20% of iPhones in France unlocked

Orange sold 30,000 iPhones in the first five days, 20% of which were unlocked qual band so they could be used on any network.
Orange says that 48% of people buying the gsm qual band were new customers for the network.
Court ruling
On Tuesday, a German court overturned an injunction that had forced T-Mobile to sell unlocked phones.
In the two weeks that the injunction was in place, T-Mobile sold unlocked iPhones for 999 euros, compared with 399 euros for a phone with a two-year contract.
The company has not revealed how many band mobile phones it sold at that price but says it did sell some.
The exclusive agreements between Apple and mobile operators have caused controversy outside France, with software circulating online that claims to qual band phones.
Apple has warned that hacking into the phone’s software could render the phones “permanently inoperable” if software updates are downloaded.
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