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Ok so what do you guys reckon network locked or a free for all with any sim card. My brother lives in LA and has been put on a reserve list for an iphone (he works in media so dont ask me how). He is not to fussed about it so I will surely take it off his hands but its going to be no real point if its locked.
Grrr well I could always just use it as an expensive ipod?
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Posted: 2007-06-16 21:15:05
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From what I've read, I'm 99.9% sure it will be locked to AT&T Mobile. And I'm pretty sure they'll make it as hard as possible (but obviously not impossible!) to unlock.
There's just no way Apple would make it easy for people to ship them abroad or use on alternative networks. AT&T have a 5-year exclusivity deal apparently.
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Posted: 2007-06-16 21:23:48
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Yeah I have just been googling it, kind of mixed reviews. Personally I would go with the locked to AT&T fact, but who knows. I guess we will have a better idea in 2 weeks or so.
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Posted: 2007-06-16 21:35:57
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I recall Jobs as having said something to the effect that Apple's partnership with AT&T for the iPhone will be a 2-year deal. Anybody else remember hearing/reading that? Maybe I'm just having a flashback from all the recreational pharmaceuticles from the 80's, but how much would it suck if AT&T was the only carrier for the iPhone?! I'd love to try a 2nd or 3rd revision iPhone on my T-Mobile service. No way I'm touching the first generation though.
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Posted: 2007-06-16 22:04:45
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how can AT and T have a 2 or 5 year deal if we are getting it early next year?!
or am I loosing the plot?
back to topic.. It's going to be locked at a guess but as jools said it won't be impossible to unlock it... also hopefully it'll be the first phone that can be unlocked on a mac!!
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Posted: 2007-06-16 22:16:55
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AT&T's deal only applies to the US.
Other countries are likely to have other exclusive deals.
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Posted: 2007-06-16 23:54:45
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ahh that makes sense now then...
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Posted: 2007-06-16 23:58:55
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I wouldnt be so sure about it been able to be unlocked, just take a look at keychain that damn thing can be like fort knox.
About the exclusive deal AT&T has is only for the US, so there probably will be an exlusive deal as well for the UK or whicever network is prepping there voicemail for visual voicemail will probably win that bid.
If the phone stays as edge then I guess it might be Orange who will get it, but then I have heard rumours floating around about T-mobile but I doubt it as they didnt win the exclusive for America but thats not set in gold.
I am dreading it if its vodafone lord help that phone if it gets butchered
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Posted: 2007-06-17 00:27:39
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Have a read of the article below:
http://www.appleinsider.com/a[....]al_with_european_carriers.html
Doesn't sound too hopeful currently for Europeans!
I hope Apple realises the European mobile market is hugely different to the US one.
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Posted: 2007-06-17 00:31:04
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Unexpected...? Coming from Apple, we can expect that the iPhone can do anything that is within the expectation of the user. For example, using iPhone as toilet paper, tennis racket, a weapon of mass destruction, etc etc
http://www.dvdtoiphoneconverter.org/
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Posted: 2007-06-24 21:51:50
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