Vodafone is to launch iPhone in the UK on January 14. From today customers can pre-order their iPhone in-store, through their account manager or online.

iPhone 3GS is touted as the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet, boasting new features such as improved speed and performance - up to twice as fast as iPhone 3G - with longer battery life, a high-quality 3 megapixel autofocus camera, video recording and hands free voice control.

The App Store provides access to more than 100,000 applications from games to social networking to financial planning and health management, generating more than 2 billion downloads to date. iPhone is now available in over 80 countries around the world.

"We started preparing our network over a year ago so that iPhone customers will really feel the advantage of being with Vodafone," said Guy Laurence, CEO, Vodafone UK. "We will offer an iPhone experience wherever our customers live, work and travel, delivering speed and reliability."

iPhone customers can use up to 1GB of mobile data as part of their price plans as well as take advantage of unlimited access to Wi-Fi in the home and free, publicly available services throughout the country.