T-Mobile to offer unlocked iPhone for 999 Euros

Here is the latest update to the mobile conflict taking place in Germany over the last week. Vodafone disputed T-Mobile’s right to have a monopoly on the iPhone.

At this point, T-Mobile stands by their right to be the sole network provider for the iPhone in Germany, but T-Mobile is apparently set to offer an unlocked version of the iPhone for 999 Euros (around $1500, Yikes! ) so that some customers can get the phone and choose another carrier, if they want to. That’s in addition to T-Mobile’s regular iPhone+Service contract plan.

By doing this, T-Mobile can claim that customers have “a choice” and shut Vodaphone’s complaint, but the price will effectively deter most of them by raising the overall cost of ownership, except if the folowing happens: 1/ Vodaphone can lower their data plan cost to compensate for the high price. 2/ If customers will use Wi-Fi only and don’t want to be tied up with a data plan for two years. Vodaphone is likely going to continue its complaint.