iPhone 3G in the UK: New tariffs, free on selected plans, pay and go coming, biz plans

O2 has announced initial pricing details for the iPhone 3G, and it’s all looking good.

Look, there’s a new £30 per month tariff — that’s £5 cheaper than before. It’s pretty stingy on minutes and texts, but if you’re getting the iPhone primarily for surfing, you won’t care.

The 8GB iPhone is FREE on £45 and £75 per month tariffs, or £99 on the £30 and £35 per month ones…

O2 hints at iPhone 3G "in the coming weeks", points at Apple

Whether cleverly crafted PR or simply letting his guard down, O2’s CEO, Matthew Key, has told journalists that Telefonica Europe and Apple will make a joint statement about the next generation iPhone “in the coming weeks”.

Though no-one has explicitly stated the next iPhone will be 3G, pretty much everyone expects it to be, and most eyes are on Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference in early June, which certainly qualifies as “the coming weeks”…

O2 may or may not be selling 16GB iPhone, depending on when you visit their website

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Yesterday, O2’s web site claimed that it had no iPhones left in stock — not even the heftily-priced 16GB model.

Today, it seems, the 16GB is still available, even though “officially” it isn’t.

According to PC Advisor, O2 has “confirmed reports that the iPhone is not currently available anywhere in the UK” — that’ll be everywhere except the Apple Store, presumably, who are still merrily selling 8GB and 16GB iPhones with next-day delivery…

3G iPhone June launch date confirmed as 100% FACT by, er, AT&T cancelling its employee holiday

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American exclusive iPhone supplier AT&T has given the world its iPhone Rumour of the Day today, thanks to an internal email.

The phone company has asked its employees not to book any holiday between the dates of June 15 and July 12 – presumably, as the blogosphere is now presenting as 100% confirmation, because the 3G iPhone is indeed coming in June and it’s going to be ALL HANDS TO THE DECK to cope…

Analysts claim O2's mobile broadband is overpriced and too exclusive

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It appears I wasn’t the only one concerned about O2’s mobile broadband, which launched last Friday. Analyst firm Ovum (not related to this ovum) has reported that their package is overpriced, and too exclusive.

Being available purely to existing customers who have home broadband or a SIM is akin to shooting themselves in the foot, a senior analyst, Steven Hartley, at Ovum claims. “None of the other companies make this stipulation, although 3…