iPhone Likely Set to Launch in the UK Next Week

An anonymous reader writes "According to CNet, the iPhone is likely to be launched in the UK next Tuesday. 'Yesterday we were invited to an Apple press conference to take place next Tuesday — and we think it's most likely going to be the UK iPhone launch. Apple, as always, is keeping tight-lipped but there are several clues that point in the iPhone's direction'. No word yet on a UK operator, pricing or whether or not it will have 3G."

Comments

Really?

[Anonymous Coward]

After so much bad press and customer complaints, I would've expected Apple to have learned a lesson.

Guess not.

Re:Good luck with that

[iJed]

hurray , i can now buy a phone that has less features (no SMS, no MMS, no video calls) than my old Nokia did in 2001

The iPhone does support SMS (and always has.) It also has real email (which is far more useful than MMS has ever been), a real web browser, a high-quality video player and arguably the best music player ever on a phone. It has also become very easy to install third party software on and has a rapidly growing community of developers. Someone has even managed to implement video chat!

The iPhone isn't about having a ton of features though. Its about having a phone with a UI that isn't really really shit and having the features that it does have work very well. These are the things that differentiates its from your Nokia.

Re:I am waiting for the Belgium release

[Reaperducer]

In Belgium locking phones is illegal. That would mean that there won't be a single operator who can get an exclusive deal. That would mean everybody would be able to buy it and use it anywhere in the world. Also it means that the price will be the price for the phone and only for the phone.

Or it could mean Belgium doesn't get the iPhone.

In spite of Brussels' inflated view of itself, when you're a global company losing Belgium is no big deal.