Vodafone and Mobinil Launch iPhone 3G in Egypt
It is official iPhone 3G is now available in Egypt via Vodafone and mobinil, making Egypt the first Arab country to have a iPhone 3G officially.
Vodafone Egypt’s website announced the availability of iPhone 3G, so does mobinil’s website . I also saw an ad for Vodafone announcing the availability on MBC TV.
I do not have enough information about the pricing and plans VodaFone, but the iPhone 3G will only run on Vodafone network, meaning no unlocked iPhones. (I have contacted Vodafone for more info before, but they did not reply, I’ll try again now.)
As for mobinil the prices are iPhone 3G 8GB for 3,800 Egyptian Pounds (EGP), iPhone 3G 16GB for 4,450 EGP, with special plans designed for iPhone.
Vodafone iPhone 3G launch in Egypt is part of an agreement between the mobile operator and Apple to sell iPhone in ten markets worldwide for Vodafone customers in Australia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Qatar, Greece, Italy, India, Portugal, New Zealand, South Africa and Turkey .
ArabCrunch was first to report in the news that Orange will launch iPhone 3G sometimes this month in Jordan, which was confirmed by Orange representative, however there seems to be some delays in the launch, since Orange Jordan did not get the 3G license yet in Jordan! Nevertheless I will update AC’s readers with Orange position in this.
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http://www.vodafone.com.eg/db/JSP/personal/dynamic/en/promotions/iphone/home.jsp?selectedItem=2897
for someone who’s all about Internet startups it’s a bit strange that you didn’t bother checking Vodafone’s website.
This isn’t breaking at all. It’s been out for a couple of weeks now.
I would like to thank you for this great website.
You r making a nice job.
about Iphone 3G. it is available 2 weeks ago
and the price is same for mobinil and vodafone
for 8g =3800 EGP and for 16=4450 EGP
but Unfortunately it doesn’t have GPS as egypt formally prevents GPS in mobile phones.
@ next both vodafone and mobinil websites do not mention a date of the launch. but sorry i should have asked people in egypt about the launch date, and that the link u posted is part of the post already. anyways the breaking has been deleted.
@ahmed thank you for the info, please email me ur twitter so u can update me of things in Egypt, r u from there?
Thank you for providing such news from the Arab world, I notice that so maybe Arabs are interested on iPhone, I wrote some posts before about that when I found the Arabic translation for it, but I think iPhone will has Arabic now as they are sealing it in the middle east.. is that true?
I am from Egypt but i am now working in Kuwait. but It’s my pleasure to send u the latest updates about things and events in Egypt as
i am still interested in new technology and web 2.0
my twitter: http://twitter.com/AhmedAli88
You should also note that the device is lacking Arabic support until now and the App Store is not available for Egypt!
http://www.saudimac.com/2008/11/14/iphone-3g-egypt-no-arabic-no-gps-no-app-store/
Apple needs to treat the Middle East as a real market instead of a subset of another sub-market!
Khaled.
the price is too much ,in australia is much cheaper ,i thought they will afford it with a fair price ,you can check it on ebay too and i think it can be unlocked easy here .
I think its also too much in Egypt I found a good prices in some auctions websites
I bought iPhone 3G 16GB from Australia. It looks like the brand new (no tiny scratch) and actually is used for not more than 4 hours. I offer this phone for 4,000 EGP.
Now, I’m in Egypt. If there is any interest, please e-mail me at aelgharably@hotmail.com