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UK Bans Another Apple iPhone 3G Commercial
While not the first time, another iPhone 3G commercial has been banned from ever airing in Britain because of misleading claims about network speed and performance. Back in August the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of the UK pulled an Apple iPhone 3G add claiming it “over-hyped the Internet capabilities [...]

iPhone 3G Comes Equipped With Photos of Factory Worker

While we have previously covered a story that depicted photographs of the factory assembly line already loaded onto an out of the box iPhone 3G, it seems as though it has happened again. Only this time there’s a twist.

After bringing home the new device, a UK iPhone customer was shocked to find pictures, that [...]

O2 may soon lose UK exclusivity to Orange

Reports have been coming in that O2 may loose their exclusivity as the UK’s sole iPhone 3G provider. So who is set to steal their thunder?

The folks at Omio are citing word from a “very, VERY credible source” that French operator Orange may soon take the reigns as early as October. While [...]

[Update] O2 website hit with 13,000 orders per second.

While the O2 website crash has made recent headlines, details have finally emerged surrounding the cause of the meltdown. In an official reply from O2, the carrier noted that “Demand for the iPhone 3G is staggering…we were experiencing 13,000 orders per second being placed.”
Now that is demand on an unprecedented scale. If we [...]

O2 website crashes due to high demand.

“O2 customers determined to get their hands on Apple’s new 3G iPhone caused the network’s website to crash this morning as they rushed to pre-order the new device. ”
“Pre-orders opened at 8am this morning, and within an hour the website had buckled under what an O2 spokesman described as phenomenal demand for the new iPhone, [...]

Apple may be limiting the UK’s iPhone 3G supply.

According to ElectricPig, inside sources may be suggesting that Apple will be limiting the supply of iPhone 3Gs to the UK, as their reputation for cracking the device increases.
An official iPhone retailer has informed the site that less than 15% of iPhones sold after the most recent price drop that had appeared on O2’s network, [...]

UK iPhone interest soars.

Telegraph UK reports that consumer interest in the next-gen iPhone has nearly quadrupled since the release of its 2G predecessor. With all of the hype and anticipation surrounding it, it is certainly not hard to see why.
According to O2, Apple’s exclusive UK iPhone provider, more than 130,000 people have pre-registered their interest in the [...]