If you can pick yourself up an iPhone somewhere in the US, it looks like you might get away on the two year contract deal with AT&T – the iPhone is available on pre-pay.
A read around the web this morning and one of my favourite Mac blogs (TUAW) reveals news that hackers have made the iPhone available on a pre-paid option allowing you to run your iPhone on an AT&T pre-paid card for as little as US$10.
What it means to iPhone users in the US is that you can use any Cingular / AT&T sim card in your iPhone, whether contract-based or pre-paid. If you’re on the low budget Cingular plans you can avail of cheaper text messaging ($0.05 send and receive compared to $0.15 on iPhone plan).
Could it be the first step to unlocking the iPhone completely? Quite possibly! Give it a read here – iPhone + Disposable Cellphone + Prepaid Cards + New Activation Tool = Holy Cow
Hi Ken,
Do you know if the iphone is pre-pay in ireland. If so how much?
Hey Stephen,
It’s not pre-pay yet in Ireland though it’s gone that way in the UK as and from today. 8GB iPhone should be £349.99 and the 16GB version is £399.99.
O2 Ireland’s iPhone details can be found here…
http://www.o2online.ie/wps/wcm/connect/O2/Home/Shop/Phones/iPhone+3G/
If it does hit prepaid here I’d imagine we’ll see the cost of the handset close to the 500 euro mark, a long way off where I’d like to see it!