iPhone is already being sold in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. According to CNET data in the first hours of the release of iPhone 3G there were 25000 devices sold. All this is regardless the fact that iPhone doesn’t work well with arabic text, sending SMS is not possible and websites do not appear correctly. The operator promised to fix this in three months. Apple’s partner in Saudi Arabia is local Mobily and in the United Arab Emirates – Etisalat.

25000 iPhone 3Gs sold for hours in Saudi Arabia

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Source: www.engadget.com

More iPhone 2.0 pictures from the presentation

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The 3G iPhone’s firmware has been released for carrier partners.

In short:

• Infineon PMB6952 / S-GOLD3 six-band UMTS / HSDPA transceiver
• Murata LMRX3JCA-479 tri-band amplifie
• Sony SP9T antenna switch for GSM / UMTS dual mode
• ARM 1176JZF-S – Main CPU
• Skyworks 77427 chip – UMTS / HSDPA tx 1900MHz, rx 2100MHz
• Skyworks 77414 chip – UMTS / HSDPA 1900MHz
• Skyworks 77413 chip – UMTS / HSDPA 850MHz
• Internal build model number: n82ap
• UMTS Power Saving optio
• Hooks for Global Locate Library (GLL) (for the GPS)

3G iPhone firmware leaked, GPS confirmed!

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iPhone 3G will be announced on Monday or Tuesday in Italy.
For more information read this.

iPhone 3G in Italy: Monday, or Tuesday

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The third mobile operator in Japan, Softbank, now has the rights to sell Aplle’s iPhone in Japan.
Softbank is not GSM/EDGE carrier, but is a W-CDMA (UMTS 3G). The time they will start selling iPhone is unknown (“later this year”).

Softbank with the rights to sell iPhone 2 (3G) in Japan

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Speed Comparison: 3G iPhone vs EDGE iPhone

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