Talk is not cheap with the new iPhone

Techies will have to dig deepin their povkets if they want to own the latest iPhone. The new iPhone 3GS, available fromm O2, will cost from €79 up to a whopping €609 for customers, depending on their contract or plan. The 16G iPhone 3GS will retail at between €79 to €99 for contract or plan, while those on prepay will have to fork out €609 for the 32G version. The 3GS - which boasts a longer battery life and an improved three megapixel camera that can record video and support for multimedia messaging - will run an updated version of the iPhone operating system. The new phones wil be available in Ireland from Friday week.

Its not all bad news though.Maybe you are paying for what you get because it’s new features include:

• Up to two times faster than the previous


• iPhoneVideo Recording


• 3 MegaPixel Camera


• Voice Control


• Compass


• Internet Tethering


• Voice Memos