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T-Mobile UK says reports that they will be making the G1 available to subscribers on October 30th. Unlike Apple’s delayed European iPhone release, T-Mobile is making the wise decision to get the phone out across the world as quickly as possible. Initially, the G1 wasn’t expected to hit Europe until well into November.

The two tariffs (price plans) available both offer the G1 for free and are significantly cheaper than the plans bundled with Apple’s iPhone. Both are priced at 40 and include a generous variety of talk time/text messaging combinations.

Jim Hyde, managing director of T-Mobile UK spoke about the release: “With so much excitement generated by the announcement last month, we’re thrilled to bring the T-Mobile G1 to the UK in time for Christmas. [...] It’s set to revolutionise the way we use the internet on our mobiles: it’s uniquely built for effortless online communication – whether you want to email, text or blog – and with access to some groundbreaking applications on Android market, the possibilities really are endless.”

Word has it that T-Mobile’s pre-sale count for the G1 has cracked the 1.5 million mark. These numbers are no small feat considering the Apple iPhone took nearly 75 days to sell one million handsets. T-Mobile quickly exhausted it’s 500,000 unit reserve within the first few days of allow pre-orders. HTC had incorrectly predicted no more than 700,000 units would be demanded before the end of 2008, but it wouldn’t be unlikely to see over 2 million units sold before the end of the year.

These numbers are a great indicator to developers and service providers that there is a massive market for open source, and embracing the technology will surely lead to large profit figures.

T-Mobile has released an online emulator of the G1 for all of you who either missed the pre-order or simply can’t decide if it’s for you. Give it a spin and tell us what you think.