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Old Aug 24, 2007 | 06:51 PM
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The worlds second unlocked iphone is on ebay. the first one is his personal cell phone that he doesn't plan on selling.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=230164884672
Old Aug 24, 2007 | 09:17 PM
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the bidding is already over $9000
Old Aug 24, 2007 | 09:27 PM
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simply stupid. Its a phone. In a year it will be obsolete and something else will be better.
Old Aug 24, 2007 | 09:45 PM
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insane stupidity
Old Aug 25, 2007 | 12:13 AM
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not bad, only $99,999,999.00
Old Aug 25, 2007 | 12:40 AM
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But you dont have to pay till 2008.
Old Aug 25, 2007 | 12:47 AM
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do you mean if i win the $300 million powerball tomorrow night i could buy THREE iPhones!!!! whadda deal! Come on Lucky Numbers!!!!
Old Aug 25, 2007 | 01:00 AM
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Originally Posted by sspdfreek
do you mean if i win the $300 million powerball tomorrow night i could buy THREE iPhones!!!! whadda deal! Come on Lucky Numbers!!!!
Not if I outbid you!!!
Old Aug 25, 2007 | 02:41 AM
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come on guys...i know someone here has $100 million.
Old Aug 25, 2007 | 03:39 AM
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it might be at its max
Old Aug 25, 2007 | 06:03 AM
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he edited that some people have fraudulently placed bids so thats prob why its soo high.
Old Aug 25, 2007 | 06:31 AM
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40,100 and counting.. hahaha
Old Aug 27, 2007 | 03:48 PM
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auction was ended early by the seller
Old Aug 28, 2007 | 07:02 AM
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yeah.. it turns out a Kentucky based company is gonna buy him a 350Z for it..

along with other contracted stuff.. but a 350Z?!?! daymnn...
Old Aug 28, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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shiiiiiiiiiiit, not a bad deal if you ask me!
Old Aug 28, 2007 | 03:06 PM
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Yup... he got three iPhones and a 350z for his unlocked phone...

I gotta learn how to unlock these...
http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/27/n...nd-a-sports-c/
Old Aug 31, 2007 | 12:37 AM
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ok, i feel like a tard asking this but what is a unlocked cell phone? why is it worth so much? and why is so important ?
Old Aug 31, 2007 | 12:53 AM
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unlocked means that its not "locked" to one carrier..

like an unlocked phone could be used an AT&T, T-Mobile, and overseas... if you have a locked phone from AT&T, you cant use it on T-Mobile or overseas.
Old Aug 31, 2007 | 05:44 AM
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a car for a phone...that kid is bill gates on training wheels...350z training wheels.
Old Aug 31, 2007 | 06:29 AM
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the reason the phone is going for such a price is due to the fact that with the unlocked phone the company can reverse engineer the work done and release unlocked phones themselves at an elevated price, its a gamble, and i dont think its a smart one.
But some people have no brains and I love that.



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