Apple selling unlocked iPhone 3G in Hong Kong

Apple has made an unlocked version of the iPhone 3G available in Hong Kong, letting consumers pick whichever carrier they so choose.

This is in sharp contrast to Apple's policy for the almost everywhere else on the planet. Unlocked iPhones are rampant worldwide, but that isn't something that Apple has sanctioned.

Freedom doesn't come cheap. The 8GB version is available for about $695 (5,400 Hong Kong dollars), while the 16GB iPhone costs about $798 (6,200 HK dollars), according to Apple's site.

The "iPhone 3G purchased at the Apple Online Store can be activated with any wireless carrier," the site states. "Simply insert the SIM from your current phone into iPhone 3G and connect to iTunes 8 to complete activation."

damn.... all that work by dev team... down the drain :/ i might just have to move to Verison now xD

Senior Member From : England OS : XP/Ubuntu

i don't think all there dev teams work is down the drain as they still won't 3rd party apps on

Subscriber From : UK OS : Windows 7

Wish I had an iPhone sad

I'd want it on my current network though, and that's not o2

@alxm, verizon doesn't work with Sim Cards. They're on CDMA so its impossible

nooooooo! :O verizon data transfer is so much faster... sad