T3.co.uk has managed to get its hands on a review model of the iPhone in the UK, luckily the model was already loaded with Apple’s latest firmware, 1.1.2.

T3 notes the following about the update:

First off, there’s support for dozens of languages, so if you happen to be a fluent Cantonese speaker, the phone has all the relevant character sets so you can display your language properly.

There’s full support for French and German, with special keyboard lay-outs on the ready to tackle accented characters - perfectly understandable, of course, what with the phone heading for launch across the channel this month too.

Mac Rumors also claims to have heard that firmware update 1.1.2 is destined to arrive in the coming week, just in time for the UK and Germany launch of the iPhone on Friday. According to their sources the update will contain mainly security updates and bug fixes as well as the mentioned language localisations. The rumour site also notes that iTunes 7.5 will be required to sync.

Both T3 and Mac Rumors note that the update will break third party unlocking software and any third party applications.