[Alan Partridge @ Sep 17th 2007 11:21AM]

I predict O2 will get the deal in the UK and it will come out in the second half of October!

[Alan Partridge @ Sep 17th 2007 11:31AM]

Also the price will be from £275 - £299 with plans starting from £30/month!

[mark @ Sep 17th 2007 12:21PM]

With £300 phones normally being given away for free on £35 per month contracts, it'll be interesting to see how well apple will do charing extra for their handset when you'll be able to get the new LG's and Samsungs for free.

[Xavier Gill @ Sep 18th 2007 4:07AM]

The London store looks classy http://flickr.com/photos/shashvat/1217230772/

Better than that box in New York

[LordFarkward @ Sep 18th 2007 4:40AM]

i agree, mark. with N95 (and pretty much every other phone) free with a 35 quid/month plan (even the Luna is only 100 quid extra with a 35 quid/month plan), i wonder how apple can justify (IF that's what they're doing) charging people anything more than 50-100 for similar plans...

[ian @ Sep 18th 2007 4:45AM]

Hey, the O2's online store is down for 'improvements'

hmmm

[Alan Partridge @ Sep 18th 2007 4:46AM]

Not only are high-end phones free on expensive contracts but now it's not uncommon to get a free DS/PSP/Wii/iPod in the UK because competition is so high. If you pay £75/month you can even get a free PS3!

[joefinan @ Sep 18th 2007 5:02AM]

£299 + 2 years at £30pm = £1,019. No thanks. I'd rather get a new iPod Touch, iMac, Sony PDA etc.

[Reid Dudley-smith @ Sep 18th 2007 4:59AM]

Ohh! The UK Apple Store is... Not down?

[LordFarkward @ Sep 18th 2007 5:09AM]

ewww, they're still selling the 8gb 2.5g version?

i'm disappointed

[Alpha899 @ Sep 18th 2007 5:50AM]

The fact is the iPhone came out outdated, it just has a very impressive UI, which is what makes the iPod great. However the cell phone manufacturers are the biggest sharks of all and will soon, probably by xmas, have phones out that are exactly like the iphone, with a very slick UI but with 3G.

Apple is going to learn the hard way that to be competitive in the cell phone market they need to come out with products fast and that the average cell phone user has the attention span of a gold fish, when the new Nokias come out, guess what, many cell phone users will trade in their iPhones for the Nokias and just use their iPods for music.

Or just get the China clones is you live int he UK already: http://www.mp4nation.com/products/index.php?PID=cellphones

[Johnny Appleseed @ Sep 18th 2007 6:26AM]

Alpha, there might be copycat phones that look superficially like the iPhone, but it will take a bit longer than a few months to rival the user experience of OS X with Multi-Touch - if anyone ever comes close at all.

[Alpha899 @ Sep 18th 2007 9:38AM]

You sure Appleseed:

http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/29/nokias-iphone-no-seriously/

[illingist trooper @ Sep 18th 2007 9:54AM]

Alpha899 - you think Apple won't come out with a new model? C'mon, they make cellphones now... Just like every other company they will make new models, and likely cheaper.

[master811 @ Sep 18th 2007 5:25PM]

"For you US Americans, that's about $535." Err remember to remove the
VAT BEFORE you convert to USD, so its actually about $500, not a huge
difference but still.