Australia to get world's first truly unlocked 3G iPhone?

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Wednesday, 09 April 2008 16:17

Your IT - Mobility

But with a population of only 21 million people, Australia certainly is an ideal test-bed to see how successful such a strategy would be.

All of this also casts more doubt on the merits of buying an iPhone right now, wherever you are in the world, whether through an official store or over the Internet.

If you haven’t purchased one yet, why risk it now, when the goodness of a glass and a half of full cream 3G and iPhone in one could soon be on sale?

Sadly, we’ll just have to wait and see – Apple might not release any 3G iPhone until close to the start of the fourth quarter to take advantage of the massive Christmas/holiday/end-of-year shopping sales season, or might even delay it further.

Interestingly, Australian Macworld has also published this story - without any reference to MacTalk - saying they've heard of interesting rumours from the Mac reseller community too. Maybe this one really has legs!

When it comes to Apple, anything is possible. But the announcement of a 3G iPhone, and an unlocked one in Australia at that, would be “one more thing” most definitely worth waiting for!

I'd buy one in a heartbeat, especially as I'm already a 2G iPhone owner. Would you be likewise tempted? Share your thoughts on what you'd do, and whether you think this is genuine or not...