399 euros, plus 12 x 49 Euros for required contract for first 12 months, plus 12 x 4.50 because you take a 12 month contract instead of 24
= 841 Euros
(ps http://iphone.orange.fr/ )
What the heck is a "euro"?
399 euros, plus 12 x 49 Euros for required contract for first 12 months, plus 12 x 4.50 because you take a 12 month contract instead of 24
= 841 Euros
(ps http://iphone.orange.fr/ )
Good ol socialist france.![]()
Macula said:And what's best is that Germans don't even have to cross the border, they can simply order iPhones from French mail order companies. Should Apple or Orange really try to prevent that, the EU will come after them.![]()
Indeed. Proud to be European.![]()
Get yourself down to St Pancras, get the Eurostar, make a weekend of it![]()
Germans could cross the border and get their unlocked iPhones instead of paying the high price they would pay in Germany.
What the heck is a "euro"?![]()
The borders are long gone.
Although there is free movement between each EU (*most) countries without a passport (except UK ), the country 'borders' still exist - which is what I really meant.
Ah, that'll be the currency that everyone's investing in now because the dollar is dead![]()
I don't believe I showed my passport when I went to the UK, but it was back in 2001 so I can't really remember.
What the heck is a "euro"?![]()
You have to show it unless your traveling between Ireland and the UK... The UK is not part of the Shingen Zone so a passport is required even for EU residence.
I don't believe I showed my passport when I went to the UK, but it was back in 2001 so I can't really remember.
399 euros, plus 12 x 49 Euros for required contract for first 12 months, plus 12 x 4.50 because you take a 12 month contract instead of 24
= 841 Euros
(ps http://iphone.orange.fr/ )
Before all people start driving and flying to France...
...I don't want to spoil the party....
...but on a french forum this afternoon I asked what this unlocking means exactly.
http://www.iphon.fr/post/2007/11/28/Forfaits-iPhone-confirmes-:-en-ligne-sur-le-site-Orange?pub=1
My question is number 81, answer followed on number 82.
They answered that its a local unlocking ! It means the iphone is unlocked to allow people to use other French sim cards, which mean, you can use the iphone with any french phone carrier you prefer.
I asked, so if i put my Belgian sim of my belgian carrier inside, what happens then?
Answer: it will be locked !
Is there anyone that can confirm this?
But surely when you plug a US iPhone into iTunes it only shows you AT&T stuff? I'm pretty sure when I plugged in my UK iPhone I only saw o2.On the same forum I read this:
"Il est possible d'activer son iphone US sur itunes pour le faire fonctionner avec une sim Orange et revenir dans la légalité la plus totale et finis les desimlockage a chaque mise a jour."
It says that its possible to activate a US iphone through iTunes to make it work with an French Orange sim and turn it back into a full legal status. At the end you will be able to unlock it as announced...
That's an interesting idea.....
This is rubbish. An unlocked phone means you can put ANY sim card in and it works.
I agree its not what we all want, but i am not convinced this is just rubbish. Technically I think they could do lock locally. Anyone?
It rubbish ... there is no way they can only unlock it for French SIM cards. For one it's way to much work for them to identify and categorize which SIM cards can be used on an unlocked phone. Second, I'm sure they would be hit with complaints and lawsuits. The biggest reason for people wanting unlocked phones is so they can put in local SIM cards when they are out of the country.
Okay, I live a half an hour from the French border. Is it fine to you I go buy an iPhone, and if it works with my Belgian sim I keep it. And if it doesn't work I can ask you for my costs? Deal?
Seriously, I wouldn't be surprised its really locally unlocked. Why would it be difficult? Each carrier must have its own kind of identity number, no?
How many carriers in the world? 1000? Its only a short list to check...
Now there are unlocked phones out there couldn't one take the firmware from one and flash it into a US phone somehow?