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26 Jul 2010
Apple has announced that the iPhone 4 will be released in a further 17 countries on 30 July.
The company will offer the smartphone through retail and online stores in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
The iPhone 4 has dominated the headlines since its launch in June. The handset has sold well, but has experienced problems in the form of wireless reception issues. Apple has offered free 'bumper' covers to mitigate the design fault.
While the saga has brought a fair amount of bad publicity, it does not seem to be hampering sales.
Ramon Llamas, a senior research analyst for mobile devices at IDC, told V3.co.uk that US and international buyers are willing to overlook the antenna issues and use an external case.
"Nobody wants yesterday's technology, and nobody wants yesterday's phone," he said. "Having an iPhone is very much a status symbol."
Llamas also backed suggestions that the iPhone has been making headway in the enterprise, noting that businesses are seeing the advantages of supporting " individual-liable" handsets that employees bring into work.
"A lot of people are looking at the iPhone as a viable enterprise smartphone alternative," he said. "It saves the enterprise a lot of money on buying a new phone and data subscription."
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by the way, what about UK??
In Italy yesterday's launch has been terrible: only few telephones available in very few shops. What about UK?? Is there still iPhone 4 available in UK's Apple Stores to be bought without subscribing any contract?
Posted by: Massimo 31 Jul 2010
Mass exporting the problematic iPhone
It will be interesting to see what's next in the news regarding iPhone/Apple issues (antenna, manufacturing, roaming service charges) and their steps to refund cases won?t make up for the iPhone 4's lack of function over form. It's a shame to see so many issues with the iPhone 4 after so many people waited for it's release. What's more of a shame is that it seems Apple knew about some of these issues already, such as the problem with reception. But Apple have created such a loyal following that people may just put up with what issues there are for the sake of owning the latest Apple product. Personally, I'd be happier with an older iPhone - at least then the issues are all ironed out.
Posted by: andy 27 Jul 2010