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Germany added to iPhone release
People in the UK won't be the only ones spending hours lined up outside the Apple store on November 9th. Apple and T-Mobile announced today that the device will also be going on sale in Bundesrepublik Deutshland the same day that it hits UK shores.
However, T-Mobile is doing things a bit different from O2...
The two companies will offer identical 8GB EDGE-equipped iPhones, the same model currently being sold in the US (Apple has begun phasing out the 4GB iPhone).
Like AT&T, T-Mobile will require all iPhone users to sign on to a 2-year contract. O2 is only asking users for an 18 month commitment. Buying an iPhone will immediately set you back 400 euros, but for some reason T-Mobile has not yet revealed what the monthly plans will run. Both O2 and AT&T offer three plans, all of which include unlimited data transfer (a must, given the iPhone's fondness for checking e-mail accounts) and varrying amounts of talk time.
T-Mobile was also rumored to be offering the iPhone in The Netherlands, Austria, Hungary and Croatia, though no word was given on that. A company source reportedly told Dutch media that the iPhone will not be coming to their country until 2008.
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