T-Mobile UK have already put up their own ‘Get it first’ button on their site in the UK.
Reports have already stated that it will be free with £40 a month tariffs. It will be interesting to see if their are lower tariffs offered, what you’ll pay for the phone with those or whether there are any contracts offered shorter than 18 months.
Below are the O2 UK tariffs for pay monthly customers on the iPhone for comparison. I’d guess that, like the $179 price tag for the G1 in the US, T-Mo are going to try to pitch the G1just a bit cheaper than these prices…
O2 Pay Monthly Tariffs for iPhone
Choose from one of our four Pay Monthly tariffs for iPhone.
| Monthly Charge | £30 | £35 | £45 | £75 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of 8GB iPhone | £99 | £99 | Free | Free |
| Cost of 16GB iPhone | £159 | £159 | £59 | Free |
| Minutes | 75 | 600 | 1200 | 3000 |
| Texts | 125 | 500 | 500 | 500 |
| Unlimited Data & Wi-Fi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Visual Voicemail | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reduced Roaming Rates | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Minimum contract length | 18 months | 18 months | 18 months | 18 months |
As mentioned before, I wonder how soon before people will be unlocking these phones both from the US and the UK. I’d give it about 2 weeks from release.
