iPhone in Australia? Not anytime soon.

Posted by dennis on January 9th, 2008 at 10:00pm Comments

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We’ve got some disappointing news for our friends from down under. According to Crazy John’s, Australia’s largest independent mobiles distributor, the iPhone will not show up in Australia anytime soon.

Crazy John’s marketing and sales chief Stephen Morley said “I don’t believe the product is imminent here in Australia.”

At the same time Apple stated that is has plans to release the iPhone in Australia later on this year, but no dates or carrier of choice were named as of yet.

And mobile carrier Vodafone said that it expects the iPhone to arrive in Australia only when a 3G version will become available.

“Most handset manufacturers’ range of devices in market are designed to provide customers with high-speed access to content, such as mobile music, mobile TV and entertainment, within coverage areas. Vodafone would be surprised to see an iPhone released in Australia before a 3G or HSPA-enabled model becomes available,” Vodafone’s spokesperson said.

Other Australian carriers and Apple itself did not have any comments to make.

Thanks: news.com.au

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