Second iPhone unlock service to launch Saturday

by Chris Davies on August 24, 2007





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While Engadget turned to the iPhoneSIMfree team to liberate their handset, if you don't mind waiting until the weekend there'll be another option for you.  UK-based Uniquephones plan on launching their iphoneunlocking.com site on Saturday between noon and 2pm EST, charging you between $25 and $50 for the privilege of sticking whatever SIM you choose into your iPhone.

 iPhone unlock solutions - two soon to be available

John McLaughlin, founder of Uniquephones, turned to a Russian software engineer to finally crack the iPhone's AT&T lock for his site, and he claims to now be using his own iPhone on the UK Vodafone network.  Interestingly, cellular data access is apparently faster on the UK Vodafone and T-Mobile networks than it is on AT&T in the US. 

Visual Voicemail is the conspicuously absent feature in the otherwise total unlock offered by both sites, due to its dependence on AT&T's servers.

[via Yahoo! News]

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{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }

1 sere 08.24.07 at 6:43 pm

Please someone know why Iphonunlocking needs the IMEI?

2 F599 08.25.07 at 3:23 am

I think it’s a way for them to limit the software to your iphone.

3 ali naqvi 08.26.07 at 9:36 am

i am in pakistan and want to know if the phone can be unlocked for international use. i have a set purchased from USA

4 Abdul Sattar 09.22.07 at 2:34 am

Unlocking service for iPhone is available in Pakistan to use locally and internationally, send me an email and your cell # if any one is interested.

5 Abdul Sattar 09.22.07 at 2:48 am

Unlocking service for iPhone is available in Pakistan to use locally and internationally, send me an email and your cell # if any one is interested.

Service Charges Rs 6,000
email to : asdal@cyber.net.pk

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