Irish consumers to pay double British iPhone rates

IRISH consumers will be paying almost double the calling rates of their British counterparts when Apple’s iPhone mobile phone goes on sale here next week.

In Britain and the North the must-have gadget retails at €351 for a basic phone with a monthly fee of €45.70 for 600 minutes of calls.

But when the phone goes on sale here on March 14 the basic handset will be €399 and the cheapest monthly scheme will be €45 — with only 175 minutes of calls.