Welcome to the Age of the Unlocked iPhone

2) What does apple think about it. Are they not going to support unlocked iPhones, release an ununlocking software update, or consider legal actions?

Well, my best guess is that the next software update, Apple will find a way to brick the free unlocking software, since they are obligated by AT&T...

And Apple Tech Support won't support it. If you want any sort of help, or even a replacement phone if it goes belly up (it happens alot with the iPhones), they'll make you restore the phone to Apple's firmware before they continue with the call.

W00t, now I can finally get an iphone. And with the 4 gb model going for $299, I think that is a reasonable price. Plus with every competitor out their with an unlock app saying that this may not work with future firmware releases, no way was I gonna pay for it. Hence why the free approach which I know will be updated with new firmware releases, is what is needed. If you need to continue updating your software with no yearly fees from your customers, evantually the money you made from them to keep up the updates, is gonna run out sometime. Hence why the $50 and $100 prices for unlocking the iphone originally.

with the 4 gb model going for $299, I think that is a reasonable price.

The 4Gbs has been discontinued... There's only 8Gbs..

The 4Gbs has been discontinued... There's only 8Gbs..

True they have been discontinued, but what do you think apple is gonna do with all those extra 4Gbs lying around?

Why sell them of course.

Look in the clearance section of the apple store and you will find it there.

Will the iPhone work with US Cellular?

True they have been discontinued, but what do you think apple is gonna do with all those extra 4Gbs lying around?

Why sell them of course.

Look in the clearance section of the apple store and you will find it there.

Exactly what I was gonna say. That's why on ebay their is alot of 4 gb ones that are cheaper now.

Oh I see.. Hmm.. 8Gbs seems more worth it though IMO

True they have been discontinued, but what do you think apple is gonna do with all those extra 4Gbs lying around?

Why sell them of course.

Look in the clearance section of the apple store and you will find it there.

Apple Stores are complaining about the lack of 4GB models because customers are coming in with broken iPhones, and the Stores don't have any 4GB's in stock to replace the phone.

Some stores have been waiting for over a week for 4GB shipments from Apple.

Apple Stores are complaining about the lack of 4GB models because customers are coming in with broken iPhones, and the Stores don't have any 4GB's in stock to replace the phone.

 

Some stores have been waiting for over a week for 4GB shipments from Apple.

If there are none left, does that mean they can get it replaced with an 8gb one for free? If so, woohoo

If there are none left, does that mean they can get it replaced with an 8gb one for free? If so, woohoo

that has been my plan, i know that if you use an older ipod cable to charge the iphone it messes up the lower quarter of the screen's touch capability becuase it happened to both my brother and me and when we took it in to the apple store they said it was caused by the older ipod cables. My plan is to wait a month or two for the 4gb to run out and then start to use that older ipod cable and hopefully the iPhone will break and i will take it into the apple store at which point in time there will be no more 4Gbs left so they will have to replace my 4gb iphone with an 8gb iPhone. i know this sounds really risky but its worth it in my opinion, even if for some reason they do have 4gb left then it wont bother me to have a new iphone that isnt scratched up.

that has been my plan, i know that if you use an older ipod cable to charge the iphone it messes up the lower quarter of the screen's touch capability becuase it happened to both my brother and me and when we took it in to the apple store they said it was caused by the older ipod cables. My plan is to wait a month or two for the 4gb to run out and then start to use that older ipod cable and hopefully the iPhone will break and i will take it into the apple store at which point in time there will be no more 4Gbs left so they will have to replace my 4gb iphone with an 8gb iPhone. i know this sounds really risky but its worth it in my opinion, even if for some reason they do have 4gb left then it wont bother me to have a new iphone that isnt scratched up.

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that has been my plan, i know that if you use an older ipod cable to charge the iphone it messes up the lower quarter of the screen's touch capability becuase it happened to both my brother and me and when we took it in to the apple store they said it was caused by the older ipod cables. My plan is to wait a month or two for the 4gb to run out and then start to use that older ipod cable and hopefully the iPhone will break and i will take it into the apple store at which point in time there will be no more 4Gbs left so they will have to replace my 4gb iphone with an 8gb iPhone. i know this sounds really risky but its worth it in my opinion, even if for some reason they do have 4gb left then it wont bother me to have a new iphone that isnt scratched up.

Are your phones unlocked?

If there are none left, does that mean they can get it replaced with an 8gb one for free? If so, woohoo

Yep pretty much, it happened to my buddy when he bought a 15GB 3G iPod... at the end of his warranty, the hard drive failed, and he got a 30GB 5G, lol.

Yep pretty much, it happened to my buddy when he bought a 15GB 3G iPod... at the end of his warranty, the hard drive failed, and he got a 30GB 5G, lol.

yea same thing happened to my friend and his MacBook,his older intel core duo processor fried and they gave him a newer intel core 2 duo

Why do we need this when the iPod Touch does everything but the phone part?

Why do we need this when the iPod Touch does everything but the phone part?

Because some of us want the phone part but the AT&T part

Oh, ok. so the iPhone can now be reprogrammed for any other cell phone provider then? If so, then coolies.

Will the iPhone work with US Cellular??

Anyone know?

Will the iPhone work with US Cellular??

 

Anyone know?

US Cellular operates a CDMA network. This will not work with the GSM iPhone.

Oh, ok. so the iPhone can now be reprogrammed for any other cell phone provider then? If so, then coolies.

Yep, exactly why I plan to get the 4GB iphone since it's only $299 plus tax. That to me is reasonable compared to $599 and $499 when it first came out.

Got a 4GB model yesterday. Except for no IM and awful headset volume I'm impressed. The software unlock was fantastic... if only it was this easy on all phones!

Sorry to chime with a half off-topic but when I did a search with keywords "iphone without contract" it returned 17 pages of posts.

Is there a way to buy the iphone without the AT&T contract at all? I'm from Europe and I'm in the US this week. As you've guessed it, the idea is to buy it in the US (better price than in EU in any case I suppose), unlock it and use it with my Swisscom SIM.

Any hint appreciated.

cheers

Sorry to chime with a half off-topic but when I did a search with keywords "iphone without contract" it returned 17 pages of posts.

 

Is there a way to buy the iphone without the AT&T contract at all? I'm from Europe and I'm in the US this week. As you've guessed it, the idea is to buy it in the US (better price than in EU in any case I suppose), unlock it and use it with my Swisscom SIM.

 

Any hint appreciated.

cheers

Well first of all you have to check and make sure that Swisscom is GSM, that is what the iPhone is. After that just stop at any Apple or AT&T store to pick it up. When you buy it you don't actually make the contract at the store and activate it there. All the activation is done at home or wherever you please. So if you buy it then you can just unlock it and then pop it you Swisscom SIM card and be set, if Swisscom supports GSM.

Cheers mate, much appreciated. I thought you'd have to sign a contract in the store to be able to get the $399 price. That's how it's often done in EU countries. If you want to buy a mobile without contract you pay up to 100% more. Inversely, some mobiles are even free if you sign up for a certain minimum duration.

We may be one of the smallest countries in the world but of course we have GSM and 3G Anything else is antiquity

So my idea should work. Wicked!

Cheers mate, much appreciated. I thought you'd have to sign a contract in the store to be able to get the $399 price. That's how it's often done in EU countries. If you want to buy a mobile without contract you pay up to 100% more.

All iPhones sell at 100% of their price, Apple is not allowing any carrier to do any type of discount with any sort of contract deals last I heard.

Also, I don't recall the iPhone having 3G, which is a real shame.