Telefonica Movistar bringing the iPhone to Spain?

The number of mobile phone lines in Spain rose 7.3% in 2007 to a total of 50.2 million. At the end of the year, Spain had a mobile telephone penetration rate of 112%, or 112 lines per 100 people.

An early sold out!?

No *** way!
Wish Vodafone or even Orange had decided to invest in Spain with the iPhone. But in a country with such a tendency towards building monopolies in everything, where competition seems to be discouraged from the government itself, having a single operator with the iPhone is just a consumer suicide.

I forecast the highest prices ever for the spanish iPhone, a tariff over the roof, with no minutes or sms included and with no data or little data traffic included (say.. probably 200mb a month, then 1 eur per mb).

Everything Telefónica does is a rip-off. Plain and simple.

The level of hype about this is kind of amazing. While it'll be nice to boost the slow-as-molasses Edge I can't quite understand what everyone is getting SO hyped up about. As far as I can tell GPS is still a rumor, so the only new functionality will be enhanced data speeds outside of WiFi. Definitely a welcome addition (I'm sure I'll upgrade eventually), but I'm afraid the people who are getting so worked up will be a little let down when they realize this is a small evolutionary step unlike the revolutionary introduction of the iPhone itself.

My 2¢. Feel free to attack me.

Siiii!!!!!!!!!!! Finally!!! :D