250,000 iPhones Sold to Unlockers?

Most likely total sold minus phones that have not been activated after 2 weeks of purchase or something to that effect.

I had no idea that people hated at&t that much...

I had no idea that people hated at&t that much...

it's not just hating att, because there are quite a few that have made it over here, and quite a few other non-us territories.

Hopefully this will make Apple sit up and take notice. People want the iPhone and they want it now. They dont want to be locked into a network and well, they should just release an unlocked version and be done with it.

The fact that there are 250k unlocked phones and there and forums around the world have these people posting their thoughts and experiences and confirming the networks that it will work on is great and free market research and field testing for Apple.

They think they know whats best for people but 17% of all iPhone sales tell a very different story. Apple really needs to sit up and take notice.

I had no idea that people hated at&t that much...

Or that there is no AT&T where they live :rolleyes: But its interesting here in Costa Rica there are a couple of idiots making profit for unlocking iPhones they charge 750-900$ a piece :eek: I just hope that they cannot unlock 1.1.1 and loose their money; unlocked ones to individuals or people who do not make profit should be OK but guys like the ones Im telling just make me sick, they see it at a business not a give me 5$ and I'll unlock it, but instead I'll sell you one for 900$

-Victor

Hopefully this will make Apple sit up and take notice. People want the iPhone and they want it now. They dont want to be locked into a network and well, they should just release an unlocked version and be done with it.

The fact that there are 250k unlocked phones and there and forums around the world have these people posting their thoughts and experiences and confirming the networks that it will work on is great and free market research and field testing for Apple.

They think they know whats best for people but 17% of all iPhone sales tell a very different story. Apple really needs to sit up and take notice.

They also know what's good for their wallets and the revenue they get from these exclusive deals with O2, Orange, T-Mobile, the new AT&T etc. are really good for Apple as they allow them to make money long after the phone has shipped.

Now i can see why Apple is Trying so hard to lock the phones and make people move over to ATT to use them ...

average iphone plan = $90/month
Apple makes %30 of that ?? (right?)

90*24(months)*.3*250,000 = $162,000,000

it's not just hating att, because there are quite a few that have made it over here, and quite a few other non-us territories.

Yeah, I saw one up in Toronto Canada last Friday. And no it was not an iPod touch, I know the difference.

I had no idea that people hated at&t that much...

I would use it with ATT if I could, the problem is that there is no ATT over here.

Hey, I by myself represent 3 out of those 250,000 phones.

And I don't even live in the U.S. but I use them quite well here in Israel :D.

Free the iPhone!