Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Vodafone Group Plc, stymied in an effort to let customers use Apple Inc.'s iPhone on its German network, started a partnership with Porsche SE to offer the luxury carmaker's first handset.

The aluminum P9521 phone is on sale exclusively at 120 Vodafone shops in Germany for 999 euros ($1,466) with a service contract, and 1,199 euros without, Vodafone said in an e-mailed statement today.

The Porsche handset features a double-hinge design that allows users to rotate the touch-sensitive screen 180 degrees, Vodafone said. The device also has a 3.2-megapixel camera with auto-focus, flash and digital zoom. A fingerprint scanning device helps protect personal data on the phone.

This month, Newbury, England-based Vodafone lost a bid in court to forbid Deutsche Telekom AG from selling the iPhone exclusively with a two-year service contract with Deutsche Telekom's T-Mobile unit. T-Mobile, chosen by Apple to sell the iPhone in Germany, offers the combination handset and iPod digital music player for 399 euros plus a minimum monthly charge of 49 euros.

To contact the reporter on this story: Kenneth Wong in Berlin at kwong11@bloomberg.net.

Last Updated: December 11, 2007 08:14 EST