Vodafone’s certainly been stirring controversy, speculation and rumour about 3G iPhones this week.
First, on Monday, Vodafone got an injunction against T-Mobile in Germany, demanding that German iPhones be sold unlocked without two-year contracts. This is going to be reviewed in two weeks.
The German court decision came after Vodafone Germany filed a motion for the courts to review T-Mobile’s exclusive rights to sell the iPhone, which are apparently in breach of German commercial laws.
This was the same argument that saw Bouygues Telecom and Virgin Mobile sell iPhones in France, alongside Orange, which was stopped from selling it exclusively.
Now, Vodafone is playing down rumours it’s going to sell 3G iPhones next year.
A spokesman has told Tech.co.uk that although Vodafone has said before it was interested in selling 3G iPhones, this is ‘rubbish’.
However, he did say: “We have said in the past we’re interested in selling a 3G iPhone and that may have been misinterpreted.”
Hmm. Telefonica’s already been linked with 3G iPhones as early as May next year. Having seen O2 sell thousands of iPhones already, what’s the betting Vodafone’s lining itself up to get at the forefront of negotiations for the 3G iPhone contract from Apple?
Presumably anyone who rushed out to get an iPhone on an 18-month contract, didn’t have fast 3G mobile internet connections at the top of their list of priorities.
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