Friday I appeared on KQED and said you couldn’t stick a European SIM chip in an iPhone, but it appears someone has unlocked the darn thing and is selling the 4 GB model for a 160% PREMIUM. $1299 vs. $599 at your local Apple or AT&T store. Wow, didn’t take long for someone to prove me wrong.
Update: As the commenter said, “I’ll believe it when I see it.” So therefore, I may not be wrong at all. There’s very little evidence here and he argues it’s all designed to game Google to improve your search engine optimization.
But in other news, it turns out the iPhone can operate as a WiFi device without the SIM card. One resourceful hacker at TUAW (The unofficial Apple Weblog) hacked it open, pulled out the SIM card and stuck in his defunct SIM card and tried a few other combinations.
