O2, Orange, T-Mobile Could All Distribute the iPhone in Europe

The iPhone debuted in the United States last week, but Apple has yet to announce when this combination iPod and mobile phone will be available in other regions.

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The company has, however, been in negotiations with European carriers about distributing the iPhone. According to unconfirmed reports, Apple is close to announcing which carriers will be offering this device in which countries.

Supposedly, the plan is for O2 to be the sole distributor in the U.K., Orange will handle France, and the iPhone will be available in Germany only through T-Mobile.

All three carriers will launch this smartphone in November.

The iPhone will not be available in the rest of Europe or Asia until next year.

One Million iPhones Sold Already?

The iPhone debuted in the U.S. just a week ago, and according to an unconfirmed report customers may have already snapped up a million of them.

The site Waiting for iPhone claims an employee at AT&T Mobility’s Commerce Group leaked it an internal memo saying that the one millionth iPhone was sold around the middle of this week.

Although this might seem incredible, it's not impossible. An analyst for Piper Jaffray estimated that Apple may have sold as many as 500,000 of the devices in the first three days they were available, and others are saying that figure might be even higher.

Not surprisingly, this means that iPhones are becoming increasing hard to find in stores. With Apple currently unable to meet demand for the iPod/phone combo in the U.S., it's understandable why the company wants to wait several months offering this device in other parts of the world.

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