Turns out, Deutsche Telekom was perhaps a bit hasty when it dropped the contractual obligations attached to the iPhone last month. The move was spurred on by Vodafone, who in late November filed a court injunction against the company arguing that the unsubsidized, network-locked iPhones (which were offered with a T-Mobile 24-month contract) violated German fair competition laws.
Now, according to the Wall Street Journal, a German court has dismissed that injunction, clearing the way for T-Mobile to once again start offering locked iPhones with a 24-month contract.
The carrier said on Tuesday that it will immediately stop selling the (ridiculously priced) unlocked $1,500 iPhones and give German customers the option of buying (still ridiculous) $589 phones. After the two-year-contract has ended customers will be able to unlock their iPhones, T-Mobile said.
[Via the Wall Street Journal]
