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Vodafone Reports 50,000 Pre-Ordered iPhones in UK

Friday January 15, 2010 6:53 am PST by Eric Slivka
Macworld UK reports that Vodafone, the latest UK wireless carrier to begin offering the iPhone, has shipped out 50,000 of the devices to customers who placed pre-orders.

Vodafone, the fourth mobile phone operator in the UK to stock the iPhone after O2, Orange and Tesco Mobile (in partnership with O2), shipped 50,000 Apple smartphones to customers today who pre-registered with the company.

Vodafone UK chief executive Guy Laurence citied "exceptional demand" for the iPhone despite pricing deals being similar to those offered by O2 and Orange.

The report notes that Vodafone may have been struggling to keep up with demand for shipments of the iPhone while also combating weather-related issues, having announced delivery delays for a number of areas last week.

Orange similarly reported strong demand on its iPhone launch day last November, claiming sales of 30,000 iPhones.
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OllyW
Posted: 31 months ago
Choice is good.

Just think how many they would sell if it was made available on Verizon in the USA.
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alm99
Posted: 31 months ago

Choice is good.

Just think how many they would sell if it was made available on Verizon in the USA.


It has to be coming. Exclusivity is running out around the world.
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miniConvert
Posted: 31 months ago
Amazing numbers. The UK is officially awash with iPhones!
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El Capitano
Posted: 31 months ago
I got cold-called this morning by a Vodafone UK sales rep who wanted to know if I was interested in the iPhone.

I said no, sorry, your tariffs suck.
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HellDiverUK
Posted: 31 months ago
I wonder how many Orange have sold...
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j_maddison
Posted: 31 months ago
Anyone know if these are network locked?

Voda, a couple of years back when i was on their network, used to leave their contract phones unlocked. It was quite rare to find a phone that was. Every phone I'd had with them from the Nokia 8910 through to the 8800 Sirocco, was an unlocked phone. I'm pretty sure that covered a span of approx six years.
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dynamix1
Posted: 31 months ago
I'm not trying to start any rumors here for the iphone on Verizon, but the pre-ordered phones on Vodafone network I noticed something about their service. The US affiliate for them is Verizon Wireless. I was wondering if that would mean anything that the iphone is capable of working on the Verizon network. Would the phones on the Vodafone newtork be CDMA capable to work on the Verizon network.
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j_maddison
Posted: 31 months ago

I'm not trying to start any rumors here for the iphone on Verizon, but the pre-ordered phones on Vodafone network I noticed something about their service. The US affiliate for them is Verizon Wireless. I was wondering if that would mean anything that the iphone is capable of working on the Verizon network. Would the phones on the Vodafone newtork be CDMA capable to work on the Verizon network.


No mate, Voda UK are a GSM carrier.
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tiguk
Posted: 31 months ago
Incredible sales for a phone that's been around for so long.

Whatever happened to the Palm Pre? I heard they'd sold less than 20,000.... and it must have been out for at least 6 months now?
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healeydave
Posted: 31 months ago
Palm who, only techies know about Palm products in the UK, from the Palm Pilot days and even then you have to be a more mature techy lets say.

That's Palms problem outside of the USA and I'm afraid they will do well to survive now Google is biting at the smart phone market too!
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