US pricing and availability
iPhone 3G will be available in the US on 11 July for a suggested retail price of $199 (US) for the 8GB model and $299 (US) for the 16GB model in both Apple and AT&T's retail stores and requires a two year contract with AT&T for qualifying customers. iPhone 2.0 software will be available on July 11 as a free software update via iTunes 7.7 or later for all iPhone customers.
Australian availability
As mentioned above in the Apple press release, the 3G iPhone is coming to Australia on July 11. Visiting the Australian pages of the Apple iPhone site, it is, as for the US information, marked for a July 11 release. Click the Where to Buy button, and there are logos and links for store finders for Vodafone and Optus.
Apple have just now (5.31 am) put out a press release on behalf of Optus. Not much new information here, and no pricing information at all. There is a website where you can pre-register for an iPhone, for a refundable deposit of $100.
Oh, and here we are at 5.40 am, and there's a press release regarding the iPhone and Vodafone. Again, it's on sale July 11, and again no pricing information. According to Vodafone it will be available "on both prepay and contract price plans which will include great value data bundles". Vodafone customers will be able to pre-order both online and in Vodafone retail stores in the next few days.
