IPhone Cracked: IPhone Can Now Work Without AT&T Network, Cracked IPhone Sells on EBay for $26 Million and Counting?
Apple Has Unwittingly Broken Up with AT&T
Apparently, the new of the cracked iPhone will not help those who would like to purchase the second cracked iPhone in history. Currently, the second cracked iPhone is selling on eBay for $26 million and counting.
According to his website, http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/, George Hotz cracked the SIM, made a video to prove it and posted the cracked phone on eBay starting the bidding at $540.
Why is this such a big deal?
By removing the iPhone's SIM, Subscriber Identity Module, one removes the smart card containing the telephone number of the subscriber, the PIN and many other user data encoded network identification details. A user's SIM card can be moved from phone to phone as it contains all the key information required to activate the phone. However, rumor has it that the cracked iPhone can still only be used on either the T-mobile or AT&T network. Yay for T-mobile? Eh. iPhoneSIMfree.com says that cracking the SIM makes the iPhone fully functional for users outside of the US.
Anyway, the jury is still out on whether or not cracking the iPhone's SIM is against the law.
Sources
Engadget, http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/24/iphone-unlocked-atandt-loses-iphone-exclusivity-august-24-2007
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230164884672
http://iphonejtag.blogspot.com/
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Post a CommentGreat report. I was also wondering if this was illegal when I first saw the title. If not, that guy just got himself some excellent publicity and I bet some tech company will pick him up super-fast! :-)