Both Vodacom and MTN officially launched the Apple iPhone 4 here in South Africa last night and since midnight consumers could get their hands on the device at selected flagship stores.

A previous screenshot leaked to the Internet of what was believed to have been official MTN iPhone 4 pricing was however not accurate but did in fact give us a great overview as to what we can expect to pay for the iPhone 4 here in South Africa.

Vodacom users can expect to get the iPhone 4 on all existing Vodacom tarrifs with it being free on the iPhone Talk 500 and Talk 1000 packages. The flagship Vodacom offer is the iPhone Talk 500 priced at R925 per month which includes the 16GB iPhone 4, 250MB data, 100 free SMS messages and 500 talk minutes a month.

MTN certainly means business and has undercut Vodacom heavily when it comes to pricing for the iPhone 4 in South Africa.

MTN users can expect to get the iPhone 4 starting from R379 per month which includes, R200 airtime, 150MB data, 25 free SMS messages with the 16GB iPhone 4. There is also an option with 300MB data for R429 per month. The 32GB iPhone 4 is available at R429 per month which includes 150MB data or R479 for 300MB of data.

You can get the iPhone 4 at 36 selected MTN stores and all 84 participating Vodacom outlets from today.

Earlier this year at the at the World Mobile Congress HTC released a bunch of Android phones, two of these included the HTC Desire and the HTC Legend. I just received feedback from Leaf that South Africa will indeed have these phones and maybe sooner than we think.

The HTC Desire and HTC Legend is set to be available in the first week of April in South Africa. Leaf confirmed that both devices will be available from all the telco channels, and the devices will ship with Android 2.1.

Interesting facts about the HTC Desire:

Speed and Great Visual Experience
With the 1GHz chipset, the HTC Desire offers quicker access to applications, maps, videos and more importantly a faster browsing experience. Proof point… Almost 2x faster than the iPhone 3GS, 18% faster than Nexus One for browsing; smart zoom and built in flash player.

Latest HTC Sense
Friendstream, stay close.
Discover the unexpected through HTC Sense, e.g. HTC news.
Better user experience.
Proof point…Latest version of HTC Sense

Best High End Android Experience
Thousands of applications available through Android Market
Great experience of Google Services at your fingertips
A bright wide screen visual experience
Proof point…Latest Android platform, Fast image processing power, AMOLED screen; and seamless synchronization with exchange.

The HTC Desire features a 1 GHz SnapDragon Chipset, a WVGA AMOLED screen, Full Sync with MS exchange and Media synchronization with PC just to mention a few things.

Keep an eye out for the HTC Desire and HTC Legend to hit South African early in April.