fayz wrote:although I agree phones normally are heavily subsidized in North America, many even free if you sign up for a year the price of an iPhone is 399 with no obligated contract. I know this for a fact because my little cuz bought 4 of them last weekend in Seattle.
if you do the math that works about to about AED 1450, give about AED 200 for the unlock code that is AED 1650, but supply and demand, people in Dubai are willing to pay 3-4k, so can't blame retailers for selling them at this price but people who buy them are paying a high premium.
Well, thanks to Apple's latest update to the iPhones, if you try and buy one in the states now and unlock it for other providers, you'll end up with an iBrick.
Consider the cottage industry of iPhone unlocking closed for business, for the short term anyway.
