iPhone Debuts in Germany & Britian
November 9, 2007 11:05 AM | Apple | Comments (0)
| The Apple iPhone launched today in Germany and seems to be a hit! As in the U.S., Germans lined up and waited hours to be the first to buy the Apple iPhone. The iPhone went on sale at more that 700 T-Mobile stores across Germany. At one store in Cologne more than 350 people lined up to buy the iPhone after the store opened just after midnight. Some people waited up to 4 hours in line. The iPhone will also go on sale later today (6 P.M.) in Britain; sold by Carphone Warehouse and O2. France Telecom will sell the iPhone in France via Orange wireless, starting Nov. 29. Apple is hoping to duplicate the iPhones success in the U.S. The iPhone is a combination cell phone, music player and mobile web browser. Apple hopes to sell 10 million iPhones next year and has plans to launch the handset in Europe and Asia next year. Apple has sold more than 1.39 million iPhones since its debut in the U.S. on June 29 of this year. |
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In Germany the phone costs 399 euros (about $587), and contracts through T-Mobile start at 49 euros ($72) a month, along with a 25 euro ($37) activation fee. Some people have complained about the price being too expensive.
In the U.S., Apple cut the price of the 8-gigabyte iPhone from $599 to $399 and discontinued the 4-gigabyte version. It apologized to those who had paid full price and offered $100 credits to early adopters.
Consumers in Britain will pay 269 pounds ($566) for the 8-gigabyte model, or about $167 more than what Apple charges in the United States. The European price tags include value-added tax.
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