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Apple Announces that Orange is Exclusive iPhone Carrier in France

Besides Leopard, Apple announced today that Orange will be the exclusive French carrier for the Apple iPhone. The iPhone will make its debut in France on Thursday November 29th.

"We are excited to partner with Orange and bring iPhone to France in time for the holidays," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "iPhone is an amazing product and we hope mobile users in France will love it as much as we do."


The 8GB iPhone will be sold in France through Orange's online and direct retail stores for 399 euros including V.A.T.

It's unclear what became of the negotiations surrounding the French law that requires mobile phones to be sold unlocked 6 months after launch.

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57 months ago
This is going to be great news for my relatives in France. They'll be happy to get the phone.
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57 months ago
It will be interesting to see what is going to happen about the 6 month unlocking requirement.

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57 months ago

It will be interesting to see what is going to happen about the 6 month unlocking requirement.

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They will have to unlock. There is no way around it.
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57 months ago
Maybe apple is planning to unlock all iPhones in 6 months. :)
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57 months ago

They will have to unlock. There is no way around it.

Agreed! The law is nonnegotiable! :)
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57 months ago
le sigh

le jealous
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57 months ago

They will have to unlock. There is no way around it.


Maybe it will be unlocked, but will only have french text in the OS ... ?? that would discourage me from getting it...
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57 months ago
I wonder if you get a an orange sim card that it will work for the american iphone. or an O2 sim card????
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57 months ago
Yep, it will be very interesting to see what happens about the unlocking thing. Does this mean that after 6 months on sale Apple have to offer an unlocked iPhone for sale in France? Or does it mean that after each individual customer has been connected for 6 months, Apple have to unlock their phone for them if they wish?
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57 months ago

Maybe it will be unlocked, but will only have french text in the OS ... ?? that would discourage me from getting it...


That is very likely. However, there are people living in France that do not speak French. Just as there are people living in the U.S. that do not speak English. So they would likely file a law suit if their phone changed languages after 6 months.
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