Apple’s iPhone will be on sale on the British and German markets beginning with this Friday, four months after it was launched in the United States.

The iPhone will be available in Britain at 6.02 pm tonight and it will cost 269 pounds ($567) for the 8-gigabyte model, which is cheaper than the price it had in the US in June 29 at its debut, but more than the actual price of $399 after Apple cut off the prices in September.

In Germany, the prices of the iPhone will be a little higher, meaning 399 euros ($585).

The mobile phone operator that will deliver the iPhone in Britain will be the O2 while T-mobile will be the exclusive carrier in Germany. More than 700 T-Mobile shops will have the miraculous phone on sale.

At the hundreds of other Telekom shops which opened around Germany at daybreak to sell iPhones, business was brisk Friday, but there were no crowd surges.

Rene Bresgen, representative for Deutsche Telekom AG's T-Mobile said in a statement: "We assume that the device will find a very good reception on the market,” the Associated Press reports.

Rene Obermann, Deutsche Telekom Chief Executive has a very optimistic opinion about the success that the Aple’s iPhone will encounter in Germany.

"We're not giving out precise forecasts, but registrations on our Web site lead me to believe (the Christmas season) will be a strong sales period. The real question for me is whether we have enough devices and can meet customer demand," he told CNBC Europe.

The iPhone’s fans will have to pay from 49 euros to 89 euros a month ($72 to $131) and sign a minimum two years contract with the delivery operator.

Consumer-advice groups have warned at the follow-on costs for the gadget: a 24-month calling plan with Deutsche Telekom costing a minimum of 1,176 euros.

Customer in Britain will have to sign an 18-month contract with O2, paying 35, 45 or 55 pounds a month , but they will have unlimited mobile data usage and unlimited use of 7,500 public Wi-Fi wireless Internet connections in cafes, restaurants, airport lounges and other locations across the UK operated by The Cloud.

“Our strategy at O2 is to bring our customers the best products and experiences. The iPhone is a breakthrough that is changing the way people use their mobiles forever, and we're thrilled to have it exclusively for O2 customers in the UK,” Matthew Key, CEO, O2 said in a statement.

France is the next beneficiary of the Apple’s product. The iPhone will be available on its market beginning with November 29 and Orange is the lucky carrier for this country.

Apple’s expectations for 2008 consist in selling more than 10 million iPhones in the U.S. and Europe, and to start deliver the miraculous phones in Asia beginning with 2009.