[UPDATE: Below the fold, CdnPhoto’s latest version of the map, with Spain and Poland removed because they are still at the rumor stage.]
Like many Apple (AAPL) watchers, the investors at IMO’s
Apple Finance Forum
have been closely following this week’s flurry of announcements of iPhone deals with carriers around the world. One of the contributors to the forum — a regular from Toronto who posts as CdnPhoto — has summarized the information graphically in a color-coded map of the world. With his permission, I’ve pasted it below.
Countries where the iPhone is now available, or will be this summer, are marked in red:
[E-mail subscribers: click here to see the map.]
Switzerland, Spain and Poland probably should be tinted a light shade of pink; these were rumors, not official announcements (see here).
Of course, if unlocked blackmarket iPhones were included, most of the world would be colored Apple red. See The iPhones of Equatorial Guinea.
For those who prefer their information in list form, here are the countries added in the past couple weeks:
For Vodafone (VOD) (link):
Australia
Czech Republic
Egypt
Greece
India
Italy (also Telecom Italia)
New Zealand
Portugal
South Africa
Turkey
For America Movil (AMX) (link):
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Peru
Puerto Rico
Uruguay
For Rogers Wireless:
Canada
Rumors (link):
Switzerland
Spain
Poland
No word yet:
China
Korea
Japan
Russia
For updates, check APPLinvestors, which keeps a running tally here.
Updated version of the map below the fold:
