Apple to sell iPhones in France unlocked
Voila. Finally, Steve Jobs gave-up to the France law. He will also sell the unlocked iPhone in French. The locked version will cost €399, but the unlocked’s price has not yet been announced by Apple.
The move comes after Apple met a roadblock when its international policy of banning unlocking was challenged by French law. A French telecommunications law, passed in 1998 states that manufacturers must offer to unlock consumers phones for a small fee for the first sixth months after release, and for free after that, as reported via French news site Les Echoes.
Print Posted by Budi Putra on October 18th, 2007
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