Thousands of Australians have imported the iPhone from overseas only to discover that a 3G network enabled phone for close to half the price would soon hit the Australian shores. Vodafone was first to secure the deal before Optus and Telstra joined the bandwagon before tomorrow’s launch.

Russell Hewitt Vodafone’s chief executive said

“Vodafone Australia is enormously pleased to be included in the agreement to sell the iPhone to our customers later this year”

Vodafone will sell the iphone at a discount to their existing customers and lock it into their network. An unlocked version will be available at apple.com.au after tomorrows launch.

Telstra has joined the July 11th launch and have released information that their mobile plans will start at $30 per month with an upfront cost of $279 for the 8GB model and $399 for the 16GB version of the i Phone.

Telstra predicts that there will be delays for months stocking their customers with arguable the gadget of the year. The 3 network still shows no signs of participating in the launch on Firday the 11th of June.
Check out the where to buy page to find a Telstra, Vodaphone or Optus Store.

It seems that the Australian iphone website is missing a vital component compared to its American counterpart. Screencasts! The American site showcases 13 screencasts explaning the relevant applications. Don’t bother browsing the Australian site to get an insight into the phone instead head over to www.apple.com

Click to visit the Apple American iPhone site

Not as bad as Canada it seems. A website has been created named Ruined Iphone showing great distaste for Rogers/Fido (The major cell phone provider) for “poor data/voice plans” that will make the iPhone very expensive to use. Similar to the 3 Network an online petition has been created. If you feel strong enough you can put the following graphic website on your website, picture below:

The code is:

<a href=”http://www.ruinediphone.com” mce_href=”http://www.ruinediphone.com” target=”_blank”><img src=”http://www.ruinediphone.com/img/banner.gif” mce_src=”http://www.ruinediphone.com/img/banner.gif” width=”250″ height=”30″ alt=”RuinedIphone.com” /></a>

The iPhone has been spotted in the new Sex and the City movie as the main weapon of communication by Samantha Jones. The phone was featured in a number of scenes including background shots and featured in a scene where Carrie Bradshaw states that she “can not operate this” when presented with the iPhone interface.

Despite numerous rumors 3 has no plan to take on the iphone on the launch date of July 11th. Three has set up a web based petition located at: www.three.com.au/iphone the blog allows users to comment on the online petition titled: Sending Apple your iPhone message.

Over 1,000 people have backed this blog petition with response varying from “I love the iphone and three. Can’t we all just get along?” to “IPHONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE on THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE”.

If you are an existing customer you can text the word iPhone to 333 000 to receive a phone-based form. Three users are also able to sign up on the blog www.three.com.au/iphone to keep updated as news develops.

Well the wait for the Apple iPhone will soon be over as the new apple phone will be available in Australia from July 11, 2008.

The Apple iPhone has been receiving positive reviews since it was introduced to the USA and overseas markets last year.  Steve jobs from Apple on July 8 in San Francisco announced that the 8GB apple iphone will be available for just US$199.

Both Vodafone and Optus have confirmed that they will offer the apple iPhone to both pre-paid and customers on longer term contracts. There is no doubt the apple phone will create huge competition amongst Australian operators so we suggest consumers wait to see which operator offer the best data plans and bundles on the apple iPhones.

Australian get ready for the apple iphone

After much anticipation Australians will be able to purchase iPhones from July 11, 2008.

The iPhone has recently positive feedback in the US and around the world in the following areas:

- Impressive display and usability

- Modern  & sleek design

- Unique multi-touch UI (user interface)

- Easy surfing the Internet

- Great music player

- Easy to use iphone applications

iPhone downloads and download are available from the apple website. Due to the long wait for iPhone Australia, we anticipate that there may be some delays in shipment once the I phones hit the market on July 11.

iPhone Australia pricing is yet to be announced by the major providers, however, the positive news was that Steve Jobs from Apple reduced the price of their 8GBhandset in the USA to US$199 as of July 8.

Stay tuned for more information on iphone download, and the release of iPhones in Australia by visiting this web page regularly.