Vodafone Will Sell iPhone In UK, Too
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First Orange breaks O2’s exclusive deal to sell Apple’s iPhone to UK consumers, now Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) joins them: the company announced in a short statement on Tuesday morning that it will sell the 3G and 3GS models from “early 2010” in the UK and Ireland, giving it its twelfth and thirteenth iPhone country deals.
SEE ALSO: Orange Lands UK iPhone 3G, 3GS Deal, Ends O2’s Exclusivity
The timing means Vodafone will miss out on the fight to sell iPhones in the crucial run-up to Christmas, when O2 and Orange will be going head-to-head to create the best deal. But it’s still a big win for Vodafone, which has targeted iPhone deals in the UK and Germany.
As CEO Vittorio Colao told investors on the company’s Q109 earnings call: “I can tell you for sure we have had and still have some negative iPhone effect. It’s clear the iPhone is working very well in the UK; it’s particularly clear that not having it has hindered us.
Like O2 and Orange before it, Vodafone is allowing punters to pre-register their interest in getting one, but there’s no details yet on Vodafone’s or Orange’s pricing for the device.
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