Apple and Orange have officially announced that they reached an agreement for the French iPhone release. The iPhone will be released on the French territory on November 29th, just in time for the holiday season. The iPhone will carry a 399euro price tag and the iTunes Wi-Fi Store will also be available in France.
But here’s where it becomes interesting. In France, it’s required by law that all cellular phone models offered with a contract, have to be also offered without any contractual obligations. That means an "Apple certified unlocked iPhone"! And firmware upgradable and unbrickable iPhones.
A French website suggested that the unlocked-contract free iPhone would have a not very attractive price tag of 999euros. Sure, that’s outrageously expensive, but it also means that a genuine unlocked firmware version of the iPhone would be available to the iPhone hackers. Aaaahh!
How can this be exploited by the hacking community? This is not clear for now, but it sure gives them a new door to look at. This gives them a fresh new start and probably an easiest way to hack any iPhone using the Apple’s official unlocked firmware.
A true and a firmware upgrade-bullet proof unlock hack is what the hackers need right now to truly keep alive the unlocked iPhone market. Otherwise, it will stay like it is right now, a marginal phenomenon.
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