The flood of announcements regarding iPhone carriers continued today with a one-sentence press release from Orange announcing an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to a number of countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
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The flood of announcements regarding iPhone carriers continued today with a one-sentence press release from Orange announcing an agreement with Apple to bring the iPhone to a number of countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
zombitronic said:So we have:
01) USA
02) UK
03) Germany
04) Austria
05) France
06) Ireland
07) India
08) Argentina
09) Brazil
10) Chile
11) Dominican Republic
12) El Salvador
13) Guatemala
14) Honduras
15) Jamaica
16) Nicaragua
17) Paraguay
18) Peru
19) Puerto Rico
20) Uruguay
21) Colombia
22) Philippines
23) Jamaica
24) Australia
25) Ecuador
26) Canada
27) Singapore
28) Mexico
29) Italy
30) Czech Republic
31) Egypt
32) Greece
33) Italy
34) New Zealand
35) Portugal
36) Turkey
37) Belgium
38) Jordan
39) Poland
40) Romania
41) Slovakia
42) Switzerland
43) South Africa (not sure which specific countries)
Thank you, Wikipedia. Have I left anyone out?
Either way, I don't think Apple will have a problem hitting their 10 million mark by year's end.
43) South Africa (not sure which specific countries)
Thank you, Wikipedia. Have I left anyone out?
Do you guys agree with me that this can be in fact the biggest hint that iPhone2 is NOT carrier locked?
2 out of 3 Swiss carriers have announced it within days. (Swisscom and Orange, - waiting for Sunrise/Tele2)
Funny they're not including Israel in that list. Most people here walk around with at least 2 phones, so there is a market in this small country. And I'm waiting to get my hands on one of these babies as well
In Belgium you are not allowed to lock phones to networks and you are not allowed to subsidize the phone with the contract.
Ergo that Mobistar (Orange brand here) may have them in their shops but there will be nothing to stop people off the street buying them unlocked for the same price.
Poland! At least!
But wait a second. What about activation? There's no iTunes Store in Poland, how are we going to activate those iPhones?
Or maybe they won't need activation...?
Who knew they even had that technology!?
Where are the Scandinavian countries? I would think a market with over 100% mobile phone subscribers would be an interesting market.
Luckily there is always the option to buy it from USA (MUCH cheaper)
Where are the Scandinavian countries? I would think a market with over 100% mobile phone subscribers would be an interesting market.
Luckily there is always the option to buy it from USA (MUCH cheaper)
In Belgium you are not allowed to lock phones to networks and you are not allowed to subsidize the phone with the contract.
Ergo that Mobistar (Orange brand here) may have them in their shops but there will be nothing to stop people off the street buying them unlocked for the same price.
I guess we'll see who has the best plan suited to the iPhone. Thats what'll set the carriers apart. Still, nice to see that if I'm back in BE next year I can get myself an iPhone
i will leave sweden if they don't announce it there soon!
I have seen quite a few people around here that have an iPhone. And it really bothered me that this guy could surf for a longer time on his iPhone (and have more fun) than me on my N95
But from the amount of announced countries I can only highly doubt that there is any exclusiveness is going on. I even doubt they are locked.