KT Corp., Apple’s official iPhone carrier in South Korea, announced that an estimated 60,000 iPhones were sold on its first day of sale in the country. The 60,000 iPhones sold in one day already represents 15 per cent of the 400,000 smartphones sold in South Korea in the third quarter of 2009. In the meantime, China Unicom revealed that 100,000 iPhones have been sold since it became available in China two months ago. This is against the backdrop of the iPhone having a dismal start in China, selling only 5,000 units during its initial release in late October.
In Singapore, two more carriers, Starhub and M1, started selling the iPhone on December 9, causing the first official carrier of the iPhone, SingTel, to tweak its iPhone plans to make it more attractive to potential customers. It had been reported that approximately 1,500 customers lined up outside one of M1’s outlets hours before the iPhone became available. Over at Israel, some people are calling the iPhone launch on Wednesday a ‘flop‘ with crowds failing to materialize.
Softbank launched a promotion called “iPhone for Everybody” which gives the 16GB iPhone 3GS for free as long as the customer agrees to sign a two-year contract with the Japanese carrier.
Tesco, the largest supermarket chain in the U.K., will start selling the iPhone on Monday and they have every bit of intention to undercut the other U.K. carriers. Tesco is offering a 1-year contract for only £20 (₱1,495) a month, a third cheaper than its competitors. Not only that, Tesco is also offering Pay As You Go (or prepaid) customers the chance to own a 16GB iPhone 3GS for £440 (₱32,900) with one year unlimited web usage for one year. The 16GB iPhone 3GS costs £320 (₱23,920) under the £20 per month plan, while the 8GB iPhone 3G only costs £222 (₱16,600) to own.
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