Orange UK Starts Selling iPhone 3G & iPhone 3GS Today [Breaks Record for Single Day Sales for a Sole Handset With More Than 30,000 Units]

It’s no longer a secret that after more than a year since it first started selling in the UK on O2, the exclusivity contract has died and Orange has managed to get their hands on the device with a release date scheduled for today and a price that you can’t beat — both the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3Gs going free if you sign for certain plans.

The big news however is that the UK carrier has managed to shatter the record for single day sales for a sole handset today, by selling (until 4pm UK time) more than 30,000 units — compare that with Verizon’s 100,000 units of their Motorola Droid over the weekend, and what Orange has managed today is totally amazing. The big achievement is the result of a new multi-million pound ad campaign entitled “You’re Covered”, the greater coverage than its competitors and little Orange Wednesday perks that you get (like 2-in-1 movie tickets) if you’re a customer.

Meanwhile Vodafone UK are waiting to offer the iPhone 3G/3GS to their users and O2 UK have promised to unlock your Apple handset for free if you promise to continue pay your bill (while Pay GO subscribers will have to spend some £15 if they owned the device for more than 12 months).

Things looking good in the UK, isn’t it?