While purchasing an iPhone without contract may not be the same as unlocking it (I’m not so well-versed in phone hacking) it definitely is costly, but doable. According to an article I’ve read (link at the bottom of this post), you can own an iPhone without the 24-month AT&T tether for the (insert adjective of your choice here) price of $600. Want 16 gigs instead of 8? That’ll be $700. While I definitely do want to own a 16 gig iPhone (I have too much music and stuff to go for the 8), I definitely can’t afford to purchase a contract-less phone, but I’ll be honest: AT&T simply makes it too tempting. As I mentioned earlier, their iPhone plans are quite expensive, and I am starting college in about a month, so I’m definitely left reconsidering the whole thing. I mean, Blackberries cost around the same per month, so they’ll be troublesome as well. Ah, what to do…

 

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