Apple officially announced it’s iPhone partnership with the U.K. mobile carrier O2 yesterday at a press conference in a London Apple store. Steve Jobs was on hand to announce that the Apple iPhone would make it’s official UK debut on November 9th. Folks in the UK would not  be getting the 4GB model of the iPhone – only the 8GB model. The cost of the phone? 269 pounds (or about $538 dollars) including VAT.

In order to get the Apple iPhone in the UK, you’ll have to agree to an 18 month contract which runs from 35 pounds per month to 55 pounds per month.  You do get unlimited data – sorta .. you’re apparently limited to 1400 web pages per day.

One final note – this is basically the same iPhone you’re getting here in the states. Sorry – no 3G based iPhone for the UK although some were speculating that Apple might indeed launch one. According to News.com, Jobs is still concerned about the power draw from 3G chipsets. Here’s one thought – how about the current power draw of the components within the iPhone? I don’t know about you folks but my iPhone’s battery life has been somewhat abysmal.

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