thegeekchannel.com » france http://thegeekchannel.com Technology and life, from a similar perspective. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:55:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 If Apple Unlocks iPhone, What Happens to the Warranty? http://thegeekchannel.com/2007/11/26/if-apple-unlocks-iphone-what-happens-to-the-warranty http://thegeekchannel.com/2007/11/26/if-apple-unlocks-iphone-what-happens-to-the-warranty#comments Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:20:43 +0000 geek http://thegeekchannel.com/2007/11/26/if-apple-unlocks-iphone-what-happens-to-the-warranty There’s a lot of talk this morning that the Apple iPhone customers in Germany can “purchase” an unlocked iPhone for an additional 600 euros. The move comes on the heels of a temporary injunction against German wireless carrier T-Mobile, which is by law prevented from selling a handset locked to a single wireless network.Apple is also required to offer unlocked iPhones in France after a six month period according to local law, which may push the company to offer the iTunes unlock in that country. The iPhone will be released in France on Thursday, November 29th.

As someone that’s ruled the iPhone out because it won’t work with Verizon, my carrier of choice, I’m wondering how the iPhone evangelists will take this news.  Especially those that have jailbroken their phone in the US only to find that it voids their warranty and causes endless hassles when Apple does decide to update their software to muck with the hackers.  Of course, on the other side of that coin – isn’t it nice to know that Apple can “remotely” jailbreak their equipment?  Someone was planning ahead!

~geek 

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