iPhoneSIMfree goes retail, let the unlocking begin
By Evan Blass 
posted September 10th 2007 9:55AM
posted September 10th 2007 9:55AM
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It's only about $80 over priced.
I was thinking somewhere around $25... $99 is just bad...
"It's only about [$99] over priced."
fixed
That's what you suckers get for giving into something that looks sexy but doesn't do shit.
That's what you suckers get for giving into something that looks sexy but doesn't do anything. Bow before my HTC Kaiser.
WOW, Great news! to start a day with... Luv u IPSF
I kinda assumed that iPhone4arab would be charging no less then a car...
THAN != THEN - tell a friend.
he knows
...at that price they must be concerned this fix will be in the wild (for free) rather soon.
Is this the reason why apple reduced their price on the iPhone??? Do you think they should cooperate with Apple and allow the additions of this features into the Apple's accessories list. $399+99 = $498. Quite cheap compared to the $599 on AT&T. Apple should start selling abroad so that people don't have to order their friends or pay for high postage fees. The news of the week was: http://www.gadget9.com/2007/09/06/apple-update-iphone-8gb-for-399/
i think their little deal of exclusivity with at&t would somewhat suffer if they sold it unlocked.
it's intentionally exclusive. the simlock is intentional(of course, duh. one could argue that exclusivity was a stupid choice but we can't know that without knowing the entire deal between at&t and apple, like if they get any subs from the subs).
it won't be long before.. a few get together... pay $ .. then get the unlock... hack it .. and release it free...
The ultimate irony...a hack of a hack
as soon as we get the app out in the open the reverse engineering will begin. hackers to your terminals.
i'm not paying $100 for this today.
I can't wait for all the reports of people who tried to use the free version and ended up with an expensive paper weight. But I'm just a bad person so whatever :p.
Use ur $100 Apple discount ;)
yahh, cuz Apple is going to be selling the unlock at its stores... right.
Joke.... Laugh a little?
Well actully, you could by it with Apples money. Sort of. The money that got refunded by Apple (When the price dropped) could be used to unlock. But, it's actully your money, but in a way, you could say it was Apple's money.
Awesome news, but come on... $100?! That's pure profit! Just add it to my list of expenses...
I know that these guys put a lot of time into this, so it's not "pure profit" at all - they're earning money for the time they spent. But anyway, what's wrong with profit?
Pure profit?!?
Does that mean all software license fees are pure profit... Man, that photoshop is overpriced - look at all that pure profit the developers are making...
Considering that most of the work was done for them for free by other individuals (iphone dev/hack teams), I'd say yeah, it's basically pure profit.
Absolutely. This is daylight robbery, and ethically highly dubious for many reasons.
I believe bulk pricing for the licenses was between 25-35 a pop depending on the number ordered, so if they turn it around and sell for $100, they're gouging you. That's a 300-400% markup.
Do they accept apple GiftCards ?
$100 for an unlock? wouldnt it be better to pay my $175 cancelation then collect At&t's $25 transfer rebate? fifty dollars more and i dont have to worry about updates shipping or using this on a different network.
Aaron, what transfer rebate? I just switched from Tmobile to ATT, I didnt know about a transfer rebate?
That comment is GOLD!!!! Best laugh of the morning.
iphoneworldwideunlock is selling them for just $50 they are the first in list engadget do a litle research :S!
$50 *only*???
As someone stated before its well over priced.
Well, maybe, but im in mexico and for now i only have an overprized and fat 8gig ipod touch... for 50dls the only cellphone i can get is a motorola f3 so i think its a good deal ( apple is selling the cellphone function for 100 dls :) ipodtouch 8gig + 100dls = iphone8gig)
Do I hear $40?!!!
I just got my Iphone last night. Connected and activated it this morning to ATT and as much as it hurst, paid the 400 etf for Tmobile for two phones. I'd rather have full support from Apple and ATT and be covered by warranty and be able to freely update my phone without any issues. I'd rather not live on the wild side on this one. But for all of the others Overseas, more power to you guys.
That was pretty stupid. You could have activated with a pay as you go plan, should have done your research.
And paid for two phone plans for 14 months, that would have been stupider.
Come to realize it, I should have waited a bit longer. But being that Apple made their 1 million mark today, I'm sure the 4gb Iphones would have left the store shelves fairly quickly. Oh well, life goes on.
Well, just bought this at two different retailers. No news from them yet.
Is this just another pre-order or are people going to see an unlocked iPhone today? So far it just looks like another pretty website and alot of Add to cart buttons. =)
From what i can see it looks like its a preorder with the website waiting for at least 1000 - 1500 orders before buying bulk licences from the original guys. They'll prob start unlocking within 48 hours
I don't care who you are or how much you want an unlocked iPhone, if you pay ANYTHING for a software unlock, you're an IDIOT... and I am going to laugh out loud when this purchase comes back to bite you in the arse, one way or another.
Rank me low for being such a pessimistic "hater," but even THEY admit that it's a possible FAIL:
"We CANNOT guarantee that this software will work after any future updates for the iPhone. It does currently work on all firmware versions, up to and including, 1.02
We will naturally try to provide our resellers an updated version of our software for each firmware update, it is in our interest, but we do NOT guarantee that we will be able to do so. All updates will be free."
$100?
hahahaha, you're kidding, right?
At this point, the people who get hurt by the hack getting hacked are the guys who purchased bulk licenses. But I guess that's the cost of doing business.
Wow, $100 ???
You must be out of your mind.
And what's their warranty that you'd get free updates when Apple slams the door on this hack???
NADA, NOTHING, ZIPPO.
Come on. If you're itching to get rid of $100, I can give you my PayPal account info so you can send me that Benjamin you're dying to throw down the shredder.
so people are supposed to pony up 100 for something they arent sure even works?
nice
a unlock on this phone does what for the us, lets you switch to tmobile.... not too tempting.
100$ for a hacking software!!! This is quite expensive!!! Wait and see for a free version!! ;-)
isnt it obvious that future iPhone updates will somehow cripple unlocked phones.
You just know this is Steve Jobs gettign his $100 coupons back :)