Orange make lacklustre iPhone announcement in France
France Telecom (trading as Orange in the UK) has announced that it has secured the deal to exclusively distribute the iPhone in France.
Compared to the UK and German announcements, made by Steve Jobs, this one seems decidedly tame. France Telecom's CEO, chief executive Didier Lombard, named the deal at a telecoms conference in Hanoi.
Now, either he's let the deal slip a little too early (perhaps he's messed up his time zone calculations), or Steve wasn't up for presenting the deal in France.
Whatever the reason, there's no mention (yet) on the Apple France web site, and nothing obvious on the France Telecom site.
We don't know how much it'll cost, though I'd assume €399, given that most of mainland Europe is fixed on the Euro. Neither do we know who'll distribute it, the monthly plans, or if it will launch on 9th November.
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