iPhone SIM unlock giveaway: round 1

So if you haven't already heard, today is iPhoneSIMfree launch day, and the crew that software unlocked the iPhone has hooked us up with five iPhone unlocks to give away to you, our faithful, iPhone obsessed readers. We'll be giving one away each day of the week this week, starting now! Here's how it works.

Details about the unlock

• Bring your own iPhone. We're not supplying the device, just the unlock.
• You must send us your iPhone's IMEI; you can't resell the unlock. If we don't receive your IMEI in a timely manner, we may award the unlock to someone else.
• We will not be offering tech support on the unlock. Once you've got it, it's out of our hands, ok?
• We do not make any guarantees about the unlock. We're not guaranteeing that it will work when your phone gets the next Apple update later this month, that it will work with your SIM or your carrier, or even that it will work on your phone. We're not even going to guarantee you won't end up with a bricked phone. We're just handing it off to the winner, the end.
  

The other regular rules (yeah, there are always rules):

• Leave a comment below. That's it! Who loves you, baby.
  
• You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
• If you enter more than once, only activate one comment. This is pretty self explanatory.
  
• Contest is open to anyone worldwide! Duh.
• Winner will be chosen randomly.
• Entries can be submitted for the next 24 hours. After that we'll move on to the next iPhone unlock. Good luck!

[Callum @ Sep 10th 2007 3:36PM]

wee!

[kevinm @ Sep 10th 2007 3:48PM]

You guys do realize that you need an iPhone? This is for the unlocking software not winning an iPhone

[DaemonZ4 @ Sep 10th 2007 3:47PM]

TMobile, here i come!!!

[Ray-- @ Sep 10th 2007 4:06PM]

i was going to say this will be interesting to see how many readers have iPhones from the posts etc.... but after seeing the first few here i realize that engadget has too many readers who dont know how to actually read... shame.

[Canadian @ Sep 10th 2007 6:54PM]

Can I please get this one PLEASEEEE

[victor @ Sep 11th 2007 6:47AM]

OH YEAHHHHHHH!

[Xman @ Sep 10th 2007 4:46PM]

I want to win! Please pick me, gadget gods (aka Engadget).

[Ken Francisco @ Sep 12th 2007 11:22AM]

is it too late to win??

[ARobinso0502 @ Sep 10th 2007 5:17PM]

The best one so far...

[John B @ Sep 10th 2007 4:53PM]

Um .... you do realize that whoever gets this would be most likely to PURCHASE an iPhone afterwards if they don't already have one? You don't need an iPhone to win the contest. You need an iPhone in order to *implement* what you win in the contest.

Of course, if people can't read that's not Engadget's fault. ;) Hell, I'll definitely use this as an excuse to buy an iPhone if I win. (Like that will happen.) I refuse to go to AT&T, but if I can get an iPhone and stay with my current provider? Pfft! Why the hell wouldn't I at least try?

[Alexander Pink @ Sep 10th 2007 5:01PM]

I will buy an iphone the second I win the unlock!

[DougN @ Sep 10th 2007 5:04PM]

Woo! More free stuff!

[Draiken Kishnov @ Sep 10th 2007 5:04PM]

Engadget RULES!!!!

[kevin @ Sep 10th 2007 5:11PM]

iphone sim free baby

[agentcrf250 @ Sep 10th 2007 5:27PM]

This site rocks!

[tpo @ Sep 10th 2007 10:55PM]

i'm in.

[Sean Xu @ Sep 10th 2007 5:58PM]

HELLO!

[mike71 @ Sep 10th 2007 7:04PM]

I'd like the unlock so hook me up please....thanks!

[Frank @ Sep 11th 2007 6:37AM]

awesome

[BoB @ Sep 10th 2007 6:11PM]

Yaye! Unlocked iphone!!

[thomasein @ Sep 10th 2007 6:16PM]

i need an excuse to buy an iphone.

[Masterde @ Sep 10th 2007 7:17PM]

iphone

[Hunter @ Sep 10th 2007 7:34PM]

ping

[Brian M @ Sep 10th 2007 7:46PM]

I actually own a 8GB iPhone and would love a free unlock. I travel often and would like to use my TMobile SIM Card. I would love to blog my use of my unlocked iPhone as I traveled! IMEI ready and waiting.....

[waller @ Sep 12th 2007 9:35AM]

enter me into this

[matt w @ Sep 10th 2007 9:14PM]

plz me!

[E71 @ Sep 11th 2007 5:01PM]

How about they kiss my grits.

[E71 @ Sep 10th 2007 8:51PM]

Or maybe they can kiss my grits. I unlocked every other phone I have (even more powerful ones) with free unlocks.

[Andrew Stone @ Sep 10th 2007 9:16PM]

Dibbs.

[pt @ Sep 10th 2007 9:28PM]

cool stuff guys! thanks!

[Justin Barone @ Sep 10th 2007 9:49PM]

I want one too! GIGGITY GIGGITY GOO

[Tony @ Sep 11th 2007 12:03AM]

~iPhone~

[john @ Sep 11th 2007 12:03AM]

me me me me !!!

[Eric @ Sep 11th 2007 12:41AM]

Locked phones.. yuck.. Unlocked phones.. now we're talking!

[bugilt @ Sep 11th 2007 12:47AM]

My brothers birthday is coming up soon and I would love to be able to give him one for his iphone.

[Mark @ Sep 11th 2007 1:33AM]

I win?

[BobOki @ Sep 12th 2007 11:05AM]

yay!

[ledguitar @ Sep 11th 2007 1:52AM]

sim

[Rich B @ Sep 11th 2007 2:17AM]

great!

[breetie @ Sep 11th 2007 3:36AM]

I have iPhoneitis...this stuff is all over the web, infecting everyone it comes in contact with. It's epidemic, I tell you! Now all I want to know, is, what's an iPhone?

LOL...

[Ronjo @ Sep 11th 2007 5:05AM]

I wouldn't mind taking my iphone off att for tmobile or using it when I go out of country!

[crappish @ Sep 11th 2007 7:07AM]

Oh wow! Don't own iPhone (since I live in Finland) but hell.. if I'll get to unlock such unit, so I could use it with local providers, I'd gladly buy one from US. 8) Oh pleasepleasepleasepleaseeeeeee....

[Kyle @ Sep 11th 2007 7:45AM]

I'm really wondering if other cellphone makers are even trying to play catch-up. It seems to me that even though the iPhone name has a lot of awareness, few people realize the full ability of the device. Time after time, people are astonished that it is also an iPod when I show them. Then their continued astonishment to find a full safari web browser albeit without flash, a video player, email, a camera, google maps, calendar, weather, and youtube.

Most seem to know about the maps thought probably due to the commercials, but the rest is a mystery. Thus, as my opening question asks, is it even plausible that other companies are scampering to include more features into their phones? The RAZR2, Motorola's latest phone, for instance pales in comparison to the iPhone. So it is true that there are all cellphones and then the iPhone in its own catagory, but people at large seem to not take notice.

One reason seems to be AT&T lockdown, although this too comes as a surprise to some. I believe the biggest reason is there is no perceived need for a device to perform all of the functions the iPhone offers. This changes the moment you use an iPhone, but gadget freaks, early adopters, and mac fans aside there doesn't seem to be a great desire among the general populace to want to go demo an iPhone. The commercials can only provide so much information. A hands-on experience is what sells people now. All of the people that watched all of the Steve Jobs speeches, check Digg.com on an hourly basis, and the rest of the mac die-hard fans that were going to buy the phone the day it was released without having such a hands on enlightening experience already have done just that. They are proud iPhone owners. Thats all done with. Apple's focus needs to be on targeting the market that doesn't understand how revolutionary this device is. Until the majority of consumers adopt this understanding no other cellphone manufacturers will go out of their way to try to release a phone with actual comparable features. A mediocre offering from other companies doesn't matter as long as there is an offering of a new model. Consumers won't compare nor will they laugh at featureless renditions of old models. Consumers simply believe all devices are only as good as their release date. Likewise they tend to assume that devices whose release dates are relatively the same to be of equal value and feature-set. Things need to change.

[Dipstah @ Sep 11th 2007 10:02AM]

hook em up :)

[Jason B @ Sep 11th 2007 10:30AM]

UNLOCK MY IPHONEEEEE PLEASEEEE :)

[martin @ Sep 11th 2007 12:20PM]

need it to run my iphone in switzerland!

[jkardach @ Sep 11th 2007 2:23PM]

for an unlocked iphone.

[JayC @ Sep 10th 2007 3:36PM]

How long before this is available to the masses?

[durshoe @ Sep 10th 2007 3:37PM]

i want this real bad

[Tom Bielecki @ Sep 11th 2007 12:53AM]

I love you Engadget!
an unlock would be greeeat