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German iPhone buyers get discounted 8GB handsets
Was is los in Deutschland heute? First the iTunes video store finally makes a German-language debut this week, and today we receive word via a T-Mobile press release that the first tiered-discount plan for iPhone purchases is now in effect. German buyers can take advantage of a limited-time offer (April 7 to June 30) to purchase an 8GB iPhone for as little as 99 euros, if they sign up for the top 2-year contract on a service plan (the Complete XL, 1000 minutes and 300 SMS for 89 euro a month) at buy time. Translated offer pages here and here. Lower-priced plans offer a comparatively lower discount, with the top price for an 8GB iPhone at 249 euros. Note that the 16 GB iPhone remains full freight at 499 euro.Is this another example of the iPhone shortage phenomenon, or just some clever promotion by T-Mobile to enhance sales of the lower-end handset? Ach du meine Gute, ich bin völlig verwirrt.
Thanks Thorsten & c0caine
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kay said 2:58PM on 4-03-2008
Was is los in Deutschland heute?
Sorry - but that's crippled German language!
Was ist heute nur los in Deutschland?
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atothej said 3:04PM on 4-03-2008
Was ist heute nur in Deutschland los?
This makes me regret I just singed a new two year plan in September! oh well, in one and a half years who knows what kinds of iPhones we will have...
Michael Rose said 10:58AM on 4-04-2008
As I've said before, my four years of high school German + marrying into a half-German family have STILL not gotten me to speak or write the language with any degree of competence.
Guess it's Rosetta Stone for me!
Lars said 3:16PM on 4-03-2008
It will be a cold day in hell before I sign up to a 89 euro a month contract (that 2136 euros or 3334 dollars in two years).
For that kind of cash they could, nay should give the iPhone away. If this is the kind of pricing strategy they are going to adopt in The Netherlands, grey importers will keep their business.
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Chris Coleman said 3:18PM on 4-03-2008
OK, so then I guess it's July 1 for new iPhones! Seriously, I just bought a crappy phone to tide me over until the iPhone is updated. I hope I don't have to wait that long.
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Götz said 4:00PM on 4-03-2008
This is not the german flag since it is rotated. Sorry for nit-picking but the orientation is quite important when flags are involved.
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pscs said 10:52AM on 4-04-2008
The German flag CAN be rotated vertically i.e. hung sideways.
check this link out! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_flag#Vertical_flags
markimark said 4:01PM on 4-03-2008
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=flag+of+belgium&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2
http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=flag+of+germany&btnG=Search+Images
http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=burning+flag&btnG=Search+Images
hehe.
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german nitpicker said 4:58PM on 4-03-2008
Was zum Teufel ist denn los in BELGIEN/Belgium??
;)
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pscs said 6:54PM on 4-03-2008
yeah, this google translate. they did a couple of other languages with French (I think) a while ago. Sounded funny (I speak FR+DE).
Let me *just* say this because I lol-ed when I saw the second word: "Was is..." O__O
anyway... DAMN!!! I bloody paid $432 (in Cupertino) for mine... (BTW I don't live in the US, AKA it's unlocked). unlockers are gonna snatch them quickly. But... who wants a 2.5G iPhone? I think you'll make a few hundred bucks if you sell them online. and ah... I'm not going to germany anytime soon. so you guys don't worry I won't buy out a whole crate of iPhones.
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pscs said 6:56PM on 4-03-2008
OH BTW:
"limited-time offer (April 7 to June 30)" - Does this mean that the new iPhone will be out by 1 July???... and that the 16GB EDGE iPhone will still be available?
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Skybork said 5:35AM on 4-04-2008
Don´t want to be the know-it-all-guy, but since other guys already startet it...
It is the german flag even though it´s rotated. If you watch closely you´ll see that on the flag of belgium the colors are in a different order (Germany -> black, red, "gold"; Belgium -> Red, Yellow, Black)
And: The new rates allow me to buy a legal iPhone finally. Great news! :)
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Fluoride said 5:52AM on 4-04-2008
So, I live in the Netherlands. Let's say I went into Germany, purchased the iPhone, but don't activate it at home, I just have gotten myself an iPhone for a ridiculously cheap price? Anyone care to explain this for me?
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Skybork said 7:56AM on 4-04-2008
Im afraid it won´t work like that. Unlike AT&T in the US, T-Mobile will only sell you an iPhone if you sign up for the contract at the shop...
Götz said 11:11AM on 4-04-2008
@pscs:
I stand corrected. Thanks.
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Paul said 12:15PM on 4-13-2008
TUAW-author Michael Rose writes:
"Ach du meine Gute, ich bin völlig verwirrt."
LOL, that's funny - normally I don't like U.S. people speaking other languages just to make fun of these languages because many of these U.S. people don't care for other countries than the U.S.A., but _THIS_ time it was really, really funny!
Good article, funny, etc. - keep on!
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