Some of the countries around the world have officially launched the iPhone 3g.

Jonny Gladwell (New Zealand) aged 22, has become the 1st person to own a new iPhone 3g, he had spent 60 hours lined up outside the Vodafone store to have the privileged and told reports he was going home to put it on charge and get some much needed sleep.

Initial reports from the UK suggest that the excitement explosion over the new iPhone 3g was bigger than they had envisaged with Steve Alder, iPhone director for the “O2″ Up carrier reportedly saying, “We’ve seen the demand the 1st time, but we were even (more) blown away by this demand”.

Japan Tokyo have iPhones on sale for $215 (Approximate R1650) for an 8Gb version and the 16Gb version on sale for $320 (Approximately R2440) these prices being on average around 7% more than early indications.

There is still no official word out from either Vodacom or Apple on the release of the iPhone for local South African markets. We have been in touch with the Public Relations personnel for the various companies and have been assured an update the moment there is one.