I started thinking about this after I read Jacqui Cheng's Ars Technica post this morning. Three sources she quotes differ widely on this question. The iPhone Dev team thinks there are several hundred ...

Several users are reporting that iPhone software/firmware 1.1.3 re-locks iPhones that were sold as legally, officially unlocked in France and Germany. In other words, the previously unlocked phones ...

Unlocked phones are an avenue that many people choose for phone ownership. An unlocked phone isn't strapped to any particular carrier for years on end, and the owner can just own the phone outright ...

In a nod to reality, Apple Monday began listing worldwide carriers offering ‘unlocked’ iPhones. Just a year ago, Apple CEO Steve Jobs described the struggle between hackers and Cupertino as a “cat-and ...

Since the launch of the very first iPhone, customers in the U.S. could only get their hands on the device if they were willing to ink a two-year contract with a cell phone carrier. iPhone users in ...

Tired of the restrictive carrier payment plans that often come with new cell phones? The top unlocked phones we've tested aren't tied to a carrier, offer you more freedom to roam, and carry less ...

An unlocked iPhone is not a new thing for Apple, but offering it in the U.S. is. CNET breaks down five reasons why this is an important move for Apple, and its iPhone. Josh Lowensohn Former Senior ...

Cellebrite sells both hardware and software designed to unlock smartphones and extract the data stored on them. Originally the company sold only to law enforcement agencies, but it later expanded into ...

Don’t say you weren’t warned. After cautioning customers earlier this week that unlocked iPhones may be disabled when installing future Apple software updates, the company on Thursday made good on its ...

Major cellular carriers — Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and others — typically lock their networks to the iPhone you buy from their stores or pay for via an installment plan. What does that really ...