“Rumours have been rampant for months since the launch of the iPhone in the USA back mid-2007 regarding Australia’s chance to taste the iPhone. There have been many dates and leaks of false info, so much so that some people even think Australia is never going to get it. Today however, Apple have been informing resellers of their iPhone strategy for Australia,” MacTalk reports.
Resellers have been informed of the following things:
• Last week of June release
• More than 1 carrier
• No contract lock in
• Current resellers will be able to sell iPhones
Much more here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “bstoned” and “Joel” for the heads up.]
Jude Willis blogs for ZDNet, “Seven large Apple resellers in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra contacted by ZDNet.com.au, said they have heard nothing from Apple about an Australian release.”
Willis reports, “David McMahon, CEO of Fone Zone, parent company of massive Apple reseller network Next Byte, says he is still in the dark. ‘Others may well have been told something but I’ve heard nothing,’ he said. ‘These things are kept very secret,’ said a sales manager at a Mac1 store. ‘We never get told anything. The first thing we do in the morning is check the Apple Web site to make sure nothing new has been released.'”
“‘Absolutely not,’ said another in Melbourne, who said that new Apple products tend to arrive wrapped in black plastic to stop information leaks,” Willis reports. “‘We haven’t been told a thing.'”
More in the full article here.
Very interesting rumor! As always, consider this a rumor until Apple officially announces. With that established, let’s take it a step further: What if Apple’s contract with AT&T in the U.S. and with their other carrier contracts in the U.K., Germany, etc. are written in such a way as to cover only the original iPhone, so that the next-gen, possibly 3.5G, iPhone will be made available on multiple carriers in countries around the world?
Let’s get serious, who will buy an iPhone now?
Nokia confirms ‘iPhone killer’ handset in pipeline.
I hope it’s true. If the iPhone were only available here through Telstra I’d NEVER get one.
Damn. This waiting is so hard…
Wow. Hope this is true. Will buy it no matter what it costs. I will be speaking to my local reseller as soon as possible to check if this if for real.
“Nokia confirms ‘iPhone killer’ handset in pipeline.”
It’s not an iPhone-killer, it’s an iPhone imitation rip-off…
It’s the software dummy!
Yeah dummy, it’s the software!
…and the Apple hardware.
I wonder if release of the next generation iPhone breaks the AT&T;exclusive in the US? Could there be a CDMA variant in the woodwork? Oh, the thinks we can think!
I think it was Tim Cook who said that different regions will require different business models for making the iPhone available. That is why I would not dismiss this rumor out of hand.
Apple is an adaptable company that does whatever it takes to win the big game.
yea dummy and its the … cool box it comes in.
“iPhone killer”
Here we go again. Because all of those “iPod killers” did so well? We’ve moved well past the PC wars into territory in which Apple is kicking ass (o.k., except Germany, for now).
“Let’s get serious, who will buy an iPhone now?”
Everybody, BECAUSE “Nokia confirms ‘iPhone killer’ handset in pipeline”. Ha.
Interesting theory MDN. Good if it’s true.
I can see it now:
“Nah, that’s not a phone. Now, here’s a phone!”
“What if Apple’s contract with AT&T;in the U.S. and with their other carrier contracts in the U.K., Germany, etc. are written in such a way as to cover only the original iPhone, so that the next-gen, possibly 3.5G, iPhone will be made available on multiple carriers in countries around the world?”
That’s what I suggested a week ago in a post here. Another poster at the time opined that there would be NO way ATT would allow a contract like that. Who knows. Unless the alliance with a single carrier brings more than Visual Voicemail, I’m not sure it is worth it. I would like to see some evidence that there is a real need for Apple to partner with a single carrier network.
If the money ain’t made in the plan, it’ll have to be made on the hardware. Translation: it’ll be cheaper to buy one elsewhere? Maybe one of the negotiating carriers leaked this. MW: who?
More than one carrier, you beauty. Fark you Telstra.
Australia seems to get everything later than everyone else, which seems quite unfair. The population is only 20m, meaning that the expense of marketing is only warranted for mature products with good track records.
But it’s still unfair.
No Cubert, I think it’s, “Y’call that a phone? Now, thees ees a phone.”
TheMacDailyNews Take is sophomoric as usual.
Micro Me, the correct almost-quote would be “That’s not a phone…._that’s_ a phone!”
And Aussie, if you think you’re last to get anything, you should live in New Zealand for a while…
It’s all I want.
If I pay a fortune for a phone, I don’t want to be locked in.
Sell it like every other phone in Australia. Pay full price for it unlocked, or get it cheap with a contract.
@Aussie:
You think it’s unfair that Australia gets the iPhone after everyone else? Well Canada has 33 million people, is part of a free-trade agreement with the US, is right next door to the US, and still does not have the iPhone. Even tiny Austria is going to get it before Canada, so don’t feel so bad!
Many people feel the problem is the carrier. There’s only one GSM carrier in Canada, Rogers. Since Apple have shown that the problem is not the size of the market, since they’re selling in much smaller markets, it’s clear the problem lies with the carrier. In the case of Rogers, they do not want to offer the pricing plan that Apple has released elsewhere, and they do not want to cede any control to anyone else. So Canadians do not have the iPhone because Rogers is being stubborn. Rogers will pay a price for that one day. But I digress.
Perhaps the problem in Australia is also the carriers, and not Apple, nor population size.
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