T-Mobile wins iPhone Germany exclusive, paper claims
A German newspaper has claimed that Apple's iPhone will be coming to Europe through a deal with local carrier T-Mobile.
The Rheinische Post yesterday said T-Mobile will offer the handset in Germany on 1 November, pricing it at around €450 ($613/£304), though it's not clear whether that's for the 4GB model or the 8GB version. …
Don't know if the german newspaper article already says this, but apparently the US iPhone already includes the T-Mobile and Vodafone logo graphics in its ROM...
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T-Mobile wins iPhone Germany exclusive, paper claims
A German newspaper has claimed that Apple's iPhone will be coming to Europe through a deal with local carrier T-Mobile. The Rheinische Post yesterday said T-Mobile will offer the handset in Germany on 1 November, pricing it at around €450 ($613/£304), though it's not clear whether that's for the 4GB model or the 8GB version. …
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Posted Wednesday 4th July 2007 10:50 GMT
James Shepherd
„Kein Kommentar” #
From reading the original (German) article I think the price was the newspaper's guess.
$100 markup seems a bit low, but then the US$ is pretty weak.
Of course US price quotes don't include tax, so if the speculation is correct it would be fair. I'd still be pleasantly surprised.
http://www.onmyiphone.com/
Posted Wednesday 4th July 2007 11:41 GMT
paulm
Unfair Monopoly? #
I can't help but feel that locking consumers into a single operator (Vodafone, T-Mobile, AT&T or otherwise) is promoting an unfair monopoly.
The iPhone is a phone, therefore is should work on any phone network. Artificially restricting it to a single network is unfair to consumers.
Posted Wednesday 4th July 2007 12:26 GMT
Anonymous Coward
What planet are you on? #
Its fairly normal for Networks to pay good money for a period of exclusivity on a new Phone.
Monopoly is rubbish - there are plenty more phones around that do the job.
Get some perspective. Its just another phone at the end of the day.
They will be appearing unlocked on Ebay soon anyway.
Posted Thursday 5th July 2007 08:49 GMT
Neil Jones
PNGs #
Don't know if the german newspaper article already says this, but apparently the US iPhone already includes the T-Mobile and Vodafone logo graphics in its ROM...
Posted Friday 6th July 2007 14:46 GMT
Jamie Swithenbank
Hmmmm I wonder #
What would happen if you got an e.g. German iPhone and then tried to use it with a US T-Mobile Sim? might that do the trick?
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