iPhone on T-Mobile's German site: Das Neue Kult-Handy!

Yup, more anecdotal evidence in support of that iPhone deal with T-Mobile Germany. The image and text above, which translates to "the new cult cellphone," are currently available from the T-Mobile.de site via the links below. Though, we have the feeling they'll be gone in just a few short minutes of this posting. Of course, that's just the old, pre-YouTube iPhone image with the 9:41 time setting and Cingular text scrubbed clean. Now come on Apple, how 'bout a European iPhone announcement already, this is getting ridiculous.

Update: Oh my, another graphic was found by Brainbug in the comments: available "starting 1st November," kids. Image after the break.

Update 2: Another image showing "starting 1st August" has now been uncovered by reader Jerome. Hedging your bets are we T-Mobile?

Update 3: Er, the dates from the previous updates are being auto-generated from the URL. Duh.

[Via MyITablet]

Read -- Das Neue Kult-Handy
Read -- iPhone image

[tsik @ Jul 20th 2007 8:33AM]

Please god let it never be announced and may we get a contract free version..

[Brainbug @ Jul 20th 2007 8:35AM]

There's even an image with the launch date:

http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/td1_headlinetxtgif_small/0,7226,iPhonex20-x20abx20Erstenx20Novemberx20beix20T-Mobile_100,00.gif

1st of November...

[Brainbug @ Jul 20th 2007 9:16AM]

doh!

[JAmerican @ Jul 20th 2007 8:43AM]

Kult = cult = feature phone

[tis---strange @ Jul 20th 2007 8:53AM]

Well, the german Kult is more like Cool/asked after/liked or something... It´s used with things like the VW-Käfer or (what a suprise) the Ipod...

[nikster @ Jul 21st 2007 7:40AM]

Kult is something that is both cool and classic - like Pulp Fiction.

When advertisers use it for new products it's generally cringe-worthy.

Geiz ist Geil!

[Tis---strange @ Jul 21st 2007 11:20AM]

du bist deutschland...
German advertising has a lot to learn...
Wir sind Papst!!!

[Argot @ Jul 20th 2007 8:46AM]

"old, pre-YouTube iPhone"

Hmm, but the iPhone is still pretty much pre-youtube? You can only watch like 1% of the content the rest is still off-limits (for iPhone users)?

[Xavier Gill @ Jul 20th 2007 10:48AM]

Actually 10,000 out of 100 million is only 0.01%

[Jerome @ Jul 20th 2007 8:50AM]

http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/td1_headlinetxtgif_small/0,7226,iPhonex20-x20abx20Erstenx20Augustx20beix20T-Mobile_100,00.gif

[Karl @ Jul 20th 2007 8:59AM]

Yup, good point.

That logo with the date means nothing. Put a filename with the text you need, and it gets generated:

http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/td1_headlinetxtgif_small/0,7226,Engadgetx20-x20abx20Erstenx20Septemberx20beix20T-Mobile_100,00.gif

[L. Cyphre @ Jul 20th 2007 8:50AM]

"Das Neue Kult-Handy!"

...Jesus F...g Christ...

[Kai @ Jul 20th 2007 8:55AM]

i knew some fu**ing idiot would say something immature and idiotic like this.... It's a different way of speaking man... sigh, grow up.

[andi @ Jul 20th 2007 9:13AM]

'Kult' is different from 'cool' or 'good' or 'acceptable'

the iPhone IS a 'kult'-mobile, but it's still ye olde piece of crap

what's happening in the hacking scene is interesting... it's hackers and not apple who'll make it cool, someday...

[Kai @ Jul 20th 2007 10:49AM]

like the guy a few posts on top of us said:

"Well, the german Kult is more like Cool/asked after/liked or something... It´s used with things like the VW-Käfer or (what a suprise) the Ipod..."

im german, was born in germany, go back every 3 months due to business trips. hes correct 100%
they dont actually mean cult.. sigh

[L. Cyphre @ Jul 20th 2007 11:09AM]

Ich weiß doch was Kult bedeutet.
Was mich richtig anpisst ist das sie es wagen, dieses Stück Sch... Kult zu nennen.
Das schlimmste aber ist, dass es viele Idioten auch wirklich tun werden.

[Kai @ Jul 20th 2007 12:09PM]

ja, da hast du recht, ich denke auch nicht das der ipod "kult" material ist. der ipod ist total idiotish, aber jeder wirt es kaufen, genau so wie in amerika (my german spelling isnt so great anymore, as you can tell, but i still speak it fluently, thank god i don't need to write anything down when im gone lol =P)

[tsik @ Jul 20th 2007 8:58AM]

First of september as well :P

http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/td1_headlinetxtgif_small/0,7226,iPhonex20-x20abx20Erstenx20Septemberx20beix20T-Mobile_100,00.gif

[Jerome @ Jul 20th 2007 9:02AM]

In fact, both dates are fake!
' Das neue Kult-Handy ' belongs to a Razr 2 publicity

[entelucal @ Jul 20th 2007 9:13AM]

yup,

http://www.t-mobile.de/motorazr2

also, the pink letters are generated

http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/td1_headlinetxtgif_small/0,7226,ix20canx20typex20anythingx20ix20want_100,00.gif

The iPhone image may be from a news article or something. Who knows :P

[tsik @ Jul 20th 2007 9:02AM]

first of december????
http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/td1_headlinetxtgif_small/0,7226,iPhonex20-x20abx20Erstenx20Dezemberx20beix20T-Mobile_100,00.gif

[Rohit Kapur @ Jul 20th 2007 9:02AM]

lol. . . All these images are GENERATED. They're not on the site. You can generate them yourself with whatever text you want. I'm sure most of you guys figured that out, but I'm clarifying it nonetheless. Here's proof:

http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/td1_headlinetxtgif_small/0,7226,iPhonex20-x20abx20Erstenx20Kapurx20beix20T-Mobile_100,00.gif

It says it's coming out on the 1'st of Kapur, Kapur being my last name. :-)

[tsik @ Jul 20th 2007 9:04AM]

Geil xaxaxaxa

[Tis---strange @ Jul 20th 2007 9:03AM]

Or will it come at all???
http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/td1_headlinetxtgif_small/0,7226,iPhonex20-x20eventuellx20niex20mehrx20beix20T-Mobile_100,00.gif

[Jerome @ Jul 20th 2007 9:03AM]

http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/td1_headlinetxtgif_small/0,7226,engadget%20is%20great_100,00.gif

[Puss in Boots @ Jul 21st 2007 6:07AM]

The Headline Image can be changed any way you want. So: http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/td1_headlinetxtgif_small/0,7226,iPhonex20-x20forx20mex20onx20Firstx20Novemberx20-x20T-Mobile_50,00.gif

[Tis---strange @ Jul 20th 2007 9:09AM]

http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/td1_headlinetxtgif_small/0,7226,Stopx20doingx20thatnx20youx20stupidx20fuckers_100,00.gif

[717 @ Jul 20th 2007 9:12AM]

Wen kriegen wier bei uns in Holland das Cult Handy? Das ist die Schinken Frage!

[joshpsp1.5 @ Jul 20th 2007 9:17AM]

look at that shadow! Its obviously something dodgy...

[Karl @ Jul 20th 2007 9:27AM]

T-Mobile seriously has the best rates, both in Germany and in the UK.

I hope they can get a deal outside of Germany as well.

[Steffest @ Jul 20th 2007 9:33AM]

Oh come on - you've just glued together 2 images that has nothing to do with each other: the text-image is 269 pixels width - and the iPhone image is (or was) 257 pixels width.

[n0y8 @ Jul 20th 2007 9:39AM]

maybe that has something to do with this:

http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/img/display_image/0,3465,96200,00.jpg

[n0y8 @ Jul 20th 2007 9:32AM]

another img to add to the list...

http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/img/display_image/0,3465,96198,00.gif

it says
"gucken kostet' nichts
leider noch nichts zu haben, aberman wird ja wohl noch traumen durfen; Das iPohne - das neue style-Tiel von Apple"
which roughly translates as:
"looking doesn't kost anything"
nothing to have for now, but we're allowed to dream; the iPhone - the new style-part from Apple"

[PJK @ Jul 20th 2007 9:43AM]

With a bold new advertising campaign:

http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/td1_headlinetxtgif_small/0,7226,iPhonex20-x20Sucksx20Malex20Genitaliax20fromx20T-Mobile_100,00.gif

[nikster @ Jul 21st 2007 7:46AM]

LOL Ich lach' mir einen Ast ab.

Whoops, now it's not working anymore. I guess "Big Pink T" took the link down. Too bad :(

[Lee @ Jul 20th 2007 9:45AM]

no this is what it says
http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/td1_headlinetxtgif_small/0,7226,T-Mobilex20x20Sucksx20Ballsx20x20x20_100,00.gif

[seatec @ Jul 20th 2007 9:56AM]

Jeezus. Before you know it we will be attending the podcasted Church of S.Jobs humming the Apple Mantra. We shal over come MS, some day.

[mnemo @ Jul 20th 2007 10:13AM]

Interestingly, when you SEARCH for "iphone" at the T-Mobile site, the search returns:
"Sie suchten nach: iPhone
Leider ist dieser Artikel nicht verfügbar."
(You searched for: iPhone
Sadly, this product is not available)

Note the capitalized P in iPhone although the search "iphone" was entered. Seems like the entry is there, but is blocked. When searching for any made-up word it will return "No documents found containing your query".

[n0y8 @ Jul 20th 2007 10:19AM]

also there is another image...

http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/img/display_image/0,3465,96198,00.gif

it says
"gucken kostet' nichts
leider noch nichts zu haben, aberman wird ja wohl noch traumen durfen; Das iPohne - das neue style-Tiel von Apple"

which roughly translates as:
"looking doesn't cost anything"
nothing to have for now, but we're allowed to dream; the iPhone - the new style-part from Apple"

[alex @ Jul 20th 2007 1:53PM]

So would this make it easier to buy an unlocked device for use with T-Mobile here in the states? I bought a Nokia E-61 from germany that, although it wasn't locked in the first place, worked so well here..it even saved me money because somehow T-Mobile can't track my internet usage so I got full internet for free. I have a feeling it will be region-locked like video game consoles are....hmmm

[cocoa @ Jul 20th 2007 10:42AM]

Acutally here is the ORIGINAL AD from T-Moblies site..

http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/td1_headlinetxtgif_small/0,7226,Engadgetx20-x20gotx20ownedx20byx20x20T-Mobile_100,00.gif

[jilie @ Jul 20th 2007 10:58AM]

Breaking News!
http://www.t-mobile.de/T-D1/td1_headlinetxtgif_small/0,7225,IEngadgetx20hasx20beenx20Ifooledx20asx20x20IUsual_100,00.gif

[geezer @ Jul 20th 2007 11:34AM]

actually you should rename the header to "Keeping it real fake: iPhone on T-Mobile's German site" ;-)

[pete smith @ Jul 20th 2007 11:37AM]

Found at a German hifi store too:

http://www.mediamarkt.de/index.php?z=z1&r=8cd104e65b45d54a

[maat @ Jul 20th 2007 11:46AM]

Never trust a site that sells a "fahrtfinder"

http://www.mediamarkt.de/fahrtfinder-tour-2007/