It just doesn’t make sense. Ireland is getting the iPhone, courtesy of O2, as of March 14. That’s two weeks away today.
For those of you not up to date with your geography and population statistics, According to Google, Ireland has an estimated population of 4,109,086 as at July 2007. Australia, on the other hand, has an estimated population of 20,434,176. That’s roughly five times the population of Ireland, which in my head equates to roughly five times the number of iPhones Apple could sell if they hurried up and released the iPhone in Australia.
I know that it’s all connected to the exclusive deal O2 had with Apple in the UK, but come on – I’m sick of waiting! Release it in Australia already, Apple!
Dean
Friday, February 29, 2008 at 11:48 AMAlthough I really can’t stand all this iPhone talk, this is kind of stupid of Apple.
tt
Friday, February 29, 2008 at 11:56 AMCould be illegal!
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/technology/iphone-could-be-illegal-in-australia/2008/02/25/1203788240903.html
sathan777
Friday, February 29, 2008 at 12:00 PMMakes perfect sense! They need to sell off all the old stock before releasing the 3G model here… Yes that is sarcasm.
curious
Friday, February 29, 2008 at 12:17 PMwith the AUD being almost equal the the USD, i don’t see why you just don’t buy it and hack it
it’s what i’m doing
Stefan
Friday, February 29, 2008 at 1:01 PMGoddamnit apple RELEASE THE iPHONE here!
I COULD buy one and hack it, but I don’t want to deal with all the bullshit, every time a new patch comes out I can’t install it and get extra stability/functionality?
If my current phone dies, or my current iPod dies, then that’s it, I’ll buy one and hack it.
David Ollis
Friday, February 29, 2008 at 1:13 PMAll of the carriers are pushing 3G, and the cost of data is criminal..
I doubt you’ll see an AU iPhone without 3G, especially on a reasonable data plan.
Dale
Friday, February 29, 2008 at 4:10 PMit is hard to believe Ireland got it first. But buying an iphone now is still a little risky, what if they delay the aus release until there is a 3G phone. Your hacked iPhone will then not be able to become a “legit” iPhone cause it wont be 3G. Thats the one thing holding me back from importing one.
tominated
Friday, February 29, 2008 at 10:17 PMThis is so stupid. Why steve? WHY!!!
Daniel
Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 3:16 AMI live in ireland let me tell you what we are all doing here.. were buying them from northen ireland (which is owned by england) and paying for them in the pound, then unlocking them.. we actualy save a small fortune and we have it on any network.. we don’t even get the visual voicemail so no problems here.. or we go one step further and take a trip to America.. flights are only €50 return for a weekend!
Feral
Monday, March 3, 2008 at 9:53 AMPatience young Jedi.
irish
Sunday, March 16, 2008 at 5:13 AMhi im from ireland too… the other big reason ireland got it before austrlaia is that Apples european HQ is based here and we supply all of of europe with the iphone…Id say wait for the 3g version, only another few months away…first gen phone is pretty poor infeatures redeemed only by the awesome interface.