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Watch out for iPhone 3G data roaming charges!

Categories: Apple, iPhone, O2
By: , IntoMobile
Monday, June 23rd, 2008 at 7:25 PM

iPhone 3GQuick heads-up for our readers across the pond. Apple’s iPhone 3G carrier in the UK, O2, has apparently upped the ante when it comes to data-roaming charges.

With the iPhone 3G poised to serve up wireless data at speeds that, depending on the network, can rival broadband speeds, UK iPhone 3G hopefuls are looking at steeper data-roaming charges.

Any iPhone 3G users roaming around the EU will be charged £3 (about $6 US) for every single megabyte that they download. Start roaming outside the EU and you’ll be looking at £6 (about $12 US) per megabyte downloaded.

Just remember, turn off the “Data Roaming” setting on your iPhone when abroad. You can thank us later.

[Via: TUAW]

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  • Tim

    upped the ante..
    steeper data-roaming charges.

    This is the ‘normal’ price for data roaming from the UK networks, and they’re not the dearest – Orange often charges £8p MB outside EU

  • Snidely

    Not like this is a big surprise. These are the standard rates we pay. Hopefully, European customers are used to this and will be smart enough to limit their data roaming. Same charges apply to Blackberry users and tons of phones have 3G capability, so I don’t see this as a big problem.

    -An American trapped in the UK

  • Cyrus

    Verizon Wireless charges US$20.48 per MB in Asia Pacific whilst just US$5.12 per MB in most European countries like UK, France, Germany, etc etc.

    Our bill (2 Verizon SIMs for around 250MB each) were over US$10,000 last month for a three days trip in Asia!!!!!!!!!!!!!!