O2 offering iPhone pre-registration from 1 July

A recent report has said that O2 will be offering iPhone pre-registration from 1st July, letting UK customers have their contract set-up and be given a unique registration code. Customers won’t be paying for the contract until they return to an O2 Store on July 11th to receive their iPhone 3G handset. O2 stores are expected to be open at 7AM on the iPhone 3G’s launch day, according to the MacRumors report—the source reportedly being an O2 employee.

O2′s Ireland website also shows the following message:

iPhone 3G will be available exclusively from O2 Retail, O2.ie and Carphone Warehouse stores. It will be available to pre-order from 1 July.

This adds some more legitimacy to the report. UK customers finally seem to be getting a good deal from O2, with reduced price plans, a pay-as-you-go option, and free Cloud and BT Openzone access.

Via [Macworld UK]