08.05.2008 16:50 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

iPhone turns 2: time for a refresh, and other updates

New rumors and announcements related to the iPhone have popped up for the last few days: - The 3G iPhone will announce on June, 29th in the USA, and in the following weeks it should invade Europe. - Vodafone has won a contract to distribute the iPhone in 10 European countries (not all are exclusive contracts: in Italy, for example, Telecom Italia is also distributing the iPhone). - thus, Italy will be the first country where 2 operators will sell the iPhone. - Orange is said to be in talks with Apple about a similar contract. It appears that Apple has finally decided to step away from the exclusive-carrier business model, in order to let carriers compete among eachother. Taking into account that T-Mobile and O2 are trying to sell all iPhones they still have in stock, and the exclusive contracts still appear to continue, one can imagine Apple's new approach: - If an operator is willing to pay the high price for the exclusivity-contract, they'll get it. Otherwise, they

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