iPhone unlocked: AT&T loses iPhone exclusivity (works in India now)

[aryayush]

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/08/iphone-unlocked-01.jpg

It's high noon, Apple and AT&T -- we really hate to break it to you, but the jig is up. Last night the impossible was made possible: right in front of our very eyes we witnessed a full SIM unlock of our iPhone with a small piece of software. It's all over, guys.

The iPhoneSIMfree.com (http://www.iphonesimfree.com/) team called us up to prove their claim (http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/08/22/iphone-software-unlock-promised-within-48-hours/) that they cracked Apple's iPhone SIM lock system, and prove it they did. (No, we don't have a copy of the unlock software, so don't even ask us, ok?) The six-man team has been working non-stop since launch day, and they're officially the first to break Apple's SIM locks on the iPhone. It's done. Seriously. They wouldn't tell us when and how they would release it to the public, but you can certainly bet that they'll try to make a buck on their solution (and rightly so). We can hardly believe the iPhone's finally been cracked. No, scratch that -- we just can't believe it took this long.

Again: we can confirm with 100% certainty that iPhoneSIMfree.com's software solution completely SIM unlocks the iPhone, is restore-resistant, and should make the iPhone fully functional for users outside of the US. Read on (http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/iphone-unlocked-atandt-loses-iphone-exclusivity-august-24-2007/) for details and links to our video, and check out the gallery of images (http://www.engadget.com/photos/iphone-unlocked/) below.

[Via Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/iphone-unlocked-atandt-loses-iphone-exclusivity-august-24-2007/)]


The deed is done. God! I so wish I'd asked my sister to buy me an iPhone instead of that Panasonic camera. :p

[Gigacore]

nice post.

[ratedrsuperstar]

gr8 news but don't xpect any customer support from apple so their batteries better be good

[Pathik]

Great !! So arya so wat r ur iPhone plans? Getting 1?

[sandeepk]

Great News!!! Thanks for sharing.

[gx_saurav]

Unlocked or not the phone still lacks compelling features compared to W960i :p

[readermaniax]

@aryayush..
Upload Pics On Maxupload..
Nice Newz ANywayy

[din]

Cool, thats a really great. Thanks for posting the news man.

[aryayush]

Great !! So arya so wat r ur iPhone plans? Getting 1?Naah. I only buy original stuff. One of the best things about buying an Apple product is the world class customer service. I wouldn't want to lose that. :)

@aryayush..
Upload Pics On Maxupload..Which pics? Everything that needs to be seen is in the title pic itself. The iPhone is running on a T-Mobile SIM card, has 100% coverage and even has native third party applications installed and available from the home screen itself. :)

[gsoul2soul]

iPhone is not exclusive... he he he we have "I Clone"... YES !!! Chinese are out !!


http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/e7e48a137b144110vgnvcm1000004eecbccdrcrd.html

Well read the article!!! I loved the part where they talk about "Chinese rip off cars" :D... one of them is an exact copy of Mercedes "C-class" ... and it's called :D "Geely Meerie"

he he he

[goobimama]

Why did this have to happen! Now I'll be tempted to get one of these...

[Charan]

@gsoul2soul thats a cool Link :D

Excuse me .. I just read this

Apple secures Europe iPhone revenue deals
Apple has succeeded in committing European mobile phone operators that want exclusively to sell its new iPhone to share parts of their revenues with the technology group.

The contract, which was signed by three European mobile operators in recent days, requires that the operators hand over to Apple 10 per cent of the revenues made from calls and data transfers by customers over iPhones.

The contract was signed by T-Mobile of Germany, Orange of France and O2 in the UK, people familiar with the situation told FT Deutschland, the Financial Times’s sister paper.

The operators are set officially to announce the partnerships at the IFA trade fair in Berlin at the end of August.

T-Mobile, Orange and O2 declined to comment on Tuesday.

Link (http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/17aa89d0-500b-11dc-a6b0-0000779fd2ac.html)

[BBThumbHealer]

Once again , Apple Products witness a lapse in security ! :)

[nepcker]

Apple's Stock just went up. iPhone sales should now triple!!!

(Rumour has it that Apple gets 10% of the subscription price, so Apple will probably care.)

[24online]

Once again , Apple Products witness a lapse in security ! :)

not only apple, all branded phones can be unlock & technologies. can be cracked....only needs good electronics and software knowledge...
:D

[iMav]

^^ the emphasis is on apple

[ax3]

cool news 2 us & bad news 2 APPLE ...........

[aryayush]

Hardly. As long as they are selling more iPhones, who cares for that ten percent anyway! :p

[pra_2006]

wow man thats really great news i am now gonna buy it

[infra_red_dude]

i think its bad on apple's part to demand a kinda royalty from the operators! either release it there or don't and how foolish can the operators get by signing the contract??!!!

[Pathik]

^^ how does it matter to the operators??? they must have accounted for all that wen creating the contract with apple..

[Drizzling Blur]

Neat :)

[goobimama]

i think its bad on apple's part to demand a kinda royalty from the operators! either release it there or don't and how foolish can the operators get by signing the contract??!!!
Well if Apple agrees to let the iPhone be exclusive to AT&T, they will get many new connections over to AT&T. And since AT&T is the only service provider for the iPhone, Apple will lose out on some potential customers who want other services. So its a give and take relationship...

[iMav]

but out there its rather easy as they have number portability so as long as some1 is really pissed at AT&T will go for it if he is foolish enough hat is :D

[hailgautam]

ok what you call that thing ~snip~

[freshseasons]

So does this essentially mean that we will be soon seeing th iPhone in Heera Pannas and other Grey market.

[gx_saurav]

Well if Apple agrees to let the iPhone be exclusive to AT&T, they will get many new connections over to AT&T. And since AT&T is the only service provider for the iPhone, Apple will lose out on some potential customers who want other services. So its a give and take relationship...

iPhone is AT&T Exclusive for 5 years. All part of the jobs world domination plan :D

[aryayush]

So does this essentially mean that we will be soon seeing th iPhone in Heera Pannas and other Grey market.Certainly looks like it.