Apple cracks down on iPhone unlocking hacks

Barely four months after Apple Inc unveiled its much-hyped showcase product, the iPhone, there was a flood of iPhone unlocking hacks in several parts of the US and Europe, putting Apple in serious trouble.

The iPhone is yet to reach most parts of the world. In fact, it was only of Wednesday that Apple Inc took iPhone trans-Atlantic, announcing a November roll out in Britain that could presage a further expansion into Europe.

Apple has already sold over a million iPhones and it has also cut the price by a third to about £200. But then break-ins have been flying fast and furious in the last month or so.

One of the first full SIM unlocks involved using a Turbo SIM card, a somewhat complex process for the average consumer. Then a teenager, George Holtz, published a way to unlock the hardware with some soldering iron-fu and released instructions for other adventurous unlockers.

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