“Much to our amazement, we noticed today that PureMobile.com, a online cell phone retailer, is touting unlocked iPhones on its Web site,” Kent German blogs for CNET.
“Uh, excuse me? An unlocked iPhone that you could use on T-Mobile or any other GSM carrier? Needless to say, that blows the conventional wisdom out of the water. Not only would an unlocked version let too much control of the iPhone out of Apple’s hands, but also we can’t imagine that AT&T would be too happy with it, either,” German writes.
“We’re thoroughly skeptical that this is for real. PureMobile (a certified CNET retailer) was closed for the day at 3 p.m. Pacific time, so we couldn’t verify any other details. As such, we advise you to take care before plunking down any cash. Also, it’s important to note that an unlocked iPhone will be subject to the same peculiarities as all unlocked phones. You should be able to make calls without any problems, but without any carrier Internet settings, data features won’t work out of the box,” German writes.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Mr. Peabody” for the heads up.]