Over in Germany, Vodafone sued T-Mobile, alleging that its sales practices were against the law because it locked the iPhone to its own network and forced customers to sign a two-year contract when they purchased the device. It won an interim injunction in the case, but T-Mobile has responded by selling the iPhone without a service contract, and by saying it will unlock peoples’ phones so they can use them on other networks.
The cost of the contract-free iPhone? €999.
At current exchange rates, that’s about $1450, which would make my morning of toil to unlock my iPhone worth roughly 1000 bucks. Tell you what — anybody that needs to have an iPhone unlocked, I’ll cut you a deal. Just send me your phone and $500, and I’ll take care of it for you.
Gotta love companies adhering to the letter of the law and not this spirit, eh?
“At current exchange rates, that’s about $1450″
Eeek, talk about getting gouged…