T-Mobile are to stop selling an unlocked version of the iPhone after the Hamburg District Court ruled today that T-Mobile, part of Deutsche Telekom AG, could indeed sell the phone, coupled with a two-year contract, that could not be used on networks provided by rival wireless companies.

The court had issued an injunction barring T-Mobile from offering the iPhone tied to the minimum 24-month contract and from selling it only with a so-called SIM lock




that prevents users from switching the device to any other operator’s network after Vodafone complained about the exclusive deal.

T-Mobile appealed, but in the meantime offered an unlocked version of the phone priced at 999 euros, more than twice the 399 euro price of a phone sold in combination with the contract.

T-Mobile will stop selling an unlocked version but said that after customers’ contracts expire, it will unlock their iPhone at no charge.

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