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T-Mobile Selling Unlocked iPhones in Germany

Wednesday November 21, 2007 5:40 am PST by Arnold Kim
To be in compliance with a court ruling, Deutsche Telekom announced today that they will immediately start selling an unlocked iPhone without contract for 999 euro (US $1,477). The iPhone will still be sold, as before, with 2 year contract for 399 euro ($US $590).

Bloomberg reports that customers who purchased the iPhone in Germany after November 19th may have their iPhone unlocked for free. Existing German iPhone customers can reportedly also receive the unlock for a fee.

Prior to this, the only unlocked iPhones in existence have been "hacked" with 3rd party applications. This introduces legitimate unlocked iPhones into the marketplace that will presumably withstand future iPhone software updates.
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DaveTheGrey
55 months ago
http://www.iphoneblog.de/2007/11/21/ohne-vertrag-999-eur/


"Nachricht für den Vertrieb bei T-Mobile: “iPhone für 999 EUR ohne Vertrag”. Aus zwei unabhängigen Quellen per Telefonanruf bestätigt."

Message for the distribution at T-Mobile: "iPhone for 999€ without Contract"
Confirmed by two calls of unrelated sources.




UPDATE:Serveral German Websites confirmed the information!

http://www.winfuture.de/news,35905.html

http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/0,1518,518688,00.html

http://www.digitalnext.de/iphone-fuer-999e-ab-sofort-auch-ohne-t-mobile-vertrag-erhaeltlich/

http://de.biz.yahoo.com/21112007/36/t-mobile-iphone-freien-verkauf-999-euro.html


All customers who already buyed an iPhone can get an unlock within 24 hours for 600€!

http://www.khessin.de/
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TonyHoyle
55 months ago
That's a bit much.. considering the ipod touch is 299 euros.

Apple are basically trying to claim that a slightly bigger battery, a bluetooth chip and a 2G radio are worth 700 euros. lol.

The court hearing is going to be real interesting if they're playing games like that. Still, it's only for 2 weeks until the proper decisions are made. It's a symbolic price, designed to stall until then.
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CD3660
55 months ago

http://www.iphoneblog.de/2007/11/21/ohne-vertrag-999-eur/
"iPhone for 999€ without Contract"

Wow! Apple hits back! :eek:

Mind you, didn't the Nokia 8800 Sirocco (or whatever it was called) cost a similar amount unlocked?
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DaveTheGrey
55 months ago
I can smell freedom :D
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colonelbutt
55 months ago

I can smell freedom :D


from what, you still need a contract !

handtec are the cheapest and they have the N95 (not 8gb edition) at £421, HTC Kaiser at £419 and Nokia E90 at £616 so don't hold your breath over iPhone out of contract.
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DaveTheGrey
55 months ago

from what, you still need a contract !


I already got one, which satisfies my cellphone needs. I really really don't like T-Mobile aka Deutsche Telekom.
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psychofreak
55 months ago

from what, you still need a contract !

Pay & Go FTW...I hardly use my phone enough to buy a contract, and when I get an iPhone (estimating v3, as I'll get it when it can replace an iPod for me) I guess I'll put it on Pay & Go...
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colonelbutt
55 months ago

I already got one, which satisfies my cellphone needs. I really really don't like T-Mobile aka Deutsche Telekom.


Depends which country are you are in.
but in the UK, O2 and Orange are the only options IMHO as they have EDGE
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DaveTheGrey
55 months ago

Depends which country are you are in.
but in the UK, O2 and Orange are the only options IMHO as they have EDGE


I think this is a good point, but for me this isn't worth the costs. To look up something in wikipedia when I'm on the go, gprs is enough.
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TonyHoyle
55 months ago
The iphones wifi handling is good enough that it really doesn't matter.. you're likely to have wifi at your workplace and at home anyway. Only matters when you're out and about.

At the end of the day phones and contracts are separate products. I wasn't forced to buy a particular brand of DSL when I bought my router, and similarly I wasn't forced to use a particular router when I bought my DSL. Don't see why phones should be different.
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