Unlocked iphone 5 at launch? (UK)

[psonice]

What's the likelihood of unlocked iPhone 5s being available on launch day in the UK? Anyone know if they were available with the 4 last year?

I need one to test a new app I'm developing pretty urgently, but I absolutely don't need an expensive contract to go with it...

 

[OllyW]

The unlocked iPhone 4 was available from Apple stores on the launch day.

 

[8ght]

I am planning to buy one from the UK and have it shipped to Sweden if it is possible to get one unlocked. Is there a safer alternative than Borderlinx? In the fine print of the T&C for Borderlinx it says that the maximum compensation is $100 should it get lost / damaged etc.

 

[Dangerous Theory]

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A5313e Safari/7534.48.3)

100% likely.

 

[psonice]

Great, sounds promising! Now, if only there was a way to buy it without queuing!

 

[Certinfy]

Pretty much a certain.

I'm doing this as well and will try to order one as soon as pre-orders come online so I don't have to Queue up and instead have it delivered to me.