A few hundred Germans become Europe's first "official" iPhone owners

by Thomas Ricker, posted Nov 9th 2007 at 6:55AM

After handing out hot coffee, tea and pretzels for those waiting outside, T-Mobile's well lubricated and exceptionally tanned staff in Cologne threw its doors open to Europe's first "official" iPhone owners. Of course, people the world-over are already toting Apple's finest courtesy of those firmware hacks and unlocks. In fact, the 1.1.2 firmware found on the UK and German iPhones is already hacked. Judging by the buzz in the Hackint0sh forums, the new Jailbreak is seemingly just hours away from release. Fanatics of the hardcore persuasion can check the orderly mayhem in the video after the break.

[Via Pocket-lint, image courtesy of iFun.de]

Filed under: Handsets, T-Mobile, Apple

Tags: apple, cologne, europe, germany, iphone, t-mobile

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USGOVMT. @ Nov 9th 2007 9:31AM

Ja! Super Uber! Vee Ahh SOOO Khul Vits Owa iPhones!

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Iscariote @ Nov 9th 2007 10:11AM

Apparently stupid tans are all the rage in Europe too.

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sgt_easton @ Nov 9th 2007 11:21AM

Germans are no longer allowed to make fun of American pop culture.

Just look at these idiots!

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NuShrike @ Nov 9th 2007 4:38PM

They look like the ganguro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganguro fad that was all the rage in Japan years ago.

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Steve @ Nov 9th 2007 10:15AM

What will be interesting will be to monitor the success of the iPhone in Europe... Even more interesting will be to see what will happen when the iPhone will be sold in France where it will be legal to purchase an unlock iPhone.

Steve
http://inewsonly.com
The first ZUI news aggregator for iPhone & iPod touch

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Anonymous @ Nov 9th 2007 10:20AM

The taller one in the middle looks pretty hot, but that other one to the right looks like she escaped from the movie Hostel... one can only imagine what they did to her. Poor thing...

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YSR @ Nov 9th 2007 10:37AM

the lady on the right looks like she is made out of wax!

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Stevie G @ Nov 9th 2007 11:16AM

This isn't true actually.

The first official europen iphone owners were in the UK on tuesday. O2 sold 50 handsets as a soft launch to test device activation

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BT @ Nov 9th 2007 12:33PM

hey Germans, George Hamilton called, he wants his dark tan back!!!!

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Daniel @ Nov 9th 2007 1:43PM

Damn some of these German babes are hot, makes me want to make a trip there and party! and i'm part German.

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!!! @ Nov 9th 2007 2:35PM

Damn. They look like they were cooked for Thanksgiving...except from a Shake 'n Bake box. Drenched in beer.

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:D @ Nov 9th 2007 3:42PM

WOW...that one girl in the middle is hot!!!! I think party boy(me) should go to germany. ill find her...

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SP35 @ Nov 11th 2007 2:19AM

They look like typical T-Mobile douch bags, like here in the US.

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