here.

 

[Cine Gear]

Apple Inc. will partner with U.K. mobile carrier O2 (UK) Ltd. when it rolls out the iPhone in Great Britain on Nov. 9, the company said today.

Contrary to speculation, however, the smart phone will not use the faster 3G data network common in Europe. CEO Steve Jobs announced the partnership with O2 UK at one of Apple’s London retail stores, and set the price of the iPhone at $537, which includes value-added taxes.

O2 will offer three different subscriber plans, called “tariffs” in the U.K., that range from $70 to $110 monthly. Those plans include 200 to 1,200 calling minutes, and 200 to 500 text messages in their allotments.

The price of the iPhone will be the stickiest problem Apple faces in the U.K., said Gartner Inc. analyst Carolina Milanesi, speaking from London after Jobs’ presentation.

“We’re terribly spoiled in the U.K.,” she said, talking about handset subsidies. “Here, a 400 to 500 euro phone becomes a 100 to 150 euro device [with subsidies].

I really think that consumers will need to be educated about the iPhone” before they’ll buy. As in the U.S., the iPhone accesses the Internet using its built-in Safari browser, and pulls e-mail from multiple accounts. All three O2 tariffs offer unlimited data access.

To plug the data gap, O2 said it had partnered with Wi-Fi provider The Cloud, and would provide unlimited free access to 7,500 public access points at the iPhone’s November debut. An unlimited account with The Cloud is currently priced at $13.95 monthly.

Source: Dailytech, Computerworld

 

[xfader]

Το carrefour έβαλε ήδη τιμή για το iphone 749 € !
Ούτε ο ίδιος ο Steve δεν το ξέρει... :crazy_1:

Από το myphone.gr . Περισσότερα εδώ.

 

[Joseph]

Αλλού για αλλού είναι.wall_1
Δίνουν τιμή για το μοντέλο που καταργήθηκε (4 γίγα).
Με τέτοια τιμή μόνο οι πολύ τρελαμένοι θα το αγοράσουν.
Καλό είναι αλλά όχι για 750€.
Με αυτά τα λεφτά μπαίνει στην κατηγορία του TyTN ΙΙ.
Με 450€ το πολύ θα έχει τύχη, αλλιώς…:happy_4:

 

[gkontoletas]

Και οι Γερμανοί θα έχουν το iPhone τους.

Apple and T-Mobile Announce Exclusive Partnership for iPhone in Germany

BERLIN—September 19, 2007 — Apple® and T-Mobile today announced that T-Mobile, the leading network operator in Germany, will be the exclusive German carrier of Apple’s revolutionary iPhone™ when it makes its debut in Germany on November 9. iPhone combines three devices into one—a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod®, and the best mobile Internet device ever—all based on Apple’s revolutionary multi-touch interface and pioneering software that allows users to control iPhone with just a tap, flick or pinch of their fingers. Apple sold its one millionth iPhone just 74 days after it went on sale in the U.S. on June 29.
“We’re thrilled to be partnering with T-Mobile to bring the iPhone to Germany,” said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. “Customer response to iPhone in the US has been incredible, and we can't wait to introduce T-Mobile customers to the most revolutionary mobile device on the planet.”
“We are convinced that we can get our customers excited about experiencing the mobile internet with the iPhone,” said Hamid Akhavan, CEO, T-Mobile International. “I am proud that Apple and T-Mobile have become partners. The best mobile device currently on the market will soon be operating on the best network in the country.”
In addition to all the revolutionary features that made iPhone so popular in the US, iPhone users in Germany will have access to Apple's latest music offerings on iPhone including the recently launched iTunes® Wi-Fi Music Store. The iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store offers customers the ability to browse, search, preview, purchase and download songs and albums from iTunes over the built-in Wi-Fi on their iPhone. No computer is required and when the customer connects their iPhone back with the PC or Mac, their music automatically syncs back into their iTunes library.
The T-Mobile network will also support iPhone’s unique Visual Voicemail feature, which enables users to immediately randomly access those messages that interest them most.
By the end of 2007, T-Mobile will be the only network operator in Germany to offer EDGE throughout its entire GSM network. EDGE accelerates the mobile data transfer rate to over 220 Kilobits per second, which makes it almost four times as fast as ISDN in fixed-line networks. With EDGE, the German market leader offers its customers 100 percent broadband – anywhere and at any time. With 20,000 HotSpots worldwide, T-Mobile is the biggest Wi-Fi provider in the world. Of those HotSpots, 8,600 are in Germany, where HotSpot users can achieve download speeds of up to 11 megabytes per second.
Pricing & Availability
iPhone is scheduled to go on sale on November 9 and will be sold in Germany through Telekom Shops of Deutsche Telekom and the T-Mobile web shop. iPhone requires a new 2-year T-Mobile tariff and will be available in an 8GB model for €399 including V.A.T. and will work with either a PC or Mac.
iPhone activation will require an Internet connection; an iTunes Store account or a major credit card; the latest version of iTunes available at www.itunes.de and a PC or Mac with a USB 2.0 port and one of the following operating systems: Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later; Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later; or Windows Vista Home Premium, Business, Enterprise or Ultimate Edition.
T-Mobile International is one of the world’s leading companies in mobile communications. As one of Deutsche Telekom’s three strategic business units, T-Mobile concentrates on the most dynamic markets in Europe and the United States. Almost 112 million mobile customers were served by companies of the Deutsche Telekom group by June 30, 2007. The common technology platform is based on GSM, the world’s most successful digital wireless standard. This also makes T-Mobile the only mobile communications provider with a seamless transatlantic service.
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market this year with its revolutionary iPhone.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/09/19iphone.html
http://www.t-mobile.de/iphone/