We’re nearly there, so we thought we’d provide some more details on the iPhone launch, courtesy (in the main) to berble.com. Firstly, it looks like O2 stores will open at 7:02am (in comparison to 6:02pm last year), to allow a greater amount of time throughout the day to process the credit checks and activate the phones instore for all those who want to walk out of the store on the first day. Secondly, for upgraders, your phone will be sent out to you in the post, and you will not need to go to the store at all. berble.com’s O2 contact also stated that upgraders will be provided with a “Jail Break Code” to allow the old iPhone to be used on any network. Finally, it looks like the 8GB iPhone 3G will cost £299.99 on PAYG, with the 16GB version costing £359.99. Although that sounds a lot for a phone, let’s remember people were paying £269 for the old version *with* a contract, so £299 without a contract is not that unreasonable.  Included in that price is 6 months WiFi and Internet access, and after those 6 months, a monthly topup of at least £10 will keep those features available.

Expect many many more people to be walking around with iPhones over the next few months.

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