A few hundred Germans become Europe's first "official" iPhone owners
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Nov 9th 2007 6:55AM
posted Nov 9th 2007 6:55AM
[Via Pocket-lint, image courtesy of iFun.de]
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She's outnumbered, 5 Guys to 1 Girl...
Look at that yenta...proud as punch.
Makes me chaloshes! oy!
What the hell is that brown thing that's pointing at itself? OMG, I think I found the Stan's Dad's poo from the South Park episode!!!
Photo caption: 'Check out my scarily brown face compared to my freakishly white hand'
What makes your think it's her hand.
Because it's attached to her shoulder? The white shirt helps with the orangey glow too.
By looking at her other hand that happens to be attached to the arm that is attached to her shoulder, which *just so happens* to be situated in close proximity to her grotesquely brown face.
That's how.
I was refering to the other hand, which aappears to be pointing towards her nose.
The evil is on the details.... look at the nails
Welcome to CSI-Engadget ;-)
Anyone would think this was taken in Liverpool, Actually not orange enough for that.
in that case, who cares ... her "main" hand ... is the one thats freakishly freaking white.
and LOL @ Wes down below for the M*A*S*H comment.
Fake tan is quite popular in Europe, the fact that the sun isn't. All the girls that wear it actually think it looks attractive. All they are impressing is other brain-dead girls, all the guys here "HATE" it, and the "guys" are who the "girls" are trying to impress.
If I were her, i'd be trying to draw attention AWAY from my face...
goodness... i hope the poor girl doesnt read engadget.
WTF? They're not German - hell I'm 1/4 Samoan (and the rest is German) and I'm nowhere NEAR as brown as them. That or it's a further symptom of being full of $h1t.
Do not be fooled, in Europe they use different finger to express their frustration
Is that the iPhone release or the new Tango add??
I know winter is starting in Europe soon but go easy on the fake tan lol
The tan to end end all tans... scary. Good these folks are 4 train-hours away *g*
Oh, btw., some folks say you'll be able to grab an unlocked iPhone from T-Mobile for a low low €800.
The epitome of vanity!
A bunch of leatherbag *flowerpots* with enough hours logged on a tanning bed to put the best grilled steak to shame, showing religious admire to a shiny object whose real value barely exceeds the merits of its "me-too" factor.
That was deep brother, we feel ya... we, feel, ya :P
Hehe, you have to know that cologne is well known (in germany) to be very... well... :D
This evening wasn´t a big deal after all. If you look at the video, there has been a lot of media, but just "a little" real buyers (compared to USA).
Also, they planned free buses from other cities to come and join the party, but they canceled them as nobody actually was interested to come...
Wow a gang of shemales.
Uh... Germans, or mannequins?
Is it a girl?
Is it a boy?
No it's the Tanned Turkish T-Mobile Transvestites...
It's a trap!
Yawn... at least learn to spell your slang correctly.
Well, considering that US is the country with highest obesity rate, I was not surprised at all that while being a bit on the "tan" craze, I don't see much people fat people.
That one girl looks like Jamie Farr (Klinger from Mash).
LOL - now that *IS* funny :o)
LOL!!
the one chick is pretty hot hahaha
I'm currently in Poland, and the probability of you finding a very tanned woman (regardless of age) here even in Winter is far higher than finding a bear at the North Pole.
This is all because of global warming...
To quote those rocker poets Aerosmith.....
"Dude looks like a lady"
...indeed....
Congratulations EUROPE! :D
Wny? It's a phone.
Look at the schnoz on that girl!
It's not big, it's just layered with 2" of fake tan.
Duh, that's obviously what she's pointing at...
You know, I would say some things here about those girls, but they're German, and they would kick my ass. Seriously.
Second from the right...
IT'S A TRAP!
bugger, beaten to it...
Being from germany i can assure you most people here don't look like being pulled out of their poorely pimped BMW 3-Series. Although, I guess, the only people buying this crappy phone over here will be apple-fans and people like the above pictured who hardly earn enough to buy it.
Credits ftw!
That's not a chick - it's Pete Burns from Dead or Alive!
I have gone over that picture several times and I still don't see any Germans in it.
"We come in peace - To Serve Man"
Overly-tanned hottie on the left, FTW!
You mean the guy in the tie? Man, I feel for you...
I totally agree. Everyone else is focusing on the other chick, when there's the hottie right behind her. Call me for some iPhone on iPhone chat, ba-- *snaps out of it, goes back to office drone mode*
It's funny how no-one really said anything about the phone. More about the orange people. I never knew Germany got this. I thought they were all still wearing leather. Oh the stereotype pills kicked in.
Look, I've got a normal eyebrow and a white eyebrow. How do I do it? Magic!
Look, I've got broad shoulders and a vagina. How do I do it? Magic!
I live in Germany and i can't understand the hype about the *Phone. Especially because the contracts are unpayable for a normal person, and the relation between price and performance is realy poor. So I'm not going to buy one... Take that Jobs!
Don't anyone act like this wasn't coming...
2 girls, 1 iPhone
Dude... Not Cool... I almost puked...
Anyone has the link to a full-length video of that, er, I mean the "cup" version?
I mean, it's for a sociology project.
2girls1cup.com duh
Jesus. Once you see something, it's not possible to unsee it. Think about it for a while before watching the video.
you can also get iPhones now in Denmark via parallel import from France, so you can unlocked iPhones legally :O). Only thing is that you get menues in english and no visual voicemail.
re: orange germans: Here's an article written for the "germany survival bible" on occasion of the 2006 soccer championship, educating foreigners about the peculiarities of everyday german life. http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,414228,00.html
Wait, this is Germany? Coulda fooled me. Looks more like a bunch of douchebags from the Jersey Shore.
Their women scare me.
Please be assured, their women scare *them* too.
Who knew they had tan Germans?
Who knew they had tan Germans?
I think her eyebrows are done in Sharpie.
Wait, I got it!
It's the crying Jesus from the Madonna "Like a Virgin" video! AGGHHHHH!!!!!
So leather-face did have a sister!
Don't let Michael Bay hear that, we might still have a chance to doge that movie.
"dodge"
Coffee! Tan lotion!
iTan. The new handheld tanning companion.
T-Mobile's well lubricated and exceptionally tanned staff in Cologne threw its doors open to Europe's first "official" iPhone owners
I thought England was in Europe?
Behold the magic of time zones ;)
If you clicked through, these were sold at midnight, well before the UK's launch. I.e., first.
Thomas
Thanks Engadget! I was just on my way to dictionary.com to look up "Euro Trash" and you saved me the trip
!!
What Europeans would that be? All I can see are Turkish non-European women and some asian guy. Oh, wait, I think there's a real German man in the background there! Look for the white spot.
Oh, and in Europe we would never call you Amero-Trash - we just call you Americans.
Hey, don't they speak...ahhh...German in Germany?
Is this true - that you have to sign up contract with T-Mobile DE before you will get the box with iPhone? Then you have to pay for the monthly rate and cannot hack this device without T-Mobile activation ... Does anyone know?
I wouldn't mind touching that taller chick a little.
Hey, go easy. Maybe she just got a skin graft from a mummy.
By Darwin's beard! It looks like someone got a 100 year old leather handbag and wrapped it round her face!
I'm sorry, but those people are freakishly, scarily over-tanned to the point that's all I see.
Almost 70 comments and no opinions on the actual article.. This site is turning into a gab fest. Nerds love to talk crap about girls they can never get.
DO NOT WANT!
Wow, tan much?
European Girls are Hot.
i don't care if she's orange, the chick behind jamie farr's (see wes' comment above) cross-dressing grandson is cute.
I followed the "Soft Leather IPhone Case" advertising link at the bottom of the page and it took me to Jamie Farr's tranny granddaughters mein space page.
I thought the EU didn't allow contracts on cell phones anymore.. Or is that just France? Why would anyone in Germany buy into a contract when they could just get it from somewhere else without one?
Thats Witchee-poo!
Just to point that fact out: Those aren´t average germans.
One day, all germans agreed that the ugliest people in the country have to work at T-Mobile. For they can call everybody on the phone and don´t need to be seen face to face by everybody else. Or they just have a blind manager in Cologne - that might be possible, too...
;)
Eyyh, hab isch krasse iPhone... und war isch vieeeel zu lange in Solarium
what's with that freakishly long finger attached to the freakishly orange?
I wonder if I can get a Dana Farber Cancer Institute franchise to reap the loot from German fake tan patients.
A little too much tanning bed...for everyone? I dont get it, you dont look good all crispy lol, there is something to be said for fair white skin, or that smooth ebony, but crispy just reminds me of KFC.
Do I care you have an iphone..lol no, do I care your tan is bad? Yes, that’s a disgrace lol.
C'mon, you guys...I know most of us wouldn't kick her out of bed for eating crackers....but watch the orange tanning spray stains on the sheet honey! These are 1,000 thread count!
Faslane
And what's up with the 3rd and 4th "white" eyebrows?
That girl's face is disgustingly shiny, haha!
Is this true - that you have to sign up contract with T-Mobile DE before you will get the box with iPhone? Then you have to pay for the monthly rate and cannot hack this device without T-Mobile activation ... Does anyone know?
Is that an umpa lompa?