Consumer and business offerings start at £96.89 on a £29.38 18 month contract
O2 will begin offering the Palm Pre smartphone in the UK on an exclusive basis from October 16th - slightly earlier than predicted.
It will be available from O2 sales channels, Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U across a clutch of consumer and business tariffs.
These start at £96.89 for the device on a £29.38 18 month contract, with the Pre available for free on a £44.05 18 month or a £34.26 24 month option.
O2 is already the exclusive partner for the iPhone in the UK (though is expected to lose exlcusivity on older models to Orange/T-Mobile).
US operator Sprint was the first to offer the Pre back on June 6th for $199.99 with a two-year contract, after a $100 mail-in rebate.
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Yesterday Palm confirmed it would be raising $313.1 million via a share issue, while rumnours persist about a possible tie up with Nokia.
Ronan Dunne, CEO of Telefonica O2 UK, said: “Today’s announcement reinforces O2’s position as the home of the smartphone. With the addition of the excellent Palm Pre to our already extensive portfolio, we will continue to offer our customers the widest range of the very best devices on the market today.”
