If you haven’t reserved your iPhone 4 already then you may have to wait some time before you can get your hands on one. Already the dates for delivery from the Apple Online Store are already being pushed out to mid July, and today O2 announced that only existing customers would get the iPhone 4 on launch until the end of July.

With this in mind I was beginning to wonder if the Apple Stores will actually have any stock. I phoned round a few stores and managed to get the same reply fro all the stores I tried: “We will have stock, but it will be very limited. We will have to keep most of our stock for the people who have reserved their iPhones”.

The other wireless carriers have been a little quiet so we don’t really know what is happening there, indeed Vodafone, T-Mobile and Three have not declared pricing yet. No doubt things will become a little more clear next week.

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Each time Apple releases a new iPhone I ask myself is buying it on contract the wise thing to do? If you are in the USA you have no choice it is AT&T signing your life away for 2 years: End Of!

It used to be like that in the UK too, but with the iPhone 3GS PAYG was introduced and that changed the game. Still on O2 and the iPhone was locked to the O2 network. But then O2 lost its monopoly and other carriers got in on the act. The result is that with the launch of the iPhone 4 we will have 4 carriers available and the iPhone will be available both on contract and SIM free.

So with all these options available what is the best way to own an iPhone 4? Read on to find out…

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Well just over a day since Apple announced the SIM Free pricing for the new iPhone 4 Orange become the first UK carrier to announce their pricing structure.

Starting at £169 and £30 a month for a 24 month contract and rising to £229 and £35 a month for a 18 month contract based on a 16Gb iPhone 4. This compares to $199 plus tax for a 24 month AT&T contract at $70 a month in the USA.

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Tesco finally announces tariffs for for their iPhone offer due to go on sale on abouts 14th December. They are only currently offering three options, Pay as you go, 12 Month contracts and 18 Month contracts for the 3G, 3GS 16Gb, & 3GS 32Gb. These are £20 pm and £60 pm.

Downsides are having to buy the iPhone upfront, but the upside is only being tied into a 12 month contract. And if you compare this with the Orange offerings on a like for like basis the Tescos option looks to be the smart choice, although the draw of not having to buy the iPhone upfront may be a win for Orange.

Decide for yourself. Tesco – Orange

Orange have announced the pricing structure for their Pay Monthly, Pay As You Go and Business plans for the iPhone in the UK. Rather unexpectedly no price war has erupted.

Available on Orange from November 10th, the published prices are strikingly similar to the current O2 offering. Take a look at Orange’s prices here and feel free to compare them to O2′s here.

With any luck, Vodafone will be a little more daring in their prices when they launch in the new year and bring the price down on the iPhone 3G and 3GS – both of which are often regarded as over-priced devices!

According to The Telegraph, Vodafone are expected to officially announce this morning that the iPhone will soon be available from them. This comes the day after Orange announced they will be offering the iPhone from October. Let the price wars begin!

You can register your interest at Vodafone’s iPhone website.

Orange have today announced that they will start to sell the iPhone later this year. There are no further details yet but you can pre-register your interest at the Orange iPhone website. Orange currently have the largest 3G coverage in the UK and their recently started merger with T-Mobile should improve this even further. Perhaps this deal might start a bit of a price war and reduce the cost of the iPhone and, better still, persuade O2 to improve their 3G coverage!