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Unlocked iPhone? - Seacrest - 06-12-2007
http://www.puremobile.com/Apple/Apple-iPhone-Black-GSM-Phone/
Re: Unlocked iPhone? - BigGuynRusty - 06-12-2007
Your Point Being?
BGnR
Re: Unlocked iPhone? - Robert M - 06-12-2007
BGnR,
Purchase the phone. Use it with any GSM based cellular service provider. No contract. I can already tell you that's a _huge_ selling point for a slew of people. We just have to wait and see if the iPhone is worth the investment.
Robert
Re: Unlocked iPhone? - BigGuynRusty - 06-12-2007
[quote Robert M]BGnR,
Purchase the phone. Use it with any GSM based cellular service provider. No contract. I can already tell you that's a _huge_ selling point for a slew of people. We just have to wait and see if the iPhone is worth the investment.
Robert
DUH!
I know what "UnLocked" means, I was wondering why SeaCrest was jumping around so ecstatically for.
Unlocked cells are a given.
BGnR
Re: Unlocked iPhone? - Carnos Jax - 06-12-2007
I guess the presumption is, that since Apple controls their hardware pretty tightly, the iPhone would have been more difficult to unlock.
Re: Unlocked iPhone? - mattkime - 06-12-2007
the reviews indicate that there are many very happy iPhone owners. this bodes well for the initial release.
Re: Unlocked iPhone? - Robert M - 06-12-2007
BGnR,
For the exact reason I stated in my post. I never considered it a given that the iPhone would ship unlocked. Given Apple's history, I felt it was more reasonable to assume that it would do what it took to prevent unlocking to ensure buyers stated with Cingular/AT&T. The fact that someone is advertising the iphone as unlocked is great news and definitely exciting to some people.
Robert
Re: Unlocked iPhone? - tahoedrew - 06-12-2007
&mp[quote Robert M]The fact that someone is advertising the iphone as unlocked is great news and definitely exciting to some people.
I hate to break it to you, but at this point, it's all speculation and conjecture!
~A
Re: Unlocked iPhone? - Seacrest - 06-12-2007
Be interesting to see if they actually succeed in selling these.
I wonder how they intend to procure them.
Certainly Apple won't be wholesaling them to them.
I suppose they could buy them from at&t, pay the term fee and break the contract.
Also, without using "the new at&t's" network, many of the "wow" features won't be available.
Re: Unlocked iPhone? - jimbrady - 06-12-2007
I'm jumping around ecstatically. Can you tell?