According to prior announcements, the most expected handset Palm Pre is not planning to be distributed in the UK by Vodafone; instead it will be offered by Telefonica. It is the first time the company, together with its subsidiaries Movistar and O2, is launching Pre in Spain, UK as well as Latin America. It is known that Movistar will launch pre in Spain and some countries of Latin America before summer 2009.
Up till now it is still not certain yet what price the carrier will set for the handset, but it is expected to appear with series of data plans. That shows that there will be a great range of prices for the devices and will vary depending on the country to be purchased in.
One thing to take into account is that Telefonica, being a GSM/HSDPA phone operator; should as well sell the GSM version of Pre. The CDMA version of Pre is supposed to appear on US market by Sprint, but the exact date is not certain yet. In addition to this, the handset should also go to Canada. At this period of Telefonica’s prosperity, it has managed to be a great success, and even is now competing against Vodafone.
