Originally Posted by
Thrush
Be lucky! Unless you are going to use it with an o2 simcard, a UK model won't work for you. Nor will a US. Or one from virtually any other country!
The only ones that work with any sim/network are from either Hong kong, Italy, and Greece (and they aren't sold in greece yet) Reasons for this is these are the ONLY places Apple have allowed network unlocked iPhones to be sold.But getting one off-line is another matter altogether! I *think* you can get em from Italy, but they aren't cheap - 500euro's for the 8gb, more for the 16gb!
I've researched it somewhat as I really want one, but don't want to go with o2, am tied into a T-Mobile contract for another 16mths, and don't want to change my number.....
What aload of crap that was. You can software unlock them for any contract for free!
It's only the 3G iphones that don't have a software unlock as of yet. Although there is a hardware unlock.
As for a cheap iPhone you can probably get a secondhand 2G 8GB from America for £170.