I've just bought a 16gb 3g iphone from lowyat plaza. The salesman said that its officially unlocked from singtell. Went home, checked the model number, it's MB496T (Italy?) instead of the ZA/A used for Singaporean iPhones. Is my iPhone officially unlocked or have I been conned?

Anyways, I tried syncing it to my itunes, but this message popped up:
An iPhone has been detected, but it could not be identified properly. Please disconnect and reconnect the iPhone, then try again.

As many times as I tried reconnecting it, the same message popped up.

Help, anyone?
Thanks.

Well, they SAID that it was an officially unlocked unit from Singapore. Since most units I see here are priced around 3k, I thought it was quite a deal since they didn't charge the usual 2% extra credit card charge.

@beavis: I've already inserted my maxis card. I can use it normally, made calls, sent SMSes.

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Added on November 23, 2008, 10:46 pm@malayneum: No, between the samsung and sony ericsson shops, there is like, a place where there are lots of booths. Bought it at one of the booths there. I'm at campus right now, my receipt is at home, can't check the company name.