German Court Rules iPhone Locking Legal

l-ascorbic writes "A German court has overturned Vodafone's temporary injunction against T-Mobile. Two weeks ago, the British mobile network won an injunction forcing T-Mobile to sell iPhones that were not locked to its network. Vodafone argued that locking is an anti-competitive practice, and sought to force the German network to permanently allow the use of the phones on other networks. After the injunction was granted, T-Mobile offered the unlocked phones for €999 ($1473), and these will now be withdrawn from sale."

Screwed like US now!

[r00t]

The masses will snap up "cheap" phones with evil contracts that can't be comprehended by non-lawyers.

Other phones become a niche product with rising costs. Eventually nobody offers them, because they are less profitable.

You're getting the US cellphone industry. Enjoy!

It's a neat phone, but..

[Brett Buck]

Holy scheize, 999! There's nobody in the world I want to talk to that badly.

      Brett

Re:999 euros?!

[the_humeister]

I had thought selling a phone for $500 is insane, I might have yet to see everything...

Have you seen a dwarf do a fat chick? No? So indeed you haven't seen everything...

Allow me to say it. DAMN NAZIS !!

[Anonymous Coward]

First it was WWI. Then it was WWII. Now I can't buy a freaking nazi iphone for E1000. Bloody war crime !!

Re:999 euros?!

[Corporate Troll]

I have that movie somewhere....