iPhone not Arriving in Australia any time soon

Crazy John, Australia's largest independent phone retailer, recently reviewed the popular iPhone in its recent promotional magazine. The much awaited - and overly popular - iPhonewill not be arriving anytime soon in Australia, this is what the independent phone retailer has said after given the chance to review the product.

The product reviewed did not come in with an indication of its official release for Australia. Furthermore, the handset subjected to the review were not Australian models. The iPhone however, is already in Australia unofficially, due to consumers importing the device and performing unauthorized modifications for use on local networks.

Notably, in countries where where the iPhone has been released,Apple has chosen a single phone network to provide service for the handsets. iPhones can be "unlocked" to work on other networks, but doing so will void the phone's warranty.

Apple has confirmed the iPhone will be released in Australia this year, but no further details about the date or the network have been provided. The company is currently working on a second-generation 3G iPhone which would offer faster data transfer on local high-speed networks. Vodafone said it expected the Australian release date to be delayed until the 3G model was available.