What's with this "easily unlocked" business. Please correct me, but I was under the impression that the currently shipping software and bootrom is un-jailbreakable and therefore un-unlockable. Is that not true?
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Apple Once Again Selling Contract-Free iPhones in U.S. Without Proof of AT&T Service
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I really don't get this. You can buy it at full price and yet it is still locked? what is the point?
It is true. whomever wrote this article has no clue what he is talking about.
It is true. whomever wrote this article has no clue what he is talking about.
Must be feeling the pressure from Android
Nope. Apple did the same thing last March w/ the 3G. Pressure from Android? Hardly. Apple is just trying to get rid of stock before the next model ships.
That was my impression as well. As far as I know a 3GS with the most current software and baseband is not unlockable yet.
That's pretty much the opposite of "easily unlockable".
Question for you. Have you done an iTunes restore for that iPhone? I ask because I am considering the same thing, buying one in Hong Kong, but I want to be sure it stays unlocked after updating or restoring.
Thanks.
Great. So, judging by my calculator I paid $1042 AUD for my $854 AUD (yes, I factored in 10% GST) 32GB iPhone 3GS.
Why? They're not the same thing. They don't even serve the same purpose. Does a drop in iMac prices mean a drop in Mac Pro prices? iPhone's a phone. iPad's a... pad/tablet/thing. iPad isn't iPhone Pro.
Why? They're not the same thing. They don't even serve the same purpose. Does a drop in iMac prices mean a drop in Mac Pro prices? iPhone's a phone. iPad's a... pad/tablet/thing. iPad isn't iPhone Pro.
Seems a little pedantic, even your examples. They all use similar technology - there should be a correlation in price.
Nice news for Americans I suppose. I know you've been able to do this for as long as I can remember in Canada. The prices are just outrageous.
$199/$299 not locked to a contract I'd be all over one, as my 2G won't charge anymore
$199/$299 not locked to a contract I'd be all over one, as my 2G won't charge anymore
absolutely.... it connects to the itunes server where its imei number is registered and remains unlocked forever. I only buy unlocked phones in Hong Kong or Italy. very convenient.
and yes writer: you should edit your little article because your statement that they are easily unlockably these att locked phones is crap.
These should be factory unlocked, the new moddels are still not unlockable, i dont know why this site says it is possible ,realy. baseband 05.12.01 wich i think will be on all those phones is not unlockable, and there is no indiciation yet when it will be, i asume when iPhone 0s4.0 comes out is wyhen we gonna hear about the possibility of unlocking the 05.12.01 baseband and no sooner then that, so the hackers can keep the hackes indoors.
This still doesn't make any sense for Apple to do, as it's just the same thing as an AT&T customer purchasing it outright on their current plan (AT&T customers are still the only ones that can use these phones). If it's like it was last year, even if you bring your own iPhone to an existing AT&T contract, they make you start a new 2 year contract from that date. At least this was the experience for a friend of mine last year. They will not give you an iPhone data plan without a new contract. So how is this "new policy" of Apple's going to help "clear inventory", when it's no different at all to someone already in an AT&T contract that buys an iPhone at the unsubsidized, non-upgrade pricing in the middle of their current contract?
Sounds like liquidation. New iPhones mean new OS's.
The thing is all existing iPhone can update its software to the latest versions, unlike most other iPhone wannbe phones.
Nope, not that easy.
Technically it is, so long as it's after 30 days.
After 30 days you can cancel, but you still gotta pay for the month of service.
who cares if it's locked since even if you took it to T-Mo you can only use their EDGE frequencies. heroic Google was supposed to end it, but they are shipping Nexus One's with different models for different carriers
To get an iPhone that is easy to unlock (not firmware 3.1.3), buy a new iPhone that will have 3.1.3 firmware. Complain about something, and get an exchange. You will most likely receive one pre-September 2009, which has the unlockable baseband on it.
Google is trying to promote the fact you can have your phone and whatever carrier you want.
until the day Google at least sells one phone that will work on T-Mo's and AT&T's 3G frequencies they are full of ****
Arrrgg....
I know this has already been mentioned however...
I have no problems paying "full price" for a phone, however if I pay full price the dam phone should not be carrier locked.
This is total BS. I will play the carriers games if they want to subsidize the cost of MY phone. If I pay full price I don't want to have to break U.S. law just so I can use it on another cell network.
I know this has already been mentioned however...
I have no problems paying "full price" for a phone, however if I pay full price the dam phone should not be carrier locked.
This is total BS. I will play the carriers games if they want to subsidize the cost of MY phone. If I pay full price I don't want to have to break U.S. law just so I can use it on another cell network.