Citroën Wanted to Offer iPhone to VIPs - iPhone to Arrive in France in December?

To celebrate the opening of its show room "C42" on the Champs Elysées, Citroën, one of the French car manufacturers, was expecting to offer iPhone to VIPs invited to the opening party.
Attracted by this offer, many VIPs went to the opening event on September 27th, but only received the following flyer:

After investigating further, we learned that iPhones were indeed supposed to be distributed directly at the evening party, but due to the conflict between Apple and Orange, Citroën could not get the ordered stock on time, and had to quickly print the flyer. It indicates that the iPhone would not arrive in France before December!?