is the new iphone coming to orange in october 2009?

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1. amomipais82
   

   Hi,
   There had been rumours swirling around for a little while now, but we think that all of the pieces fit into place only too perfectly to sit on this bombshell…
   
   We have word from a very, very credible source on the inside that the iPhone 3G will be available on Orange in the UK, possibly as soon as October.
   
   We know. It sounds a bit hard to believe, but in light of recent events it seems a great deal more likely than not. Let us weigh up the evidence for the iPhone 3G’s October emancipation…
   
   - o2 did win out in the UK, but don’t forget that Orange snagged the iPhone 3G in France, and T-Mobile in Germany. It is also freely available on the Optus, Telstra and Vodafone networks in Australia. So allegiance to a single network as far as Europe is concerned could easily be temporary.
   
   - The possibility of o2/Apple exclusivity being a limited time offer due to lackluster sales of the first iPhone in the UK. Apple playing so nice and o2 giving phones out for free is a far cry from £269 for an 8GB a year ago, there had to be a catch to them delivering arguably the best value iPhone 3G deals in the world. Three months for o2 as the sole vendor, then all bets are off? Apple wants to sell as many phones as possible, an exclusive carrier is not in their best interests.
   
   - With Apple capturing casual consumer interest through o2’s morning launches and queues round the block, then who better than Orange to pair with when it comes to tackling that more elusive discerning corporate user?
   
   Or is it just an Omio fever dream? Do you think there’s something here, or are we making a few too many leaps of faith in our thinking? Let us know in the forums!
   
   *UPDATE: It’s half way through October and no news, what gives? Well, after much twisting of arms and pulling of hair, we managed to extract some information from our source.
   
   He admits to having been slightly “overzealous” in his ‘October for iPhone’ statement, and says that the success of the iPhone 3G and PAYG option have delayed if not scuppered Orange’s plans to break the monopoly.
   
   Oh well, at least there are a wealth of iPhone alternatives on the networks this festive period…
   
   In the meantime we have the top O2 iPhone deals on the iPhone 3gs 16gb and iPhone 3GS 32GB at Omio.
   
   UPDATE: We will soon see the iPhone 3G on Orange and T-Mobile, O2’s exclusivity is set to end from September ‘09!

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