Europe
Tracking the iPhone 3G price throughout European countries.
Vodafone in Italy is rumored to sell the iPhone 3G without a new agreement. According to the Vodafone 
Italy iPhone 3G web site, the iPhone 3G is priced at €499 or $773 for the 8GB and the 16GB runs for €569 or $88. This is quite a price for sure, but according to some sources this is not that bad of a price in the Italian smart phone market. Keep in mind that this does not mean that is the price it will sell for unsubsidized in other countries, but it is a clear indication the iPhone 3G will cost a lot more than the original. The bottom line appears to be, Apple wants you to sign that dotted line. The new tighter regulations on sales of the device are attributed to Apple trying to keep iPhone 3G unlocking to a minimum.
T-Mobile will offer the iPhone 3G for €1 (ONE Euro) if subscribers choose the highest rate plan which is €89 (or roughly $140). However, the lowest plan at €29 (roughly $45) will cost €169 (roughly $260) for the iPhone 3G.
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TeliaSonera and their Norwegian subsidiary, Netcom, are pretty much dropping Ragnorok onto Scandinavians who dared hope for reasonable price plans, but how about Finland?
Small plans start at €31.69 for 100 min, 100 SMS, and 100 MB of data, with €159 for an 8GB handset and €385 for 16GB.
Large plans are €89.99 for 1000/1000/1000, with a €1 8GB and a €85 16GB.
US$142 for 1GB of data?
But wait, there’s more! Denmark gets only one (1) plan, DKK 599 for 300 min., unlimited SMS, and a paltry 300 MB of data, with DKK 1399 for an 8GB handset and DKK 1999 for a 16GB. Six months later, however, the price will drop to DKK 399, just to add to the confusion.
That’s US$128 for 300MB of data for the first six months, and US$85 thereafter.
EPIC FAILURE there for the Scandinavians.
Can the Swiss offer some Euro-redemption?
Swisscom’s Small plan kicks off at CHF 25 for CHF 0.68 hourly talk rate and 100MB of data, with an 8GB handset for CHF 245 and 16GB for CHF 243.
Large plans play out at CHF 55 for CGF 0.49 hourly talk rate and 1000MB of data, with a CHF 99 handset at 8GB, and CHF 199 for 16GB.
That’s topping out at US$54 for 1GB… Nowhere near as bad as their neighbors to the north, but not unlimited. Is there some rule that says the colder you get, the worse the telcos rip you off?
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