Democratic bill could force Apple, AT&T to unlock iPhone

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Because i'm in Malaysia i want this to happen! maybe everywhere in the world will follow the trend.

But its not gonna happen anytime in the near future if it does at all... sigh oh well. created a little spark of hope.

and when it comes unlocked, it really does cost a fortune.

take example of Germany unlocked iPhone. it costs around RM4xxx. and for France it's around RM3xxx. but it is not really unlocked afterall (still country-locked)

mmm...also the article that u read is concerning bout Apple US and AT&T decision to stay locking the iPhone to the network, while France's Orange and Germany's T-Mobile already opened up its offering (but with price of premium for the unlocked ones).

mmm...iphone in malaysia? still a mystery. but hope it will arrive finally.

but actually the steep price of unlocked iPhone still justifies the product, IMHO. some people like to use another telco, so basically they r paying more for their freedom.

Until the actual Apple Store open-up in Malaysia, I think it won't happened (iPhone coming to M'sia Land).

yes! please pass the bill.

and i hope the japanese gov do the same thing!

In the US maybe lah.
But in Japan, I don't think so... at least not in the near future.
Japanese handphones are 'very very heavily' subsidised
by the respective telcos...Still have to pay a bit lah, but
they are virtually free to the consumers. Japanese ppl are
used to this concept already.
I don't think the regular consumer in japan will accept
the idea of forking lotsa money for an unlocked phone.

yup, they implement the same marketing way of mobile phone as on US, or maybe further than that. but unlike US, cell networks in Japan is far more superior thus leaving very small portion of service dissatisfaction. thus they don't really have any issue on being tied to any network. what counts is network usability (and of course more value for money). so i also doubt that japanese will buy unlocked phone that costs lot more higher than the locked ones.

This post has been edited by LaskarCinta: Feb 28 2008, 09:56 AM

Yeah lor.... and it seems iPhone doesn't support
Docomo's highly successful iMode. So..... dunno
how they are getting around that lah.

btw i'm the 1 who ask them to close the thread, dude

Question is, if you want an Apple-unlocked iPhone with full warranty and aftersale support, are you willing to pay for it? The only reason i see why it sells like hot cakes here is because it is priced attractively at RM1400 after conversion. And it is priced that way because it is partly subsidized by AT&T and you're supposed to sign a cellphone plan with them.

Watch as those who wanted an iPhone officially here whine yet again, when Apple releases it here unlocked at RM4000-5000. There's never satisfying people nowadays.

i thought to use phone in japan, you need 3G right? and iphone doesnt support 3G.

Ya, i agree with you..it will surely become expensive when they start to selling an officially unlocked version of Iphone, but i dun think it will up till 4000 to 5000, its price will be the same as laptop lol.. ....i think somehow it will be around 2500 to 3500, just like nokia e90 and those high end phone...

p/s: i consider iphone as a high end gadget since it fully touch screen,(eventhough there screen touch phone like HTC touch....and around rm2.5k to 3.5k is still considered expensive.. huhuhuhu..

t-mobile officially unlocked iPhone does cost around RM4xxx, and yet it's still country locked (germany).
but the price around 3xxx is still a possibility. btw no one except Apple can tell how much the price will be.

This post has been edited by LaskarCinta: Mar 30 2008, 12:00 AM