5 Reasons Why Pre Won't Replace The iPhone For O2

(4) Stocks

To make things worse, UK stocks are expected to be available sometimes before Christmas and this will be dependent on the production capacity of Palm as well as the actual US demand.

O2 has sold around 60,000 iPhones a month on average in the UK. That is a benchmark for the Palm Pre to match.

(5) Pricing

Our scenario is that Apple will end up the exclusivity contract with O2, allowing other mobile networks to join the foray. The iPhone is currently available as from £34.26 on a 24 month contract and could be the guide price for the Palm Pre.

The big problem here though is that the NEXT iPhone will be available that price and the Pre will positively look antiquated, having reached the UK, roughly nine months after its launch.