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.

Got it for 3.2k. together with loads of apps that they put in. So the message is typical for locked sets?

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.

This post has been edited by crescence: Nov 23 2008, 10:46 PM

@nokia2003: I'm in campus in Semenyih.

This post has been edited by crescence: Nov 23 2008, 10:49 PM

@beavis68: They put my simcard in themselves, but i took out my sim, and there are no attachments to it.

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Added on November 23, 2008, 10:54 pm@nokia2003: Read through the thread, but I still do not know how to check that my iPhone is oficially unlocked.

This post has been edited by crescence: Nov 23 2008, 10:54 PM

@nokia2003: Hahahaha yup. Nottingham. TTDI? Might think about it. Anyways, no way to find out through the information I gave?

Will you be able to find out what's the problem if you take a look at it?

Hahaha. Yup, I know I'm guilty of that. I bought it on impulse.

@jaybee: The usual price I see here is around 3k-3.1k. The salesman said that he'll install 5 pages worth of apps for an extra 100. The phone alone is actually 3.1k. I thought it was okay.

Anyways, I'm going to go back to the shop to ask the salesman.