Another day, another European country to get the iPhone. Although Apple has not issued any formal announcement yet, the rumors circulating that Orange would be the iPhone carrier in France have seemed to come to fruition. Today, CEO Didier Lombard of France Telecom — parent company of Orange — announced that Orange has exclusive rights to be the French iPhone distributor.
Lombard didn’t offer any details as far as price is concerned, but he did mention that the iPhone would not be subsidized by Orange. What he did say, though, is that the iPhone will be in France “before Christmas, probably November.” I wouldn’t be too surprised if that date turned out to be November 9th, in order to coincide with the UK and German iPhone launches.
That’s all the details out at this time, whenever Apple issues a formal statement I will update this post with any relevant new information.
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