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Originally Posted by kermitology
So when the iPhone is released in Europe on O2, then those people should be SOL too, right?
The iPhone is intended to be used on a TDMA (GSM) communication system. Modifying the firmware so that it can be used on ANY GSM network not just AT&T is still not changing the intended purpose of the iPhone.
It's legal to unlock a phone from a certain provider.
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Thanks for taking my quote out of context. And thanks for ignoring my analogy about the car. But I'll pose the question again, if you modify your car with aftermarket parts, such as installing a turbo on a non-turbo vehicle, do you think the manufacturer will replace your motor if you blow it?
In Europe the phone was released on the O2 network so of course it should work fine, I would think that is common sense and you wouldn't try to argue that point, but I'm sorry I didn't explicitly say that.
At any rate, right now nobody knows whether or not Apple put in code to purposely brick hacked iPhones. It's quite possible that it's just a bi-product of the firmware upgrade. If you have a hacked phone that's the risk you run, that something may or may not happen when new firmware is released and you update it.