You know how we showed you that Apple were selling unlocked iPhones in Hong Kong? Not happening in Australia.
According to Fran Foo over at Australian IT, Apple are more than happy with the relationship they have offering the phone through Telstra, Optus, Virgin and Vodafone.
So if you do want an unlocked iPhone, you still have to pony up the cash to one of the carriers before you can unlock it (for a fee) so that it will work with any carrier. Or you could just jailbreak the thing and be done with it – whatever you want…
mr-crash
Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 3:38 PMThis is a shame. I actually want one now that my old phone is dying :(
Don’t want a contract with a current carrier (work pays my phone bill but not the handset).
Optus doesn’t even do them prepaid anymore.
Do any of the carriers have a cheap contract break fee?
adamskee
Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 7:34 PMyou say to jailbreak it….but jailbreaking your iphone does not unlock it, it just means you can run more apps and not have to go through the itunes store
dischucker
Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 7:45 PMJailbreaking is not the same as unlocking… AFAIK there is still no (unofficial) software unlock for the 3G iPhone (SIM card mods work).
Michael
Friday, October 3, 2008 at 8:21 AM“Apple are more than happy with the relationship they have offering the phone through Telstra, Optus, Virgin and Vodafone.”
Why do I get the mental picture of an Ostrich with it’s head stuck in the sand???
Cam
Friday, October 3, 2008 at 9:15 AMGod i just hate Apple for this. It is quite a nice product and i would just like the oppertunity to actually purchase it. But they simply can’t offer that.
At least with it being sold outright in HK we will start to see an influx on eBay. Considering everything that is sold on eBay comes from HK!