At today’s “Mum is no longer the word” press conference held in London, Steve Jobs announced that O2 Wireless will be carrying the iPhone in the United Kingdom.
Too bad there’s no 3G on board, or anything else new.
The British version of the iPhone is basically identical to the one available from AT&T here in the States.
It will ship with the latest firmware (1.1.1) already installed, and supports multiple different language keyboards.
O2 did manage to agree that its Apple iPhone-toting subscribers could use 7,500 Wi-Fi hotspots as part of their data plan and this is essential.
O2 only has about 30% of the U.K. covered with EDGE. The rest is either GPRS or WCDMA.
According to my friend Johnny who live in London, GPRS is really slow. He feels that GPRS doesn’t cut it, especially for a device such as the iPhone that requires speed, speed, and more speed.
Citizens of the U.K. can pay £269 ($536.00 USD) for the device and then choose from three different plans, ranging from $70 to $110 per month.
No word on when or if the iPhone will be available in other countries, leaving the speculation game wide open. It goes on sale November 9th.
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