Apple has issued a press release today warning users of iPhone unlocking.
The Cupertino company has discovered that many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs available on the Internet cause irreparable damage to the iPhone’s software, which will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update is installed
Apple plans to release the next iPhone software update, containing many new features including the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, later this week. Apple strongly discourages users from installing unauthorized unlocking programs on their iPhones. Users who make unauthorized modifications to the software on their iPhone violate their iPhone software license agreement and void their warranty. The permanent inability to use an iPhone due to installing unlocking software is not covered under the iPhone’s warranty.
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moebeans
29th September 2007, 18.45 pm
It wasn’t the unlocks, it was the update that destroyed those iPhones. Unlocking phones is not illegal, deliberately destroying people’s property is. It looks like thats exactly what Apple did.
I use to admire Apple as a company but now they are no better than Microsoft. At least most of Microsoft’s questionable moves are due to poor management decisions and sloppy coding. Apple has trumped that by moving into criminal behavior.
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