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Once again, the iPhones in Germany would be locked. T-Mobile were forced to sell unlocked versions of the iPhone for quite a time. This time though, they may now return to selling the locked versions of Apple Corp.’s mobile gadget in the country. This is after a verdict by a court in the city of Hamburg allowed the locked versions.

The company’s rival, Vodafone, sued them for allegedly the sale of locked phones tied to a two-year contract breached German consumer protection laws. It could be recalled that the court temporarily ordered T-Mobile to sell an unlocked version of the phone, with no restrictive contract, while it decided the case. That let T-Mobile to sell the unlocked iPhones without a service contract while awaiting for the final decision of the court.

Now, Germans are going to be left with locked iPhones with a plan with T-Mobile. No word yet on what action Vodafone would undertake after the ruling was handed out.

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