22.11.2007 15:20 Uhr, Quelle: Hardmac.com

T-Mobile and the iPhone in Germany

As reported by CNN, Vodafone initiated a legal action to push T-Mobile to modify its marketing and pricing strategy for the iPhone. As a consequence, T-Mobile is forced to sell the iPhone as a SIM unlocked device to allow consumers to use it with other carriers, but at premium price: 999€. In other words, it breaks the exclusive agreement between T-Mobile and Apple. One can suspect that Vodafone being in trouble in UK, with a massive amount of its clients willing to stop their subscription plans to move to O2 and its iPhone offer, decided to fire back. According to our information, only the German law will allow Vodafone to act as such, it should not be possible in France or in UK. As reported by Heise.de, the new T-Mobile offer for the iPhone also includes SIM unlocking for consumers having already purchased the iP

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