looks like apple has learned a lesson $199 = about £99 at todays money.....

iPhone 2.0 Launched: Price Slashed, GPS Capabilities And Faster Internet |Sky News|Technology

I can see these being very popular... and I can see the old ones suddenly becomeing vewry cheap .... no wonder CPW cleared out all the old ones...

I bet it wont be £100 when it reaches the UK, more like £150 - £200!

we shall see.. but dont think i would be paying much for a v1.0

ebay will have US spec ones very soon no doubt....

whatever technology costs in dollars, they usually set exactly the same price in pounds when it comes over here.

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However at £199.99 (you know they will) it's probably a much better phone the the iPhone 1.0 will shortly be worth naff all squared second hand.

I wonder if battery life will be of any significance now they have added 3G

so they have finally made it as good as a 18-24month old nokia but admitidly with a bigger screen, well done Apple for yet another world beating technology first

i am waiting to get an N96 myself

Oooh yeah, N96!

:drool:

Steve

Yes, although i cant see O2 making the same mistake again letting punters take the phone home without signing the contract first...

Besides a jailbroken phone is still a very powerful device, im sure new and ingeious ways will be found for all those spare original iphones (i have a touchpad app on mine that works with VNC on my PC.)

The 8GB will be £99 and the £16 GB will be £159.

However, take a £45+ pm contract and they become free.

As mentioned they will only be sold WITH CONTRACT

The battery life is:

10 hrs (iPhone2.0) vs 8 hrs (iPhone 1.0) talktime on 2G.

5 hours on 3G

Standby 300 hours

5 hours 3G browsing, 6 hours WiFi browsing

Video upto 7 hours

Audio upto 24 hours

2.8x-3.6x faster download vs EDGE

3G + GPS

5 grams lighter and slightly slimmer

All metal buttons

No recessed phpne jack (so you can use any brand of headphones)

Ships with iPhone 2.0 firmware and software upgrades (although these will be free to upgrade iPhone 1.0 from iTunes)

Current owners get a free contract break clause. Meaning they can buy new iPhone 2.0 with 18 mo contract and keep original iPhone 1.0 and cancel previous 18 mo contract without penalty.

You can get the iPhone on PAYG as well but there are no prices. Have a look on the O2 website