France's Orange prices unlocked iPhone at 749 Euros
As we expected , France’s exclusive Apple iPhone carrier will be offering their unlocked iPhone at a price that undercuts its German rival T-Mobile’s price point of 999 Euros. The French wireless carrier will be asking 749 Euros for the unlocked version of the Apple iPhone, a steep discount in comparison to T-Mobile’s unlocked iPhone. The announcement of a relatively cheap unlocked version of the iPhone on Orange’s network makes sense. With Orange obligated by French telecom regulations , it makes sense for the iPhone operator to attempt to attract as many customers as possible with a lower-priced unlocked iPhone offering. T-Mobile’s unlocked iPhone price of 999 Euro seems to be more of a deterrent - an effort to coax customers into buying a subsidized version of the iPhone, while T-Mobile fights to have the court-order (that forced T-Mobile to offer an unlocked version of the iPhone) overturned. Orange will be offering four iPhone-specific rate plans when it launches today at 6:30pm local time - all plans are Visual Voicemail-enabled and will include unlimited data. The cheapest plan will cost 49 Euros and include 120 peak minutes, 120 night/weekend minutes, and 50 SMS text messages. The most expensive plan will cost 119 Euros in return for 480 peak minutes, 480 night/weekend minutes, and 1000 SMS text messages. We’ll have to wait and see if Orange will be able to meet their iPhone sales goal of 100,000 units by year’s end . [Via: Apple Insider ] --- Related Articles at IntoMobile:
- Want an unlocked iPhone? Just go to France. Orange France to sell carrier-unlocked iPhones
- France's Orange expects to sell 100,000 iPhones by year-end; sell cheaper unlocked iPhones
- T-Mobile set to face-off with Vodafone over locked iPhones in Germany - November 29
- It's official - Apple and Orange launching iPhone in France on November 29
- Apple and Orange still negotiating iPhone deal?