Even though nobody over in Switzerland has been selling the iPhone itself, Switzerland has already been selling iPhone accessories for months.
“The lack of official availability hasn’t stopped consumers from importing the phone into the country themselves; the weak dollar has made it popular to travel to New York or San Francisco to buy several iPhones and then resell them here, paying for the trip,” Prince McLean reports for Apple Insider.
“Service providers and mobile outlets including Mobilezone are counting down to July 11, when the iPhone 3G will officially go on sale here. Window banners at Mobilezone were promoting the launch with the tagline “Das iPhone, auf das Sie gewartet haben,” (the iPhone that you’ve been waiting for), placed front and center surrounded by more price-oriented advertisements for heavily subsidized Sony Ericsson and Nokia phones.”
Although they aren’t selling the iPhone 3G, maybe an iPod Touch will do?
“Sunrise competes mainly on price, offering cheaper plans and higher subsidies for new phones. While it won’t be selling the iPhone 3G, it is already marketing the iPod Touch. In a newspaper advertisement for consumer electronics superstore InterDiscount, Sunrise offered a bundle of the Nokia 2630 and an 8GB iPod Touch, both subsidized into the same service plan for just 49 Swiss Franc ($49 US) upfront.”
“The curious plan is described as “ohne Grundgebühr” (without basic charge rate plan), but lasts for 24 months and requires a “Mindestverbrauch” (minimum purchase) of 24 Swiss Francs ($24 US) per month throughout the term,” reports Apple Insider.
