Wish

iTrader: (2)

Seen a iPhone on ebay close to me, so can collect in person, thats UNLOCKED . Now I dont mind paying £260 /£300 for one thats unlocked and can be used on my Vodafone network, as I dont want to move to 02 and pay £35 per month.

What will the draw backs be on buying one UNlocked ?? Will everything work ? I dont go on the net much, but would use it wireless from work and out and about.


Any help would be great

JackClark

No visual voicemail, pretty sure everything else works as designed.

JackClark

I should mention the lack of support from your service provider.

jowl

Limited Data allowance? Depends what contract you're on I guess

Wish

iTrader: (2)

I wouldnt use it gor data ... I would only connect through wifi

Rae

had my iphone for a few months now bourght from the usa and unlocked it via dev team/dvd johns site , everythings ok except voicemail as mentioned and on mine youtube but thats just me being lazy and not sorting it out . personally the phone looks good but lacks stuff like decent camera no video ,slow browser ,
depends what you want it for looks yes its cool but a touch on the large size .

have a look here Hackint0sh - Powered by vBulletin should find most of any questions answered in the i phone section

cdfracing

Was thinking about one of these unlocked ones from the US today , will it work ok on my 02 network?? apart from voicemail etc ..... I asked 02 and they said I would have to call them??

chris

Dracoro

Oh, and if you update the software, it gets fooked.

No doubt hackers will sort this, then Apple find a way to re-break it and so on and on.

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

The Iphone uses EDGE technology so you shouldnt have any problems with using it on another network, the downside is you have absolutely no warranty/support if it goes wrong, so your basically throwing your money away, plus its only a 2.5g phone, though its pretty good, if you didnt want the phone part then Apple are releasing something that does pretty much everything else in the near future i believe

Tony

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

It may be an older software version and you would probably need to amend your contract to suit one of the 3 pricing tarifs

boxst

Hello

They already have: The Ipod Touch. I haven't had an Ipod before, but I have to say this is great (helped by the fact I didn't pay for it!), I can download TV shows I missed and then watch them when I'm bored.

Steve

Nash_Impreza

Unlocking the IPHONE then running the latest firmware update will render your phone useless :-
BBC NEWS | Technology | Apple iPhone warning proves true

Markus

It is true that as with all previous updates, if you are unlocked and upgrade to 1.1.2, then your iPhone will need to be re-activated and unlocked, and at present there isn't an updated unlock application, but I'm sure it'll be here soon.

TonyBurns

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It should be up to 1.1.3 on the new phones from O2 now

Markus

Really? From what I can see, the latest worldwide firmware for the iPhone and iPod Touch is 1.1.2, which was released on Friday via a manual download, but is now available via iTunes.

JackClark

UK version has different firmware for the modem, this should be cracked soon.

RichB

can you do voice calls over iChat on it? or Skype?

Markus

No, I don't think you can do either.

corradoboy

I had a little play on one of these babies today in an O2 store and boy is it a slick bit of kit. Even the missuse was impressed with its fantastic GUI and stylish operation, and she hasn't a clue about any technology. Within seconds I had logged into SNet and checked my UCP, a few seconds later I was watching a YouTube video of Pete Higham (SMACS) on track at the last Blyton day I ran Viewed a few pics and showed her the zoom/scroll features, then left a pic of my newborn son on it for everyone else to see I have never paid for a phone, and manage to run a business and do my personal stuff on £10 of PAYG credit a month, but I am seriously tempted to plunder one of these. I'll probably wait until the next update though for more storage and any additional features, and maybe the price will drop a little after the initial hysteria fades.

RichB

I just can't get over the fact it's going to cost £900 over 18 months.
Added to that the fact it's not 3G and only got 8gb when the iTouch has 16gb means it's a no go for me.
They are very good though.