German Court Rules iPhone Locking Legal 146
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 After the injunction was granted, T-Mobile offered the unlocked phones for €999 ($1473), and these will now be withdrawn from sale."
Re:999 euros?! (Score:3, Informative)
If you read some of Apple's statments when they released the iPhone they mention that they're figuring the revenue differently. They said that the revenue from iPhones would be spread out over the term of the service contract. My impression was that AT&T was actually paying Apple a share of the monthly service charges.
It does seem a little pricey anyway. Maybe T-Mobile was trying to discourage people from going for the unlocked phones.
Re:Ich bin ein unlocker (Score:3, Informative)
It's a licence every owner of a TV or radio has to pay, i.e. The People.
Sure the BBC has it's own biases, show me a truly neutral person.
But at least the BBC can't be bought by corporate greed.
But then your mentioning of Fox on the same line as the BBC makes me fear I've overheard a Whoosh!
Re:Ich bin ein unlocker (Score:1, Informative)
There. Fixed.
Re:Ich bin ein unlocker (Score:3, Informative)
Re:About the unlocked phones... (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Ich bin ein unlocker (Score:2, Informative)