iPhone 4 To Sell In 17 Countries On Friday

Filed in archive Mobility , News , Technology on July 27, 2010

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Apple announced on Monday that sales of the iPhone 4 will begin in 17 additional countries by the end of the week, July 30.

The latest Apple smartphone will begin selling on Friday in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Currently the iPhone 4 is being sold only in France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The iPhone 4 is being sold for $199 for the 16-GB model and $299 for the 32-GB model with a two-year service contract from carriers in the five countries where it is available. However, there is no word about pricing in the 17 new countries the iPhone will start selling on Friday. Apple is planning to go into more countries later this year.

Apple has reportedly sold more than 1.7 million units during the first three days after its release on June 24. The company also experienced a 61% increase in iPhone sales year to year to 8.4 million units, most of them older iPhone models.

Many experts believe that how strongly iPhone 4 sells eventually will depend on whether potential buyers are satisfied with Apple's fix for what industry experts describe as a design flaw in the antenna that causes dropped calls when users hold the phone in particular way.

Apple has never accepted that the iPhone 4 is flawed, although CEO Steve Jobs this month announced that the company is offering free covers for the iPhone 4.

Still, iPhone 4 sales have shown no signs of decreasing.