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Firstly let me begin by saying that not all articles I write will be about Apple or the iPhone, it just so happened that as I was looking for techy news Apple decided to announce the Irish release date for their hotly anticipated iPhone 4. See? Just a coincidence…honest. Now, anymore snooping from you and I’ll be forced to take ‘measures.’
Apple’s newest version of their ‘gadget of the century’ will arrive on our shores on (drum roll please) the 30th of July. Woop-de-fucking-doo.
As current iPhone owners will realise, acquiring an iPhone in the past involved either submitting to o2′s ridiculous contract options, or getting one off a fella who swears ‘it fell off the back of a lorry.’
The times they are a changing, however, as o2 have had their exclusivity as dealers of the iPhone revoked and without a moment to spare Vodafone and Three have jumped in, whipped out their cocks and are now trying to prove that ‘theirs’ is ‘just as big as o2′s.’They are still playing it safe too though and none of the aforementioned companies have announced a price. If we look at the patterns over the last few years then it’s safe to say that the cheapest priced iPhone will be accompanied by the most expensive contract and vice versa. Currently with o2 the cheapest monthly contract of €40 will let you have the phone for about €200, and it is even possible to get the phone for free if you can afford €100 monthly bills. If you want to buy the phone on prepay, then get ready to fork out somewhere around €600/700, not exactly what you would call an appealing price tag.
Apparently Apple will also be selling the phone sim-free and unlocked from their own online store, but again be ready to pay out an extortionate amount of money. They will, however, be providing free phone covers for ALL customers due to the amount of bad press this whole antennae debacle has brought them. The covers will allegedly cut down the amount of dropped calls caused by this issue.
As more details arrive in I’ll be posting updates so keep your eye out for more information. In the meantime, if you want to pre-book an iPhone 4 with Vodafone or Three you can do so here and here respectively. Just don’t keep going on to your mates about how you’re going to be one of the first people in the country with the new iPhone, no amount of apps will stop them beating the living bejaysus out of you for it.
Oh, and I almost forgot, just in case you haven’t heard about any of the new features on Apple’s latest smartphone it has:
- Rear and forward facing cameras (rear facing camera also has flash)
- FaceTime video calling (though this will be about as popular as video calling has ever been, as in not at all).
- 32 or 64GB models available.
- Highest resolution screen of any phone…ever. Fact.
- HD Video recording so those videos of you and your drunk friends will no longer be blurry beyond recognition.
So there you have it folks, whether you’re a tech-head who has all the latest gear, or a stubborn bogger still using a Nokia 3210, I predict a lot of people being converted to the iPhone with this release.
As usual any questions or comments can be put in the box below.
Unfortunately you can’t get the phone for free if your bills are €100 a month; that’s the tarriff I’m on, and I’m only entitled to a ‘gold’ upgrade (€200) – you need to be platinum to get the phone for free!