The iPhone is a GSM network phone. It requires a SIM card from the carrier to work. Verizon is a CDMA mobile network. No SIM cards. It will not work.

I think from what I can gather there’ll be one price of around £450 to £500 for 16gb and £500+ for the 32gb version.

The dollar amounts you see are excluding line rental costs of two years on their network AT&T.

Similarly, with the home networks you’ll have to pay roughly £45 p/m for two years to acquire this beauty.

If you do the math…it’ll cost ya over a grand in two years line rental fees.

If you’re already on a Pay Monthly with upgrade approaching, then most likely you’ll get the handset for a lower concession price…providing you sign up for another two years or so…

If you could get a flight to New York for £205 or less it would be better value to fly all the way to America, but the phone and fly back. At least then you get to have a trip to the Big Apple and get a phone for what it would have cost to just buy the phone in the UK and not go anywhere.

I’m wondering if the $199 price includes sales tax and state tax etc? Or whatever taxes they have over there? I’m thinking usually over there the tax isn’t included in the price?

Apple is an American company as well, so its bound to be cheaper.

I think HTC make better phones anyway, the best you can get at the moment. Nokia make good value cheaper phones.

You should have considered it earlier. People would probably not want to get the iPhone 3GS now if they wanted a new iPhone but rather wait a bit for the the new one.