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September 29, 2008 12:00 AM PDT

Apple Selling Unlocked iPhone 3G in Hong Kong

by Ben Wilson
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Apple has made an unlocked version of the iPhone 3G available in Hong Kong, letting consumers pick whichever carrier they so choose.

This is in sharp contrast to Apple's policy for the almost everywhere else on the planet. Unlocked iPhones are rampant worldwide, but that isn't something that Apple has sanctioned.

Freedom doesn't come cheap. The 8GB version is available for about $695 (5,400 Hong Kong dollars), while the 16GB iPhone costs about $798 (6,200 HK dollars), according to Apple's site.

The "iPhone 3G purchased at the Apple Online Store can be activated with any wireless carrier," the site states. "Simply insert the SIM from your current phone into iPhone 3G and connect to iTunes 8 to complete activation."

[Originally posted by Natalie Weinstein to News.com]

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by MacAdict4Life September 29, 2008 9:50 AM PDT
I wonder if It will work in the US? Isn't there an "unlocked" French iPhone that will still only work in France?
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by zarkobiz September 30, 2008 2:08 AM PDT
It will work in the US with either T-Mobile or AT&T because iPhone is a quad band world phone and thus compatible with GSM networks world wide. European phones that won't work here are usually locked or they are not world phones, and thus can't work with the different frequency our GSM networks, and similarly, if your US phone is not an unlocked world phone, it will not work overseas with a different SIM.
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by strawberrysoup July 9, 2009 8:43 PM PDT
the iPhone 3GS is finally available in Hong Kong, unlocked, here: http://tinyurl.com/appleiphone3gsHK

prices without contract:

16GB: HK$5388
32GB: HK$6288
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