Jochem Huhmann wrote:
> Omiwahn <omiwahn@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> I just saw that T-Mobile in Germany now must sell the iphone without a
>> lock too (ists qute expensive but it costs 999 Euros), Vodafon seems to
>> have found a gap in the law and so they archived it for the time beeing
>> (until a final court deission is made) that T-Mobile must also sell the
>> iPhone without a contract unfortunately I only could find sources in
>> German
>> (www.heise.de)
>
> The best thing is that you can walk into any T-Mobile shop tommorow and
> require your (german) iPhone to be unlocked to be used with any SIM card
> and they will just do it, for free. You will still have to pay your
> T-Mobile plan (since there is no way to buy an iPhone without a plan in
> Germany), but at least you can put in any SIM card when abroad and phone
> cheaply instead of paying insane roaming charges then.
>
>
> Jochem
>
as far as I am aware when the phone is bought for 999 Euros no contract
is required, but u also could get a T-Moile contract get the phone for
3xx Euros and then u could unlock it for free from T Mobile, dpends ;-)