Debitel provides 600 Euro rebate in Germany for unlocked iPhones

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T-Mobile and Apple made it impossible for German buyers without a contract by making the iPhone’s price at 999 Euros, but Debitel wants to change that and offers 600 Euro iPhone rebate if the customers use their mobile services.

T-Mobile and Apple initially had a contract to sell iPhones exclusively, but after the court order, T-Mobile decided to offer unlocked iPhones but at a ridiculous price of 999 Euros.

German’s Debitel phone company wants to change all that. It wants to help customers of other networks to own iPhones without a T-Mobile contract. It says it will pay the difference in price between an unlocked iPhone and locked iPhone. Debitel resells airtime it buys from T-Mobile and other phone companies such as Vodafone, O2 and E-Plus in Germany.

Debitel will offer a 600 euro ($891) rebate to new or existing customers who are willing to buy an iPhone and will provide contracts starting at 40 Euros per month. With that price, the iPhone will be cheaper than T-Mobile’s 49 Euro minimum contract price. With Debitel’s phone plan, customer can have 200 calling minutes and 200 SMS text messages.

Debitel customers will have no problems in connecting Vodafone, O2 and E-Plus phone networks including using visual voicemail from Apple.

Oliver Steil, Debitel’s marketing chief said in a statement to Reuters:

We are happy to offer iPhone buyers the freedom of choice that customers are entitled to expect from a service provider,"

Debitel gives a strong statement with this 600 Euro Rebate to T-Mobile and Apple, hope both of them learn from this episode. It is great news from German customers, they don’t have to rely on T-Mobile alone to get iPhone.