The lucky few should be getting their iPhone 3G on launch day in Hong Kong. There has been as much talk about the price as they have about the phone as the announced $199/$299USD price tag is not to be found anywhere. There has also been buzz around the net earlier about Hong Kong having the best deal anywhere.

We weren’t exactly sold on the reports and created a price comparison spreadsheet highlighting our Yahoo! Finance Currency remote data function which compares the price plans between providers across the globe. You’ll see that Hong Kong is among the cheapest, but as we found out, Australia offers an even cheaper price plan than Hong Kong.

So, what happened on the first day of iPhone mania here? Nothing really and to my surprise, there were no lines at any of the 3 Hong Kong stores I went by, total opposite of other parts of the world. Instead, 3 Hong Kong offered exclusivity to 500 randomly picked individuals who previously registered online and 1000 VIP customers on the first day of sale. The rest will have to wait until tomorrow.

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