It’s official ! Five months after its launch in the US, Apple iPhone will be officially sold in France by Orange, starting November 29th.
Despite some tensions between Didier Lombard, Orange CEO, and Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, the two companies apparently settled an agreement.
“We are excited to partner with Orange and bring iPhone to France in time for the holidays,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPhone is an amazing product and we hope mobile users in France will love it as much as we do.”
According to Orange, the 8GB iPhone model will be retailed at € 399 (VAT included). Unfortunately, the carrier did not elaborate on voice or data plans. Also, Apple conveniently failed to mention the French law that could require the company to make unlocked iPhones available in six months …
Bonus link: Apple Hooking Up With Mobistar for the iPhone? (blognation Belgium)
October 17th, 2007 at 12:21 am
Yep, my first thought was the French ‘unlock’ law. That’s going to be very interesting…
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