O2 UK the sole distributor of iPhone 3G in the UK this morning started taking orders via it’s website for pay monthly iPhone 3G’s. The demand was so huge that most people were struggling to even access the site and within a few hours the 16GB model had been taken off and a short while ago O2 put a message on it’s site stating:

“Due to huge demand for the iPhone 3G, we’re currently out of stock online. Come back on 10th July for more information.”

This is bad news for customers who wanted to upgrade as online is the only way O2 was allowing customers to do this. O2 also further annoyed it’s potential customers today by telling people that iPhone 3G would now not be released until around Christmas time.

If your looking for an iPhone 3G then going in-store on the 11th July may now be your only option and looking at the demand it looks like there are going to be many dissapointed people.

UPDATE: Visit the O2 Online Store on Thursday 10th July for further update from O2.

SOURCE: mobiles4u.net