T-Mobile Germany Offers IPhone Without Contract

[Telekom]

November 21, 2007

BERLIN -- Deutsche Telekom AG's mobile unit said Wednesday it would offer Apple's iPhone without a contract to comply with a court injunction, but consumers that opt out of a two-year contract will pay more than twice as much for it.

T-Mobile will start selling the phone for 999 euros ($1,477) immediately as well as continuing to offer it for the discounted 399 euros ($590) in combination with a two-year contract, the company said in a press release.

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[Simon5282]

I wonder if the diffrence in price goes to Apple?

[bobolito]

That's just too expensive. I can buy an iPhone here, pay someone to unlock it and then sell it in Germany and I'd still be making money!

[cheddar]

Originally Posted by bobolito

That's just too expensive. I can buy an iPhone here, pay someone to unlock it and then sell it in Germany and I'd still be making money!

That's probably the point. They don't *want* to sell you an unlocked iPhone. If they can make it harder than a few more people will get service through them.

[SmArTeStChIlD421]

Originally Posted by Simon5282

I wonder if the diffrence in price goes to Apple?

none of it makes sense because the agreement between Apple and AT&T basically says we'll keep it exclusively for you if you promise not to subsidize it for contracts.......so T-Mobile Germany is overcharging.....bobolito has a very good point.......its like taking the nickel and melting it down and selling the metal for 18 cents........it could be a booming market of customers over there who will buy unlocked iPhones off of eBay instead of buying them from T-Mobile