The chief executive of Dutch phone company KPN, Ad Scheepbouwer has dismissed Apple's iPhone as "pretty useless". Speaking at yesterday's financial results, he said that T-Mobile's exclusive rights to the phone in Germany had not affected sales at KPN's German arm, E-Plus.
"I had one and I thought it was a pretty useless phone, to be quite honest," he told the Financial Times. "The battery ran out in no time. I didn't like the touch screen."
However, despite his dismissal of the handset - he would be interested in selling the phone in The Netherlands if the opportunity arose. He confirmed that the company had approached Apple, but did not have a potential launch date.
T-Mobile Germany has sold around 70,000 iPhones since its launch in the country.
On the web: Financial Times
Posted to the site on 6th February 2008
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