Unperturbed by all the gripes over the new tech toy from Apple, namely the iPhone 4 and its antenna issues, Apple has now announced another 17 countries will gain the troubled device as of the 30th of this month.

According to an article over on the Boy Genius Report by Andrew Munchbach, Apple is to launch the iPhone 4 on the 30th of July in Austria, Australia, Canada, Belgium, Finland, Demark, Ireland, Italy, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Norway, Singapore, Spain Switzerland, Sweden and New Zealand.

In said 17 new countries the iPhone 4 (presumably with free bumper case in tow) will be available for purchase via Apple online, Apple retail and Apple authorised retailers.

Apple also sate in the release that other countries will gain the iPhone 4 later this year and pricing and availability will be announced for additional countries at a later date.