Apple chooses European carriers for iPhone
Apple has chosen T-Mobile, O2, and Orange as its European launch partners for the iPhone after wrangling a revenue-sharing agreement, according to the Financial Times. The four companies are set to announce their partnership by the end of the month, the report said. The deals would require the carriers to share 10 percent of all revenue from voice and data services over the iPhone with Apple, according to the report. Apple has a revenue-sharing agreement in place with AT&T, the exclusive iPhone carrier in the U.S.
No new details surfaced in the report about the type of iPhone that would hit Europe, but most industry observers think Apple has a 3G model in mind for across the pond. T-Mobile provides mobile service to Germany, Orange operates in France, and O2 is based in the U.K. Apple has said it wants to launch the iPhone in Europe by the end of this year. Tim Cook, the company’s chief operating officer, mentioned that Apple wants to start in Europe with “a few major countries,” and France, Germany, and the U.K. probably fall into that category. This choice doesn’t come as a big surprise for me – the selected companies are the biggest on European market and they offer international services in many countries…
Source: CNet
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the iphone is way too expensive!!
Muhahahahah Check this link.. It is about the iPhone hype
http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=iphone
Good stuff… fun to read.. And mostly true as well
Greetings.
T-Mobile already has the MDA Touch! Way better than the iPhone and under 100€ with a T-Mobile contract! It’s actually Mobile Windows based, so you can download a bunch of software for it… I love mine!
LooooooL!!!!!
gr8 link mate!
I’ve heard that N70 is better than iCrap but E70 is not bad either!!!
T-Mobile MDA is better already:P It has micro-sd cards… So you can have as much memory as you like (though not at one time), not the crappy 4 OR 8 gig… Most normal multimedia phones have this.. But oh nooo.. not aPPLE (yes, no starting capital, to emphasize how much i dislike it)
Ghehe – do check the link above
T-Mobile MDA is better already:P It has micro-sd cards… So you can have as much memory as you like (though not at one time), not the crappy 4 OR 8 gig… Most normal multimedia phones have this.. But oh nooo.. not aPPLE (yes, no starting capital, to emphasize how much i dislike it)
Ghehe –
Can I remove my own posts? Because this is just stupid.. I get two posts with the same calculation/sum and a notice of being a duplicate before I posted the almost identical
Where does all this unnecessary hatred comes from for cool gadgets like the Iphone? The article in the first post is very immature and I say that as a satisfied owner of a E70 phone, I think the guy has some real anger problems. Anyway, I think the big advantage of the Iphone will be the user interface, once it comes out here in Germany I will give it a try and see how it works.
Hey Ben.. have you read the articles about the amazing touchscreen that fails after 3 to 6 months of use?
Yea.. It looks cool but it outadvertizes all the good/better phones out there. And it is overprized. No hatred, just disfavour. The link above was just funny
And yeah.. that dude has got some problems with current society.. he’s not a meak lamb and maybe a bit over the top… Funny nonetheless.
Ok.. the UserInterface… Hmmmm… Looks good, battery life? Anyway… probably is not a bad uhhhh.. communications device… But I like my phones simple for now… SMS and Phone.. that’s it. Camera is getting better… so maybe soon one with a 3+MP camera. But all those features… Do you really want to browse the web on such a crappy small display?
Have pun.
It better come out in Ireland when it does in england…… But I’m with Vodafone and I don’t really like o2 but how bad…. I’ll prob end up not getting it at all… It’s all a bit over hyped… Just spend the same on a very good Nokia phone and you would be just as happy, if not more!
baa humbugs
My Nokia N95 >>> iPhone!!!
Have the N95 AND HTC Touch. No f****ng way im getting an iphone. the htc touch is a pain in the ass already, even with 3rd party keyboard soft and bunch of interface improvements, and a 100mhz overclock. lol. n95 rules. (cept for battery life and RAM)
hahaha, T-Mobile MDA is better?? and looks better as well, right? T-Mobile MDA is ugly as G.W.B.’s asshole might be…
Anyhow funny shit to read, besides this is old news, came out 3 days ago, unofficial none the less…
fuck apple with it tryes to force us-carrier-based-businessmodel upon company-free european gsm system
Steve Jobs is just a fucking bastard. He’s not satisfied with people buying his super-expensive shit, he also wants revenue from voice and data services. I would understand that if iPhone’s price will be 100 euro. What a fucking greedy bastard! I hope the next bomb will blow up this useless company.
Sony Ericsson P1i rocks!
Long Battery Life
Easy to use
3.2 MP Camera with autofocus function!!!!
& much more
Ireland are a few years behind Britain, the iphone will not be out until 2009 in that place.
Well england is a fukin piece of shit compared to ireland, and ireland is not a few years ahead of ye!! ye and yere fukin queen!!! god murder the queen!!!!!!!
ohh anyway, ya i think ill end up buyin the n95.. i was looking at it all today and it dumbfounded me… haha dumbfounded, what a stupid word!!! Chao
James.. Good that you have and opinion.. But goddamn, learn some grammar and spelling. I’m from Holland and I use better English… Why do you think people form other countries are starting to believe that Ireland is behind on the rest of that island group?
“fuck apple with it tryes to force us-carrier-based-businessmodel upon company-free european gsm system”
Yay for Europe.
Over here their businessmodel is ILLEGAL!
Eat that, Apple. Either keep your iTrash out of my country, or open it up, beyotches.
May I also remind you guys that you can throw away your iPhone’s batterie after recharging it 300 times.
And a new batterie kosts 75,- US$ !!!
icrap
haha so true