Bell’s got a handful of HSPA phone ready for launch in the following weeks and the list includes hot handsets, like BlackBerry 9700, iPhone 3GS, Samsung Omnia 2 and LG Xenon. All of these devices should be available with 36 month contracts and in store rebates. Prices are available after the break.

LG Xenon will go for $89.95 with contract, or outright for $289.95, while Samsung Impact will be yours for $79.95, with contract or for $279.95, without commitment. Samsung Omnia 2 costs $349.95 if you’re willing to go with the monthly plan or $549.95 for those free of contract. The Apple iPhone 3G 8GB will retail for $399.95 or $599.95, depending on the presence or lack of 36 month contracts.

You’ll buy its follow-up, the 16GB iPhone 3GS for $100 more added to the prices above and an extra hundred for 16 more gigs of memory. BlackBerry Bold 9000 and BlackBerry 9700 will both be available for $399.95 with contract, or $599.95 without it. Finally, Nokia 2730 will hit Bell for $29.95 or $115.95, while Nokia 6350 will be bought for $49.95 or $249.95.

[via BGR]

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Vodafone UK will follow Orange UK’s lead, launching the iPhone 3GS on the local market. Just yesterday we learned, that O2′s exclusivity contract with Apple expired, so now Orange UK will be able to sell the iPhone, most likely from October.

Meanwhile, Vodafone UK will only be getting a piece of the iPhone action from the beginning of 2010, after 2 years of O2 UK exclusivity for Apple’s phone.

Next move? Probably T-Mobile with a similar announcement and 3UK as well, since they’re important carriers, but they might also focus on the wave of fresh Android handsets coming soon.

[via IntoMobile]

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It seems AT&T has a real problem with MMS for iPhones as some subscribers reported the fact that this service is fully nonfunctional. AT&T have admitted via their customer care line that there might be a delay with MMS in all the country and the restoration time is still unknown.

AT&T announced earlier this month that MMS will be available for both iPhone 3G and 3GS starting the 25th of September. They have not launched MMS for iPhones earlier in order to have time to prepare their network infrastructure for the enormous MMS traffic predicted.

AT&T got sued for misleading customers by mentioning that iPhone will be MMS capable through the iPhone 3.0 firmware upgrade, but that didn’t happen.

The truth is that the AT&T’s network is not ready yet for handling the traffic involved by this service. We hope that they will learn from their mistakes so these kind of situations will never appear in the future.

[via BGR]

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China Unicom will be shipping 5 million Apple devices no sooner than September this year. International Business Time revealed the details of the deal regarding this heavy supply of handsets.

We are talking about standard WCDMA iPhones, bought from Apple for 10 billion Yuan (1.463 billion dollars), resulting in a price of 2,000 Yuan ($292) per unit. China Unicom thinks of selling the 8GB device for 2,400 Yuan ($351) and the 16GB one for 4800 Yuan ($702) although they didn’t make a clear agreement with Apple in this sense.

Apparently iPhone 3GS won’t accompany the iPhone 3G on the Chinese market, since its 8GB version wasn’t announced yet. There are however rumors about a future release of iPhone 3GS 16GB units, but nothing is known for sure.

It seems that iPhones will be available for the Chinese in the Carrefour locations and in China Unicom’s retail outlets.

[via Unwired View]

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Rogers is not the best place to find an iPhone 3GS right now, if you’re a Canadian, and nor is Fido, since the companies have issues with the inventory levels. Well, at least they’ve prolonged the discount promotions for iPhone 3G owners…

Now it turns out that Rogers and Fido will also offer the above mentioned promotion, plus the 6GB $30 data plan till September 15th. If you’re worried about receiving your iPhone 3GS and you live in Canada, relax, as the stock levels are rising and you’ll be getting your handset in no time.

[via BGR]

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