Unlocked iphones are now in the UK
| Posted by ed | July 7th, 2007 | Technology, News
It’s taken a few days but the first unlocked iPhones are appearing in the UK.
Yesterday, The Register reported a UK firm was successfully unlocking the iphone to work within the UK and soon plan to release their software for around $50.
John McLaughlin, founder of Uniquephones, told IDG that his software engineers were working “around the clock” in order to bypass Apple’s restriction that ties activation of the iPhone to signing up to a two-year contract with AT&T.
Uniquephones said it is “almost ready” to release a public beta of iPhone unlocking software. It claims the pre-release technology is already able to unlock 75 per cent of all the iPhones it has tested using unlock codes generated from the phones’ IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) numbers.
The first few unlocked iphones are filtering through to ebay, starting prices from £300!
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