Few Questions For iPhone Users

Guys who own iPhone, need your advice for the following questions.

1. It is worth to buy a 2G iphone in India(Second Hand).
2. Can you use the usual GPRS plans from Airtel etc on iPhone?

If yes then
You must be browsing sites in iPhone using GPRS, with such a good inbuilt browser, does the GPRS speed ruins the browsing experience on iPhone?

If No what are the choices for browsing?

3. What special services comes with the Locked iPhone from Airtel and Vodafone, which one would miss after unlocking it.

Thanks in advance

dd_wingrider said:
1. It is worth to buy a 2G iphone in India(Second Hand).

If you get it at 18k. Yes.

dd_wingrider said:
2. Can you use the usual GPRS plans from Airtel etc on iPhone?

Unlocked one, yes. If not, then no unless you get the GPRS settings.

dd_wingrider said:
If yes then
You must be browsing sites in iPhone using GPRS, with such a good inbuilt browser, does the GPRS speed ruins the browsing experience on iPhone?

It does.

dd_wingrider said:
If No what are the choices for browsing?

Over Wi-Fi the internet works fine.

dd_wingrider said:
3. What special services comes with the Locked iPhone from Airtel and Vodafone, which one would miss after unlocking it.

Other than after-sales service which IMO is of no good as AirTel & Vodafone provide the services. No.

@iMav Thanks a lot

Note that the GPRS plan has to be the 'full plan'. Not sure what they are called, but theres a separate unlimited plan for mobile only and a separate one for mobile+computer. The iPhone registers as a computer and so you need the full plan.

^^ Actually, you dont need a "full" plan now. Its possible to use normal GPRS plans from vodafone/airtel.

But if I'm not wrong that applies only to 2G and not to 3G.

^^ Actually it applies to all jailbroken iPhones.

Pat said:
^^ Actually it applies to all jailbroken iPhones.

yup

I am thinking of getting the cheapest iPhone from US via a friend in December. What should I be looking for? Unlocking has become cheap or I heard, could be done by ordinary users.

Let me know your experiences.

GA

GameAddict said:
I am thinking of getting the cheapest iPhone from US via a friend in December. What should I be looking for? Unlocking has become cheap or I heard, could be done by ordinary users.

Let me know your experiences.

GA

Ask him if he can manage to get a first-gen iPhone. "iPhone 3G" and "cheap" dont go together

Any Novice can Jailbreak an iPhone now...

The best software out there to do this is ZiPhone..

*download.ziphone.org/