iPhones coming to Germany via Karstadt
updated 01:50 pm EDT, Mon July 23, 2007
Karstadt to sell iPhones
Apple's iPhone is coming to Germany in the near future via local department store chain Karstadt, which has confirmed that it will carry the slim multi-touch communications device. Karstadt said it is too early to confirm whether the iPhones will sell with a contract, but said that it will indeed carry the popular device and will try to receive stock in time for the Christmas shopping season, according to Reuters. "We will offer the iPhone," a spokeswoman from Karstadt said. Apple promised to offer the iPhone in Europe before the end of 2007, but has yet to announce one or more cellular carriers in the region for the upcoming overseas launch. Rumors that Vodafone would offer iPhone service in Europe were diminished after the international carrier expressed doubts about the iPhone's potential success. Those doubts followed reports that 1,000 German consumers were inquiring about the iPhone each day, and preceded the iPhone's record-breaking launch in the U.S.
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3G?
There has been talk that to launch in Europe and worldwide in general, the iPhone must have true 3G capability (rather than the 2-2.5G as in the US) The article makes no mention of this, but if the 3G features are really required outside the US, all iPhones Worldwide may be updated with 3G (downward compatible with EDGE) or there may even be market specific features. It's all very interesting!