Good news: German mobile phone users can spare themselves the trip to an Apple store in Milan or other Italian cities in order to buy an Apple iPhone 3G S. In Germany, purchase prices for the iPhone have dropped to less than EUR 650.00: EUR 649.00 is how much customers pay for the iPhone 3G S with 16 GB memory at the web store Retail Key Shop, which in turn is approximately only 50 bucks more than they would have to pay at Italian Apple stores. The iPhone 3G S with 32 GB memory is available at the RetailKeyShop store for EUR 749.00. The Retail Key Shop web store can be found on the websites of the two German low-cost mobile phone providers Blau and Simyo.

Buying the iPhone in Germany instead of in another country will be of advantage when it comes to guarantee or warranty claims. Buyers have to make such claims at the store respectively in the country they have bought the device. Blau and Simyo sell the Apple iPhone 3G S without SIM lock and without contract. But, of course, customers may choose to buy a prepaid SIM card of Blau or Simyo, as well. Both discount providers offer a prepaid price plan for mobile phone calls to all German networks for EUR 0.09 per minute and for international phone calls to home phones in other EU member states and Canada and the United States for rates as low as EUR 0.12 per minute.

Blau and Simyo are selling imported iPhone devices since in Germany operator T-Mobile has acquired the exclusive rights for selling the Apple iPhone with contract. iPhone devices bought at T-Mobile stores come with a net lock and cannot be used with a SIM card of another mobile phone provider. Price comparison services on the internet list other web stores offering the Apple iPhone 3G S with 16 GB for purchase prices beginning at EUR 645.00 without contract and including delivery.