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T-Mobile and Apple Announce iPhone Germany Rate Plans

Monday October 29, 2007 4:57 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
Apple and T-Mobile announced rate plans for the iPhone in Germany today.



The plans start at 49 euro/month and include unlimited data plans, Visual Voicemail and access to T-Mobile's over 8,000 W-Fi Hotspots in Germany.

"We're thrilled to be partnering with T-Mobile and can't wait to start selling the iPhone in Germany in just a few short weeks," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "Starting at just 49 per month, we think these three rate plans give customers the flexibility to experience all of iPhones revolutionary features at affordable and competitive prices."


The numbers correspond to an earlier leak of the rate plans reported by MacNotes.de.
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plumbingandtech
56 months ago
I want some free hot spots.


:o
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pit29
56 months ago
Actually, there will also be an activation fee of €25. And: they will limit traffic speed over edge to 64kb/s and 16kb/s for down- and upload, respectively, after you have downloaded 200mb (complete M), 1gb (L) or 5gb (XL) in any given month...


And: first :-)

EDITED: second, but close...
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mkrishnan
56 months ago

And: they will limit traffic speed over edge to 64kb/s and 16kb/s for down- and upload, respectively, after you have downloaded 200mb (complete M), 1gb (L) or 5gb (XL) in any given month...


I didn't see this in the article... can you provide a confirming source?
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naroola
56 months ago
5GB or even 1GB of data transfer at EDGE speeds??? Come on! On the other hand, 200MB is more believable.
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unity
56 months ago
Damn, why are Euro plans so much? You would think with population density like there is the plans would be more affordable, even with free incoming.
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Project
56 months ago
Ouch.

These are far worse than the UK plans. Far worse.
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ABM
56 months ago

I didn't see this in the article... can you provide a confirming source?


http://www.t-mobile.de/iphone/tarife.jsp

1) Gilt nur für die Nutzung mit dem iPhone im nationalen T-Mobile Netz und an deutschen HotSpots der Telekom oder von T-Mobile (WLAN). Ab einem Datenvolumen von 200 MB
(Complete M), 1 GB (Complete L) oder 5 GB (Complete XL) pro Monat wird die Bandbreite im jeweiligen Monat auf max. 64 kbit/s (Download) und 16 kbit/s (Upload) beschränkt.

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chr1s60
56 months ago
Wow, these prices seem pretty high compared to what it is in the US.
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Nordichund
56 months ago
Personally I´d love an iPhone. However if it ever comes to Norway and has prices resembling anything like Germany I´ll happily stick with my current none iPhone. Those prices are insane. The phone isn´t even 3G. Apple in this instance is being VERY greedy.
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mkrishnan
56 months ago

http://www.t-mobile.de/iphone/tarife.jsp


Thanks! :) Is this pro forma in Germany for other high-data phones... perhaps Blackberries or Treos or the Sidekick or something like that?
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