No iPhone partner in Europe?

Link: EU operators bemoan Apple’s iPhone arrogance – vnunet.com (via Macrumors.com)

If you’re in Europe and desperate to get your hands on an iPhone, you might just have to wait a bit longer.

According to a market analyst, European mobile operators are complaining about the firm’s arrogant demands. Avi Greengart, a principle analyst at Current Analysis wrote in an advisory on Monday: “Operators consistently told us, not for attribution, of course, that they had spoken to Apple and found the company ‘unbelievably arrogant’, making demands that ‘simply cannot be justified no matter how hot the product is'”.

He added: “Several [operators] were adamant that they will never offer the iPhone.”

This might mean that Apple has to launch the iPhone SIM-free, without any backing of a major mobile operator – and without any potential subsidy. Carphone Warehouse have been rumoured to be in the running to be a retail partner, but as yet that’s unconfirmed.