While it looks definite that Vodafone won’t be able to get us the iPhone by Christmas, it has now announced when it will be available next year. The date is set for January 14 2010, the iPhone will cost a reasonable £30 per month on two-year contract, however, this is in addition to a one off handset price of £239 if the 32GB iPhone 3GS is what you want. Otherwise it will just be a one off £59 for the 8GB iPhone 3G. A limited monthly 1GB of 3G data is included, alongside unlimited WiFi.

But what makes Vodafone stand out will be that it will allow you to use the iPhone as a modem for internet tethering purposes. This will however add to your bill at £5 for every 500MB downloaded which will be quite costly!

[via BBC]