O2 'to get iPhone contract in UK'

[Luna]

Mobile phone operator O2 is reported to have won the sought-after deal to sell Apple's iPhone in the UK.
Press reports said that O2 is set to sign an exclusive contract shortly and should have the new phones on sale in time for Christmas.

A spokesman for O2, which is owned by Spain's Telefonica, declined to comment on the reports.

More than 500,000 iPhones were sold in the first weekend in the US by AT&T, which has exclusive rights there.

Vodafone had previously been tipped as the likely winner of the contract.

The agreement with O2 is reported to include Apple receiving a continuing share of the revenue generated for the network operator.

The handsets are expected to be sold for about £300 and O2 will be hoping that the lure of the fashionable phone is enough to win customers from rival networks.

[Meh]

O2 is probably the worst network they could have gone for. I'm nottoo usre about the iPhone yet. I think there just too many zealots about. I bought an Apple Mac and tbh I can't see what the fuss is about.

[Jojo]

Why is O2 the worst network TM?? Its the only one that gives decent coverage and service down here and we swear by them. All of the others have very limited coverage and service.

[Jessie Wallace]

I always have O2, so when i got a new phone i stuck with O2, but with my new phone the network is rubbish, so it's not always the network's fault the modle of phone seems to help too.

[pookie1968uk]

i have always used O2 with all my PAYG phones. never had any trouble. only changed when i got a contract phone. wont make me get the new phone anyway as its too expensive for me!!