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MattGarner
05-07-2007, 02:49 PM
O2 'to get iPhone contract in UK'
Mobile phone operator O2 is reported to have won the sought-after deal to sell Apple's iPhone in the UK.

Press reports said that O2 is set to sign an exclusive contract shortly and should have the new phones on sale in time for Christmas.

A spokesman for O2, which is owned by Spain's Telefonica, declined to comment on the reports.

More than 500,000 iPhones were sold in the first weekend in the US by AT&T, which has exclusive rights there.

Vodafone had previously been tipped as the likely winner of the contract.

The agreement with O2 is reported to include Apple receiving a continuing share of the revenue generated for the network operator.

The handsets are expected to be sold for about £300 and O2 will be hoping that the lure of the fashionable phone is enough to win customers from rival networks.

Looks like Vodafone didn't get it. :P

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6272226.stm
Recursion
05-07-2007, 03:15 PM
iPhone is crap anyway. N95 is way better :] - N95 has everything iPhone has apart from a Safari browser and Tocuh Screen.
mangle
05-07-2007, 03:18 PM
TBH , Touch screen annoys me. Gets scratched and finerprints all over it!
Sunny.
05-07-2007, 03:29 PM
I second that ^^, but it would be kinda cool, but for my actuall phone itd jus really p**** me off
Luckyrare
05-07-2007, 03:34 PM
Thats good, I hope it isnt just for contracts in the UK.
PriceTags
05-07-2007, 04:01 PM
TBH , Touch screen annoys me. Gets scratched and finerprints all over it!


I second that ^^, but it would be kinda cool, but for my actuall phone itd jus really p**** me off

An American magazine did stress tests on the screen and they even scratched a key down it and it went without damage... they've thought about it.
Recursion
05-07-2007, 04:21 PM
Theres a video on Youtube, they drop it, scratch it with keys then drop it on concrete, it end up with only a few minor scratches on the bottom silver bit under the button.
Agent 47
05-07-2007, 04:54 PM
The touch screen is so scratch-proof cause it's glass :P
Shawnstra
06-07-2007, 11:17 AM
Lol well done to them :)
AEROX
06-07-2007, 12:56 PM
I think its abit over rated as a phone. It going to have some problems and when they release a newer one and fixed all of the problems it will be cheap. Abit like the Ipods. I can pick up the old 60GB Ipod video for about £80 and the new 30GB one is about £160.
ebay
06-07-2007, 07:57 PM
cant wait for this phone so i cant, i will be first inline to get it i hope
Ashhizzle
06-07-2007, 09:35 PM
iPhone is crap anyway. N95 is way better :] - N95 has everything iPhone has apart from a Safari browser and Tocuh Screen.
n95 has a rubbish battery. I'd imagine iPhone has a better one