Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile will allow customers in Germany to buy Apple’s coveted iPhone without having to sign a T-Mobile contract after rival Vodafone obtained a court injunction against it.
T-Mobile said on Wednesday it will offer the iPhone without a T-Mobile contract for 999 euros at its shops.
T-Mobile has an exclusive deal with Apple to sell the iPhone in Germany, where Apple has no stores. Until now, customers had to sign up to a 24-month T-Mobile contract costing a minimum of 1,176 euros ($1,740) in order to buy the 399-euro phone.
A German court granted Vodafone a preliminary injunction this week preventing T-Mobile from locking the iPhone’s SIM card to T-Mobile when making a sale.
Vodafone had hoped to win exclusive rights to sell the iPhone in Europe but lost out to T-Mobile in Germany, Telefonica’s (TEF.MC) O2 in Britain and France Telecom’s (FTE.PA) Orange in France.
Via Yahoo
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