iPhone Unlocked?

http://www.theage.com.au/news/iphone...162905140.html

It says in part...

"A Brazilian company is claiming to be the first to have found a way to unlock
Apple's new iPhone 3G, getting around restrictions that require users to sign up
for calling plans with exclusive carriers"

If the only way that you can buy it is on a plan through a telco reseller, what
would this do?

Or can you buy it outright and then go onto a plan? I don't understand how this
works in relation to this mob's claim.


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Snapper <snapper1@y7mail.com.invalid> wrote

> http://www.theage.com.au/news/iphone...162905140.html

> It says in part...

> "A Brazilian company is claiming to be the first to have found a way
> to unlock Apple's new iPhone 3G, getting around restrictions that
> require users to sign up for calling plans with exclusive carriers"

> If the only way that you can buy it is on a plan

It isnt, its sold as prepaid too.

> through a telco reseller,

It doesnt have to be a reseller, it can be the telco itself.

> what would this do?

Let you use the phone any way you like.

> Or can you buy it outright and then go onto a plan?

Yep, but that isnt obviously going to be the cheapest way to get the iphone.

> I don't understand how this works in relation to this mob's claim.