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A Thousand Germans Inquire About iPhone Each Day

Thursday, July 12th, 2007 at 4:15 PM - by

Germany's biggest Apple retailer, Gravis, said that they're getting a thousand inquiries every day about the iPhone. The Apple iPhone is expected to become available in Germany at the end of 2007, according to Reuters.

So far, 57,000 people have registered with Gravis, according to Archibald Horlitz who spoke to Germany's newspaper Tagesspiegel. Previously, it has been reported elsewhere that Apple would open their own retail stores in Germany, but that has apparently not happened as quickly as some had thought it might.

Mr. Horlitz said that nearly 58 percent of those interested in buying an iPhone would consider switching carriers if necessary. Vodafone and Deutsche telekom (T-Mobile) have been competing to be Apple's partner in Germany, and now it has been reported that Deutsche Telekom has won that deal.

Apple has not divulged any details on how it plans to sell the iPhone in Europe.

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Tiger said:

member since 17 Jun 2003 with 971 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:58 pm

Apple has not divulged any details on how it plans to sell the iPhone in Europe.

Does this surprise anyone? Apple didn't divulge much in the way of any REAL details about the US iPhones until the week of the launch. Sure, we knew it was coming, but the European markets lead time will also be much shorter than the six months the US market was forced to wait from announcement to launch.

They've seen it, they want it. Now, if Apple can just keep from running afoul of all those nit-picky regulations they seem to keep running into in Europe.

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Bosco said:

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Thu Jul 12, 2007 6:36 pm

Apple's silence will give France enough time to set up its Maginot Line. Ich bin ein Parisien!

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iJack said:

member since 13 Jun 2001 with 288 posts, unranked, send him a message or view his profile

Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:09 pm

Bosco wrote:
Ich bin ein Parisien!

Wow, Bosco. You're older than you look to be able to paraphrase that quote. Or maybe you're just smarter than you look.

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A guest said: (hide)

Thu Jul 12, 2007 11:31 pm

Yeah, should definitely be nervous whenever a thousand Germans start showing up in one place...

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Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:33 am

Guest wrote:
Yeah, should definitely be nervous whenever a thousand Germans start showing up in one place...

Dumb comment. Really. I'm an American living here in Germany for the past 17 years, and I can say that Germany is definitely a MUCH cooler place than the US.

Anyway, I hope that Vodafone does eventually get the deal. T-Mobile sucks.

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jimothy said:

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Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:40 pm

And it's the SAME thousand Germans every day! "Ja verstehen wir, du wÑŒnschen ein iPhone!"

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Bosco said:

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Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:17 pm

Guest wrote:
Dumb comment. Really. I'm an American living here in Germany for the past 17 years, and I can say that Germany is definitely a MUCH cooler place than the US.

Dude, we agree with you! We're saying that the French would wholeheartedly agree too given a third opportunity! Read between the lines...

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Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:10 am

jimothy wrote:
And it's the SAME thousand Germans every day! "Ja verstehen wir, du wÑŒnschen ein iPhone!"

Is that sentence supposed to mean anything? In German it doesn't.

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