iPhone debuts in Austria, Ireland
updated 07:55 am EDT, Fri March 14, 2008
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Apple on Friday introduced the iPhone to Austria and Ireland, the first countries to receive the handset since 2007. Already confirmed via its website, T-Mobile will be the exclusive carrier in Austria and is both announcing and launching the iPhone today. The European provider will offer just two service plans for the phone. A €39 Classic plan offers 1,000 minutes of calling to any network, Visual Voicemail, up to 3GB of data transfer per month, and SMS text messages at 25 Euro cents each; a €55 Supreme plan offers both unlimited calling and text messages with the same data cap. A two-year contract is required.
O2 has previously announced its plans, which range from €45 to €100 for between 175 and 700 minutes of call time, 100 to 250 built-in SMS messages, and a 1GB data limit. As with the British release, the plan requires an 18-month plan.
In both countries, the iPhone itself will sell at €399 for an 8GB model and €499 for a 16GB version, either of which is available directly through Apple's online stores in the respective territories. Austrians can also buy the iPhone through either T-Mobile's retail or online stores, while Irish customers can buy the phone through O2.
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03/14, 08:11am reply
I am waiting for iPhone in India since ages.
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03/14, 09:18am reply
I think it's a shame that it still isn't feasible to use an iPhone outside one's own country, because of international roaming data rates.
I think I may go through withdrawl when I put it in "no data" mode for my trip to Dublin next month, which seems silly since the phone is availbale there as well.
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Get's introduced and....
03/14, 04:55pm reply
nobody even cares. This announcement is about as low key as one can get. It sure didn't do anything for Apple's stock price. I guess these countries are too small to get worked up about. I didn't see one article about waiting in long lines to pick up iPhones. I think the hype has truly worn off. Yawn. Too bad. It was fun while it lasted.
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