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Many of our readers from the US have been asking exactly how much more it's going to cost to maintain an iPhone 3G than the original iPhone's plans, and now that AT&T has officially announced the prices for the available plans, they can be compared. AppleInsider has taken the time to go through the plans and figure out exactly how much more that iPhone 3G is going to cost you, and why.

Denmark phone carrier Telia has announced their prices and plans for the iPhone 3G that will be launching on July 11th. The 8GB version will cost 1.399 Danish kr and 1.999 Danish kr for the 16GB version. The've also announced a special rate plan called iOn, which comes with 300 minutes and 300MB data. Contracts are also limited to 6 months in that country. Lastly, the announcement also lists unlimited SMS and MMS messages as one of the features of the plan.

Many iPhone 3G-hopefuls and residents of Canada yesterday seemed to be less than satisfied with the announcements from Rogers and Fido. Controversially, none of the four plans for the device they announced came with unlimited data, and many of them decided to make their dissatisfaction publicly known. In response to the public outcry, Rogers has felt the need to defend their data plans.

The iPhone 3G has been announced for Spanish carrier Movistar, but they still have yet to formally announce pricing for the devices or for the plans they will offer. Spanish website AppleSfera.com claims to have found a webpage on Movistar's site that lists pricing for the 8GB and 16GB iPhone 3G, as well as two plans they will allegedly be offering.

So, Rogers will be brining the iPhone 3G to Canada. And if you live up there, that's a good thing. Still, formal pricing had yet to be announced until today. Update: Fido announced their price plans as well, which are identical to the ones announced by Rogers Wireless.