Confirmed: O2 have 16GB iPhone £329 [updated]
Confirmed with the manager of an O2 store. The Engadget rumour is correct.
Handsets are in the stores being ‘checked in’ now. Available from 1:30pm.
Update: Still no news on the UK Apple or O2 sites, but the US stores have them listed at $499 which confirms the price leaks were also correct. No new features, just a second model to run in parallel with the existing 8GB model. iPod Touch also gets a bump to 32GB too which may indicate this form factor still has space for more…
My thoughts? 16GB is nice, but £329 isn’t going to have the people who haven’t already bought one flocking to buy one. Other than a price drop, 3G is the only thing that will do the job here…
At £329 this is a rip off. They should have launched it at £269 and dropped the 8GB price to under £200.
They would have annoyed a lot of 8GB owners, but it’s got to happen some time!
Posted by Martin on February 5th, 2008 at 3:05 pm.[...] NEWS:According to SMS Text News, the manager of an O2 store they contacted said”the handsets are in the stores being [...]
Posted by TechCrunch UK » Blog Archive » UPDATE: 16GB iPhone confirmed to launch today in UK on February 5th, 2008 at 3:16 pm.It had to happen, as Martin points out… it wasn’t much of a secret. Still 2.5G though?
Posted by Ewan on February 5th, 2008 at 5:55 pm.[...] I’ve got an N95 and v.happy with it, but I’ll fess up - I want an iPhone, but I’m not going anywhere near one until it’s got 3g. Ben over at SMS text news agrees - no 3G no sale. [...]
Posted by 16gb on the iPhone - sorry not good enough on February 5th, 2008 at 7:00 pm.I had a play with the N95 8 gig yesterday and I have to say its just a fantastic phone.
Posted by Mark on February 5th, 2008 at 9:03 pm.The IPhone is totally cool but it does have rivals… !
[...] to SMSTextNews, the 16GB will also be available in the UK for O2 and will be priced at £329. Consumers in the US [...]
Posted by Mobile Messaging 2.0 » 16GB Apple iPhone Rumors Were True: a hosted discussion on mobile messaging, devices, and user practices and trends on February 5th, 2008 at 10:04 pm.Pah. Who needs 16GB and will only now buy one? Only if you have less than about 10GB of music (thus leaving room for apps/vids/podcasts/OS) and want your entire library in one device. But many/most of us have considerably more than 10GB of tunes, so even this spec bump will still require some selective work. Bring on 64GB I say….
Don’t wait for 3G. Get in. If you are home or at work you’ll be on WiFi anyway, and when out EDGE is fine for email/blogs/RSS/weather/travel info.
Posted by Mike on February 5th, 2008 at 11:03 pm.Allow me to buy it offline and add 3G and I’ll have one tomorrow. For now, I still have mixed opinions.
Posted by martin on February 5th, 2008 at 11:23 pm.[...] http://www.smstextnews.com/2008/02/confirmed_o2_have_16gb_iphone_329.html Confirmed with the manager of an O2 store. The Engadget rumour is correct. [...]
Posted by Blade Watch » 16GB iPhone announced! on February 5th, 2008 at 11:26 pm.