The answer my friend is Germany. Yes, T-Mobile in Germany is only charging 1 Euro if you opt for their top-of-the-range mobile phone contract deals. Even if you choose one of T-Mobiles cheap mobile phone deals you can buy the latest Apple 3G iPhone for less than £75.

Apple does seem to be having problems with their distribution strategy, how long will they leave exclusive supply to 02 in the UK? Will the hackers and box breakers be able to unlock the 3G version of the Apple iPhone? which would make it available in the UK on the GSM networks, Vodafone and 02.

Steve Jobs speaking at the launch said that Apple as well as wanting to sell millions of the iPhone to the fashion-conscious mobile phone user would be targeting corporate customers, is this not a difficult message to take to market? Attacking the corporate market will put them in direct competition with Research in Motion the makers of the Blackberry who at present dominate the smartphone market.

The launch on July 11th in the UK should see the start of a full-scale war between the leading smartphone manufacturers such as Nokia, Samsung, LG, HTC, and Blackberry; the outright winner can only be the consumer.

With today’s difficult and uncertain times, more and more people are not prepared to commit to a mobile phone contract deal for an 18-month or longer period. Virgin mobile media people have come up with a great name Liberty because as the man said “it does what it says on the tin” Customers have all the benefits and value of voice and text packages without being tied to a lengthy mobile phone contract, you can cancel your Liberty sim or change your bundle of mobile phone voice calls or text messages with a simple phone call.

There are six great value-for-money monthly tariffs ranging from £15 up to £30 and you can choose between tariffs that are best for voice calls or tariffs that are best for text messages. Itemised billing is free as is voicemail in the UK.