That’s Germany, all right.
Like in France, it looks like Apple will have to sell the recently released iPhone in Germany without an accompanying contract and, separately, unlocked. Over in Deutschland, Vodaphone just won the first round in a long line of rulings against T-Mobile, which, for now, is the exclusive carrier of the iPhone there. Vodaphone, which no doubt wants a slice of that sweet iPhone money, insists that it’s fighting on behalf of the consumer (lol! I believe that…), while T-Mo says such exclusivity arrangements aren’t extraordinary. It’s all very excitizzzzz…
This must stink for Apple, spending all that time negotiating deals left and right only to see these activist judges undo all its work. How about, if you don’t want to agree with Apple’s terms, contract and all, just don’t buy the silly phone. What’s so hard about that?
IPhone Must Be Offered Without Contract Restrictions, German Court Rules [New York Times]
vodaFone
grüße aus deutschland
rkn
Ah, beaten by rkn. But yeah, it’s Vodafone.
Gave me a laugh as I sit here in Ireland, watching a TV advertisement for……..Vodafone’s largest exclusive range of handsets that they’re offering for Christmas! LOL
We don’t get the iPhone till late January so I’ll watch in amusement as it’s released over here. Going by what usually happens, there’ll be a bit of uproar, and then Vodafone will stick their head in the sand as they don’t realise the implications of not offering something as ingenious as the iPhone (go, errr, Nokia Communicator!)
I can’t wait to buy an iPhone for Christmas.. In my opinion it’s the best phone ever made :D
But iPhone isn’t just wonderful things… Greenpeace made some scientific tests and found out that iPhone contains hazardous chemicals… Here is the video: weshow.com/us/p/22543/greenpeace_unveals_iphones_hazardous_chemicals
Unbelievable right? Steve should do something asap!