iPhone - How much in your country?

[Martin Naef]

Niall Munnelly wrote:
>> How much is an iPhone in your country? Here in Ireland they are
>> only being sold in conjunction with one particular service
>> provider, O2.  They are looking for ???480 for the 8GB 3G and
>> ???569 for 16GB 3G.
> 
> Wow.  A 16GB iPhone 3G costs 300 USD with a two-year service plan
> through AT&T.  8GB costs 200.
> Rip-off Ireland.

Well, what's the rest of the deal? I mean, how much do you pay for the 
phone up-front and how much in the form of monthly contract payments? 
Without that information, there's no point comparing prices - after all, 
can you buy an iPhone somewhere without a contract? After all, that's 
what Jay would need for his iPhone music "rack".

Martin