Pricing struggles between Apple and Vodafone behind troubled iPhone launch

According to an article in today's Businessday, the chaotic launch customers experienced with Apple's new iPhone was due to a pricing disagreement between Vodafone, the carrier for New Zealand, and Apple - the company which makes the iPhone.

According to Stuff.co.nz:

Apple advised Vodafone to change pricing for the iPhone 4 shortly before it was due to hit shop shelves, but an angry Vodafone threatened to can the launch entirely, according to a source.

It is understood Vodafone's head office in Britain then intervened, demanding its local subsidiary proceed.

A Vodafone spokesperson says that Vodafone will neither confirm nor deny stories of such a disagreement. [Business Day]