Francre Telecom's Orange announced Thursday that it would release the new iPhone 3G on July 17 priced at €149 ($234) for the 8GB model.
The 16GB handset will sell for €199 ($312), both handsets require that subscribers sign up to one of its existing "Orange for iPhone" plans, or its Origami Star (from 3 hours), First or Jet plans.
Orange also added that with other plans (excluding time-cutoff and pay-as-you-go) the 8GB iPhone will sell for €199 and the 16GB for €249. For example, customers can get the 8GB model for 199 euro with a one-hour Origami Star plan that costs 32 euro and offers up to 500MB of monthly internet access.
"Orange for iPhone" plans (pictured) start at 49 euro per month and includes 2 hours of normal talk time, 2 hours of late evening and weekend minutes, and 50 SMS text messages. The most expensive plan is priced at 149 euro and includes 12 hours of normal talk time, 12 hours of nights and weekends, and 1000 SMS messages. All "Orange for iPhone" plans include Visual Voicemail and up to 500MB of monthly data usage.