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Vodafone wins iPhone court ruling

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  • T-Mobile to sell iPhone in Germany without contract following legal challenge
  • Handset will retail for 999 euros ($1,477) as aell as at discount with contract
  • Vodafone protested over T-Mobile's exclusivity lock on the handset
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BERLIN, Germany (AP) -- Deutsche Telekom AG's mobile unit said Wednesday it would offer Apple Inc.'s popular iPhone without a contract to comply with a court injunction issued after Vodafone challenged T-Mobile's exclusive lock on the handset.

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The iPhone will go on sale contract-free in Germany for 999 euros.

T-Mobile will start selling the phone for 999 euros ($1,477) immediately as well as continuing to offer it for the discounted 399 euros ($590) in combination with a two-year contract, the company said in a press release.

The iPhone made its German debut on Nov. 9 -- available only with the two-year contract from T-Mobile.

The German unit of rival Vodafone protested that practice at a state court in Hamburg. E-mail to a friend E-mail to a friend

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