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iPhone hacked, new contract no longer required

news article released on: 19 July, 2007

Phone hackers have found a way to unlock the popular Apple iPhone, less than a month after the phone hit retail stores. Currently, the iPhone is unusable without a new 2 year contract with AT&T which costs consumers a minimum of $1400 USD by the time it is over. A group by the name of iPhone Dev Wiki has found a way to unlock the device so it can be used with any AT&T/Cingular SIM card ...

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#1 19 Jul 2007 @ 16:32
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that will save alot of money.
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#2 19 Jul 2007 @ 16:51
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So the hack lets you use the phone without a contract...but the phone is $1400??!!

Nonsense.
#3 19 Jul 2007 @ 16:57
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ummm limelight no
the NEW contract required to activate the iPhone would cost the consumer 1400 after 2 years
the iPhones costs $500 and $600
so this way you can use an iPhone with your current service account..
pretty sweet for ATT customers
#4 19 Jul 2007 @ 17:44
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Yeah, but it's still an Apple...
#5 19 Jul 2007 @ 18:17
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Can the iphone be use with T-mobile now?
#6 19 Jul 2007 @ 18:23
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no not yet but i dont think it will be too long
#7 20 Jul 2007 @ 3:25
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1400 for 2 years

That's 58.33 a month

Not all that bad.
#8 20 Jul 2007 @ 4:24
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taylor30 (Member) 20 July 2007 7:25
1400 for 2 years

That's 58.33 a month

Not all that bad.

That is for the very minimum service package. The majority of people will actually be paying much more then that if they intent to utilize all the features.
#9 20 Jul 2007 @ 4:52
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I would like to interrupt and say that this is a very negative move indeed for the Apple engineers who so lovingly craft the items we endear so close to our hearts and ears. As one Apple engineer once stated,

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This generation of wanna-be hackers and crackers is ruining the integrity of the computing industry. Their actions detract from corporate pursuits to the point where the sum of their activities spells catastrophic disaster for those involved.
Let's issue a call-to-arms, throw down the gauntlet, and make a personal vow to ourselves. Repeat after me:

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As a member of Afterdawn, I solemnly swear to preserve, protect, and defend the economic and intellectual pursuits of corporate America in an effort to preserve what is good and demolish what is morally evil, Amen.
I leave you with the words of General Douglas MacArthur, a good friend and comrade I once shook hands with on the battlefield:

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We are bound no longer by the straitjacket of the past and nowhere is the change greater than in our profession of arms. What, you may well ask, will be the end of all of this? I would not know! But I would hope that our beloved country will drink deep from the chalice of courage.
I invite all of you to drink from this chalice; it appears that Afterdawn's members think it cool to "hack" and "crack", and you badly need a remedy.
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#10 20 Jul 2007 @ 8:08
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Hey whitechoc, what's the difference if people are still buying the iPhone? It's not like anyone here is getting it for FREE. What is merely stated is that you can take your current sim, for instance like the one in my RAZR and use it with an iPhone without getting scammed into the larger data packages that AT&T sells. I don't see what your fuss is. Apple still makes revenue from iTunes and AT&T from the monthly cellular usage. How is that ruining the economics of either company?
#11 20 Jul 2007 @ 8:59
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As a member of Afterdawn, I solemnly swear to preserve, protect, and defend the economic and intellectual pursuits of corporate America in an effort to preserve what is good and demolish what is morally evil, Amen.

Dude, this was over the top and really ugly. Don't make me start to guess which company's payroll you're on. :/
#12 20 Jul 2007 @ 9:35
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I am SURE you must have your tongue FIRMLY planted in cheek......

Personally I feel sorry for those that bought this silly phone under any circumstances. Until it is totally unlocked it ONLY works in the USA (unless you think $2/minute for a local call not being screwed), It doesn't support video calls, it is GROSSLY over priced, and will be worth $200 on Craigslist when the next version arrives....but those with it locked will be stuck....
#13 20 Jul 2007 @ 11:07
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haha that guy whitechoc is a dumbass , keep up the hacking!
#14 20 Jul 2007 @ 11:30
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Originally posted by diableria:
 haha that guy whitechoc is a dumbass , keep up the hacking!

Ha Ha Ha LOFL!!! Yeah, Whitechoc or whatever your name is. You are probably a dumbass who bought the phone and is all into that legal crap. Probably on Sony's or Microsoft's Payroll kid!! Keep up the hacking this will bring them to their knees and drop the price on this dumb phone!!
#15 20 Jul 2007 @ 12:04
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good job
#16 20 Jul 2007 @ 12:11
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agreed... whitechoc is a complete idiot. i mean not only is his opinion completely whacked out, but hes also just objectively wrong. What he says doesnt even make any sense.

as for the iphone.. i think its great. This is the first phone of this type to be out on the market. It has created a new market for higher end phones, and hopefully it sells more than apple could have dreamed. The reason i route for the iphone isnt because i like the iphone, but because i know companies will eventually have to compete and create better products, which might even be cheaper.
#17 20 Jul 2007 @ 12:49
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Hey whitechoc, rember me.
I knew i would find your trolling ass in another post sonner or later.
People just ingore him, he just got his ass owned in another posting and left.
But hey whitechoc, keep it up and sooner or later you will be BANNED!!!

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#18 20 Jul 2007 @ 13:15
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but it is still gonna take awhile for them to fully hack the iphone and let other ppl use that hack to unlock their iphones
btw can u buy the iphone without a contract from AT&T ???

also would your current contract on a different phone be able to unlock all the features on the iphone i think somebody mentioned that u have to pay more to have more features enabled isn't that right??
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#19 20 Jul 2007 @ 14:15
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Dont pay any attention to whitechoc, nothing more then a forum troll aiming to piss everybody off.

/me runs and tells ddp

#20 20 Jul 2007 @ 14:19
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Originally posted by diableria:
 haha that guy whitechoc is a dumbass , keep up the hacking!

Ha Ha Ha LOFL!!! Yeah, Whitechoc or whatever your name is. You are probably a dumbass who bought the phone and is all into that legal crap. Probably on Sony's or Microsoft's Payroll kid!! Keep up the hacking this will bring them to their knees and drop the price on this dumb phone!!

AAARRRGGGHH! he's obviously joking! people don't use the word 'demonish' without tongue in cheek.
#21 20 Jul 2007 @ 14:29
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same kinda talk after original razr v3 came out ...I got mine from Cingular ...had the video "crippled" ...what a bummer!! ...took me coupla days to find a monsterpack and now has video (for which, I paid the price of the hardware) ...and lots of other features motorola put in it and cingular took out ...and you complain about hacking!! ...it's the sellers of "air" that are the truely criminal hackers disabling what we ponied up for in the first place!!
#22 20 Jul 2007 @ 14:32
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furthermore, if some guy wantsta blend his ifone, so... once you own the chevy, nobody has the say over what kinda tires you put on it or whether you stick a bobblehead on the dash ...jeeez!!
#23 20 Jul 2007 @ 14:36
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I assumed he was cleverly pulling our legs.....if he was he may have lost faith in the sense of humor and sarcasm of webkind....
#24 20 Jul 2007 @ 14:37
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...hey, how long you think its gunna be til iASign gets hacked anyhow ...now it's $1400, later it's up on eBay for $15 (s/h included) ...giv'em time!!
#25 20 Jul 2007 @ 14:56
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The last time i checked, this forums was entitled "News Comments", so let's knock off the silly comments


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