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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Phones

$US800 Gets You a Never-Locked Overseas iPhone From Buy.com

8:11AM Jason Chen | Buy.com seems to be buying iPhones from foreign countries where it hasn’t been locked down to a specific carrier, then selling them in the US for $US800. More »
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Sunday, December 7, 2008
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SIM- and Hardware-Unlocked G1 Available to Developers (or You) for $400

12:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | The Android Dev Phone 1, a totally unlocked G1, is available to “developers” for only $US399 after paying a small setup fee. Just register as a developer over at the Android Market and the phone is yours. More »
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Thursday, October 2, 2008
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Apple Not Selling Unlocked iPhones In Australia

3:30PM Nick Broughall | 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… [Australian IT] More »
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Friday, September 26, 2008
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Officially Unlocked iPhones On Sale at Hong Kong Apple Store

6:47PM Kit Eaton | Check out the Hong Kong Apple store online and you’ll see a couple of lines of text that’ll tempt, tease and beguile you if you’re dreaming of an unlocked iPhone 3G: “iPhone 3G purchased at the Apple Online Store can be activated with any wireless carrier. Simply insert the SIM from your current phone into iPhone 3G and connect to iTunes 8 to complete activation.” About $US700 will get you an unlocked 8GB version, and the 16GB is just $US800. Handy for the dev team, no doubt. [Hong Kong Apple Store via Slashphone] More »
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