As much as the provider can screw out of the customer that’s how much.
We recently reported on T-Mobile’s plan to sell an unlocked iPhone for € 999. (that’s nearly $ 1,500 )following a court ruling banning them from selling locked phones only. The court battle heated up as the court increased the amount involved in the case from € 500,000 to € 2 Million.
T-Mobile argued against criticism about the high unlocked iPhone price that they have to pay several hundred more than the € 399 Euro price to Apple already.
Meanwhile, iPhones went on sale in France last night and about 1,000 fans lined-up on Champs-Elysées to get their hands on one of the first batch.
Le Journal du Geek have some nice photos of some extremely good looking promo girls handling the phones and the mayhem that ensued in Paris. The iPhone plans on Orange start at € 49 per month ($73). The unlocked iPhone sells for € 749($1,110) (€ 649 iPhone price + € 100 Euro unlocking fee). With a contract the iPhone sells for € 399 Euro ($591). How much sense does it make for that big a price difference? So much for the common market.
