'Orange Romania lowers 16 GB iPhone 3G price'

Orange Romania offers the 16 GB iPhone 3G for EUR 309, the price of the 8 GB iPhone, via its online shop together with a 24-month subscription of EUR 20 per month (VAT included). The offer is available until 23 June. With this subscription, Orange clients get 180 minutes for calls to all national networks, 50 SMS and 500 MB for browsing the internet.

In Romania, the iPhone occupies the fourth position in the smartphone sales top, with 1,527 units sold in March 2009, overtaken by Nokia N5800, Nokia E71 and Blackberry Bold, reports local marketing research firm GFK. According to local market players cited by Romanian newspaper Business Standard, the only phones that have registered an increase in sales on the local market are the low priced phones and smartphones.

Orange Romania is also set to launch the iPhone 3G 'Speed' smartphone on the local market around 15 August.