Despite whispers surrounding the release of the 3G iPhone users will not have to activate instore as rumored - that is if you are in the UK.

The range of offerings above, courtesy of Ars Technica, surrounding the much anticipated release vary wildly but instore activation, instore pick-up and contract only speculation appears to have been misplaced.

UK customers of the O2 network will be able to pre-order devices from today and will be able to receive their new jesus-phone right to their doorstep with activation completed via iTunes.

Not such great news for Canadian customers have already received their pricing structures minus unlimited data plans, and in Europe you can expect to pay anything from $94 to $377 for the Apple iPhone 3G 8GB with plans that vary from $24 and $128.

Don’t want a contract? Want unlimited data? Some countries are yet to release pricing or plans so cross your fingers Australia and Switzerland that you have more in common with the US than Denmark.