a)Not, yet, though I was instructed “not to worry”, because I guess the people that want these phones have access to good hackers. Plus I’m sure the community will figure that out soon. Nice how the community works, isn’t it?
b)Simple. These phones will soon to be offered without the contract at $400 more, and I have confirmed from my sources inside this is the case as announced in the press releases. I am trying to find someone on the inside to sell me the phone earlier under this no-contract term , though I admit I haven’t been able to because the initial launch is tracked phone by phone, store by store. So it’s not that easy to do.
A friend overseas has already prepaid me $3.5kUSD to acquire 3 phones. Yes, i know that’s crazy to spend $1150 per phone, but like I said, it’s a status symbol there, and having no official sales there, even more exclusivity..Plus, these people aren’t exactly peasant farmers. Hence, some of these people think spending $2k on a handbag is a good deal. I guess this is what happens when we buy all that made in china crap from walmart.
