14 DAY TRIAL // Cupertino-based company Apple seems to have signed the death certificate for the exclusivity deals on its iPhone. The iconic device is now available for purchase across Europe via more wireless carriers, as the latest exclusivity deals carriers had for the distribution of the handset ended in Germany and the Netherlands.
T-Mobile had the iPhone available for its users both in Germany and the Netherlands, but more carriers in these countries would come up with offerings for the highly-popular device.
In Germany, both O2 and Vodafone are expected to pick up the Apple iPhone 4, following a period in which only T-Mobile was selling it (other iPhone versions were available via more carriers, as cultofmac reports).
As for the Netherlands, the end of T-Mobile's exclusivity on the device would enable KPN and Vodafone to carry it, and both carriers already went official with such plans.
“KPN will soon include the iPhone 4 in its regular range in the Netherlands. 4 iPhone is the world's thinnest smartphone, thanks to the unprecedented high resolution of the display is using the device is also a feast for the eyes,” a note on the carrier's website reads.
"KPN will offer iPhone through its brands KPN, Telfort and Hi. More details on availability, prices and packages in due course. Visit www.kpn.com / iphone for more information," the company continues.
Unfortunately, no specific info on when would the iPhone be released on the airwaves of these carriers emerged for the time being, though the move is expected to be made in time for the holiday season, it seems.
Since Apple started putting an end to the exclusivity deals on the iPhone, we should expect for sales to go up in these markets, the same as it happened in other countries where the company made a similar move.
The one market where things remain unchanged, at least for the time being, is the United States, where the iPhone is available only via wireless carrier AT&T.
However, rumors on a possible Verizon iPhone have been floating around for quite some time now, all converging lately towards an early 2011 release.