It’s been a year since Apple introduced the very first version of the iPhone. My own iPhone is about 4 months old. It’s still in good shape and I love it more than any other Apple product and phone on the market (and MP3 player).
iPhone is exclusively distributed by T-Mobile in Germany. During the time the first iPhone was available in Germany, the prices were way to high. By now, the prices are in the range of that of the other countries. Though, the prices back then forced me to get an iPhone via eBay and get it jailbreaked (and unlocked). It worked quite well as the tools were there already and I didn’t experience any problems.
A unlocked 3G iPhone??? Don’t think so…
Although it’s just 2 days after the iPhone 3G launch, I have a feeling that the jailbreaking and unlocking won’t succeed this time. There are rumors about the iPhone Dev Team bringing out a tool (via Gizmodo) … but will that do it? You can’t buy the iPhone no more in any shop without directly signing up with a contract. Bad!
Pondering goes on…
So … I am pondering between waiting for the jailbreak tool and running the 2.0 software on my existing iPhone (unlocked), or just getting a new iPhone from T-Mobile (with contract). If I’d go with a contract (29€ a month) I end up with about 1000€ including the 16GB white iPhone for 24 months. Darn that’s expensive. Or get another jailbreaked iPhone 3G via eBay for 249€?
In the meantime, I’ll just have to wait and not update to the sexy 2.0 software. :-D
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