Softbank the official carrier of the iPhone in Japan announced Monday that the iPhone 3G will retail for 23,040 yen ($215) for the 8GB model.

The 16GB iPhone 3G will be priced at 34,560 yen ($320), the carrier also announced that the monthly charge for iPhone users would be 7,280 yen (68), including unlimited data-transmission usage, if subscribers sign up for a plan that allows them to talk free between Softbank subscribers most of the day.

According to chief exec of Softbank Masayoshi Son, that is 70-percent higher than the firm’s average income of 4,310 yen per user in the last quarter.

“We expect users who pay a lot to migrate from au and DoCoMo,” Son told reporters. “There have been users who were just attracted to our low price, but the main point this time is feature attractiveness rather than price.”

Softbank was unable to confirm how many iPhones they would have to hand when the iPhone launches in July 11th.

“We expect the first lot to evaporate instantly. We in the company will probably fight to get one as well,” Son said. “Supplies will likely be scarce for a while.”