iPhone 3GS Set For Orange UK Release On November 10th

James Allen Johnson — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:47:44 +0000

O2 will lose their exclusivity for the iPhone 3GS on November 9th, a day before the date that will see the device not coincidentally land at UK cellular provider Orange. Currently the carrier is only able to offer iPhone and iPhone 3G devices.

While pricing on both carriers should remaining the same, Orange is promising “value added” services, although we aren’t quite sure that that means at this point.

Carphone Warehouse and Phone4U are expected to carry the phones on behalf of O2. Then adding to the already crowded iPhone UK market will be Vodafone sometime in early 2010, with carrier “3″ looking to also adopt the phone sometime in 2010. [Engadget]

Report: Carrier Paid Actors to Line Up for iPhone Launch

JR — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:03:30 +0000

Forget the mile-long lines so many cities saw on iPhone launch day: Poland’s mobile carrier has apparently paid actors to pretend they’re interested in the product.

The iPhone is set to go on sale there Friday, but mobile company Orange is worried Polish customers won’t be so keen on the costs, according to InformationWeek. It commissioned the actors to stand in front of about 20 different stores, a spokesperson indicated, to try to give the impression of a hotly anticipated item.

Wonder if other companies have done that elsewhere, unbeknownst to the general public?

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iPhone 3GS Set For Orange UK Release On November 10th

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