Pajama Entrepreneur

If there’s only one reason not to buy the iPhone when it launches in the UK in November, it’s the insulting price: $539 as opposed to $399 in the US. Adding to the insult is the fact that they will sell it locked, that is, you have to get a subscription via UK operator, O2. And there’s no 3G functionality in the phone. No, you have to be happy with crappy EDGE. Hey, why not sell a computer that works only on dial-up service and sell it to people who have broadband?

My prediction is that the iPhone will not be as successful as it is in the US. Residents of the UK should simply buy the phone from a US retailer and unlock it via one of the many iPhone hacks floating around the Internet today. If you buy it full price and lock yourself into an O2 contract, you are REALLY stupid.