The iPhone Arrives In Austria & Ireland

Some time has passed since the iPhone was launched officially on the US market, as well as in a bunch of other countries, but there are still plenty of places in this world where you can only get it on "the black market", or you have to wait until it arrives the right way. This week, Austria and Ireland are going to join the other countries where the iPhone is officially available, with subscriptions to Apple's preferred local carriers, of course.


Austria and Ireland are the first countries to receive the iPhone in 2008, and the carrier for Austria has just been officially confirmed - T-Mobile, while O2 was already known to be the exclusive carrier in Ireland.

The two service plans available for Apple's phone from T-Mobile are a €39 Classic plan(1,000 minutes calls to any network, Visual Voicemail, up to 3GB data transfer per month, and €0.25/SMS) and the Supreme plan, priced at €55(unlimited calls and text messages, while maximum data transfer per month remains the same). Unfortunately, a 2-year contract is required...

At last, O2's service plans for the iPhone go from €45 to €100 per month, with 175 to 400 minutes call time, 100 to 250 included SMS messages, and 1GB data limit, while you are required to sign for at least 18 months.

The prices of the iPhone models in both countries will be the same - €399 for an 8GB model and €499 for a 16GB version, but there's a little difference here - while Austrians can get it through T-mobile or online stores, Irish customers can only get their iPhones through O2.