An interesting story here suggests that due to competition laws in Belgium mobile networks are not allowed to tie phones to contracts. According to this site, this means that the new iPhone 3G must be unlocked by default. If this is true (and it seems to be) then there will be a lot of European customers rushing to Belgium either physically or online to grab an iPhone if they have difficulty forking over huge amounts of cash for restrictive plans in their own countries. i.e. o2 Ireland!
Belgium’s Mobistar doesn’t waffle over iPhone 3G plans:
Belgium carrier Mobistar has offered details on its suggested iPhone 3G plans.
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legally unlocked means you can use the iphone with any
network provider, it doesnt mean you get the service for free.
Is this correct?
That’s correct Bob. THere are methods of illegally unlocking iPhones involving a bit of software hacking, however these methods can leave your iphone “bricked” ie utterly unusable if something fails during that process. And of course you invalidate any warranty with Apple.