Confusion has developed over the past 24 hours since the announcement that the iPhone 3G is on its way to New Zealand, with one version of the official Press Release being edited to remove the term "prepay". Vodafone New Zealand have now confirmed (despite conflicting with two other Press Releases) that the iPhone will only be available "on account" within New Zealand as each country tailors its offering to customers.

The story broke when an eagle-eyed NZMac.com user noticed the change to the Press Release on the Vodafone.co.nz website, with the term "prepay" removed yesterday afternoon. However at the time of posting this story, the Press Release on the Apple.co.nz website and Vodafone.com website continue to mention the term. It should be noted however that the latter two press releases relate to four countries, so it appears that the editing locally concerns the situation in New Zealand.

Having looked at the Press Release yesterday, my browser this morning displayed the following....

But after repeated refreshes and deletion of the browser cache, the text has changed on the Vodafone NZ site...

The decision to market the iPhone in New Zealand at the exclusion of Prepay customers will come as a huge disappointment to many who have waited for the official release of Apple's innovative phone in to the New Zealand market. Given the fact that Vodafone have clearly indicated that this will not be the case in other countries it is disappointing that the decision appears to have been made here.

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