IPhone confirmed for T-Mobile Germany

by Thomas Ricker, posted Sep 19th 2007 at 6:58AM

The rumors are true: iPhone exclusively on T-Mobile Germany starting November 9th just like in the UK. The 8GB model will go for €399 (including V.A.T and 2-year T-Mobile tariff) and will be sold through Telekom Shops of Deutsche Telekom and the T-Mobile web shop. Yes, you still get access to the WiFi iTunes Store, Visual Voicemail, and, for ~~better or~~ worse, EDGE data. In fact, "by the end of 2007," T-Mobile will be the only provider in Germany to offer EDGE throughout it's GSM network. Whoopee. Sorry, no mention of unlimited data or free WiFi hotspots but we'll update you as soon as we know.

[Thanks, Lars, Rahul B. and everyone who sent this in]

Read -- Apple press release
Read -- T-Mobile site

Filed under: Handsets, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE, Apple, iPhone OS

Tags: apple, breaking news, BreakingNews, germany, iphone, t-mobile

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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Adam @ Sep 19th 2007 8:33AM

Well, I guess this at least makes downloading emails a little quicker when I'm roaming in Germany with my Blackberry . . . That's about the only relevance I see to me . . .

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mick @ Sep 19th 2007 10:35AM

meh

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greg @ Sep 19th 2007 12:21PM

surrously... stop harping on EDGE.. its really not that bad. I would rather have a longer battery life to enjoy the device rather than a quicker burst of download speed.

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Sebastien @ Sep 19th 2007 1:49PM

Edge is not "bad"... It's just obsolete and slower than the other.
So having a carrier to deploy an already-obsolete technology doesnt make much sense.
If it deal was about the battery life, then why suggesting people to use Wifi ??? 3G is using less power than any wifi adaptor.

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greg @ Sep 19th 2007 2:51PM

right but you're not using wifi all the time.

its a good combination until batteries catch up.

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Sam Winter @ Oct 10th 2007 7:53PM

@GREG above --> QUIT DRINKING THE COOL-AID.
Im sick of all the Apple apologists on this issue! It's TOTAL CRAP. Have all the people saying how great EDGE is actually used a proper 3G phone? With the amount of already existing battery tech Apple has access to (think about the battery life improvements in the iPods) Apple could have easily put a 3G radio in the iPhone. Who really needs 8 hours of talk time A DAY? Even with a a few hours shorter battery life, I would still take the "UMTS/HSDPA" version in a heartbeat. I think the only reason other than Apple knows they can get people to buy it anyways and then sell them a faster one later, may be because the less battery life leads to more charging which leads to faster battery wear. And they know how well that would go over when they don't make it user replaceable.
And to prove my point of Jobs over-hyping the 3G battery life issue, check out this list.. and these are CNET.com TESTED TIMES not reported times (which strangely are actually alot higher than manufacturer-specified battery life). (And don't say "but its so thin.." too bad - add 3 millimeters to the battery and be done with it.

LG VX9800 5.5 hours (tested) evdo
Motorola Slvr L7c 5.0 hours (tested) evdo
Palm Treo 700wx 5.8 hours (tested) evdo
RIM BlackBerry 8703e 5.2 (tested) evdo
Sony Ericsson P990i 9 hours (tested) UMTS
Sony Ericsson W850i 7 hours (tested) UMTS
Sanyo Katana DLX 8500 ~5.0 (tested) evdo
AT&T 8525 6.0 hours (tested) UMTS/HSDPA
Helio Ocean 5.0 hours (tested) EVDO
HTC Mogul PPC-6800 6.5 hours (tested) EVDO

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tom @ Sep 19th 2007 8:57PM

Not really a good solution for Australia though, eventually. Only Telstra has an EDGE network, and they have claimed not to want the iPhone. Vodafone and Optus have spent so much money promoting their HSPDA network i don't see them adding EDGE just for the iPhone. And 3 is totally unable to use the iPhone because they have no GSM network, only HSDPA.

So we would get GPRS, AND wifi hotspots here are few and far between.