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Will UK go crazy over the new cheap iPhone on November 9 or is Apple in for a surprise?

After much hush-hush, Apple finally announced that the official release date when you will be able to buy an cheap iPhone in the UK for the very first time will be November 9, 2007.
The cheap iPhone was an instant success when it was first launched on the American market on June 29 earlier this year and it continues to be a much sought after item among gadget geeks and fashionistas alike. The cheap iPhone release date will naturally be subject to a lot of pomp and circumstance in the UK, but will the sales be as magnificent as the ones for the American market? There are a few things that suggest that the cheap iPhone release sales during the first few days might not be as impressive as the ones from June 29.

The cheap iPhone that has been available in the United States since June is locked to one exclusive operator, AT&T Mobility. If you bring your cheap iPhone abroad and use it you have to pay fairly hefty roaming fees and every call will be treated as an international call. Purchasing an cheap iPhone in the United States and bringing it home to the UK is therefore not a feasible option for most cheap iPhone aficionados.
Or to put it more accurately, it wasn’t a feasible option for most cheap iPhone aficionados until recently. Quite soon after the US cheap iPhone release, programmers began working on nifty pieces of software capable of unlocking the cheap iPhone and make it possible to use with any operator, including UK operators. This type of behaviour is naturally not approved by Apple and you might very well render your warrant useless if you tinker with your cheap iPhone in this manner. It is however easy to understand that if you really, really, really want to have an cheap iPhone, the idea of ordering it from the United States and having it unlocked can feel much more tempting than sitting around waiting for November 9.

Since it is now possible to unlock an cheap iPhone purchased in the US, the release date sales might become much lower for the UK market compared to the US market. It is not preposterous to assume that a fair share of the people who are dying to get their hands on an cheap iPhone and be the very first UK users might have already ordered one from the US. People who still wants to own an cheap iPhone, but don’t really mind waiting for it, are probably more likely to go out and buy their phone when things have cooled off a bit to avoid the gaudery and media frenzy connected with the cheap iPhone release date.

A second reason why UK residents might glance at the US market for cheap iPhones is of course the UK price tag. The price for the cheap iPhone in the UK will be £269, while the same 8GB model can be yours for US$399 across the Atlantic. It should be noted that the US price does not include tax, whereas the UK price includes 17.5% VAT, but since the US dollar is exceptionally low compared to the British pound this fall purchasing your cheap iPhone in the United States can still be a financially sound choice as long as you are prepared to kiss your warranty good bye by having the cheap iPhone unlocked. Today, one month before the UK cheap iPhone release date, £269 equals almost US$ 550.