Orange Announces iPhone France and Unlocking Options [Launch Photos]
Orange announced pricing for the iPhone in France today.
Launch photos from Mac4ever
Orange will be selling the iPhone for 399 euro along with one of four plans with prices ranging from 49 euros to 119 euros per month. All plans include unlimited internet and visual voicemail.
Customers who don't wish to subscribe to those particular plans can instead pay 549 euro and use another Orange plan. Finally for 649 euro, customers can purchase an iPhone with no required contract or obligation to Orange. The iPhone itself, however, will still need to be unlocked. With all options (399, 549, 649 euro), any customer may unlock the iPhone for an addition 100 euro during the first six months. After six months, the iPhone may be unlocked for free in accordance with French law.
Launch photos from Mac4ever
Orange will be selling the iPhone for 399 euro along with one of four plans with prices ranging from 49 euros to 119 euros per month. All plans include unlimited internet and visual voicemail.
Customers who don't wish to subscribe to those particular plans can instead pay 549 euro and use another Orange plan. Finally for 649 euro, customers can purchase an iPhone with no required contract or obligation to Orange. The iPhone itself, however, will still need to be unlocked. With all options (399, 549, 649 euro), any customer may unlock the iPhone for an addition 100 euro during the first six months. After six months, the iPhone may be unlocked for free in accordance with French law.
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55 months ago
399 euro, wait six months and it's unlocked for me :)
don`t forget the 49 euro per month....
55 months ago
Apple!! Please release the iPhone on the Irish market!!!!! :mad:
and in australia plzzzzzz
55 months ago
So for 749 euro, its possible to get an unlocked iPhone. Not too bad. If the dollar wasn't at such a ****** exchange rate right now, I could see a lot of Americans trying to get their hands on them.
55 months ago
399 euro, wait six months and it's unlocked for me :)
399 euros, plus 12 x 49 Euros for required contract for first 12 months, plus 12 x 4.50 because you take a 12 month contract instead of 24
= 841 Euros
(ps http://iphone.orange.fr/ )
55 months ago
So about £537 for a legitimate unlocked phone without a contract, not including shipping and probably tax. Pretty expensive :(
55 months ago
$649 is a good price. In Canada - just under $1K - is what you'd pay for a unlocked ( very ) high end smartphone.
France is going to be the iPhone hotspot for getting unlocked iPhones.
Germans could cross the border and get their unlocked iPhones instead of paying the high price they would pay in Germany.
France is going to be the iPhone hotspot for getting unlocked iPhones.
Germans could cross the border and get their unlocked iPhones instead of paying the high price they would pay in Germany.
55 months ago
Is it me or does it make very little sense to buy a locked iPhone without contract for 649? The only people that would be interested in that would be hack unlockers. At least a fully unlocked iPhone costs 649 + 100 = 749, which is a little more reasonable than 999.
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