Today only few knows precisely how many Apple iPhones was “unlocked” and works outside of AT&T network. Representatives of famous iPhone Dev Team, group which has developed an unlock software for Apple’s device, declares that their utility for iPhone’s unblocking has already used several hundred thousands people. As we know for this moment is sold a little bit more than one million devices, such announcement looks too much courageous.

But according to Piper Jaffray analytic Gene Munster, in September about ten percent of all iPhones was bought for a futher unblocking and, most likely, a further resale. But the methods of his research are difficult to name as scientific.

“At the end of September we spent in Apple Stores about 12 hours, counting up sales of Apple’s gadgets, iPod players and Macs”, writes Gene in the note to clients. “For this time we have seen many people which at once bought five Apple iPhones - the biggest possible number of devices which can be sold to the one client. We count, that all these devices were purchased for a further unblocking and for work with other carriers of mobile communication”.

He thinks that such “Unlocked iPhone″ sales for the last month was accumulated about 10 percent from a total amount of sold iPhones, and it’s about 40 - 50 thousand devices. Certainly, it’s not those “hundred thousand″ devices about which speaks iPhone Dev Team, but the number is very very impressive.

To tell the truth, these numbers are fair in days of old opened 1.0.2 firmware, however after 1.1.1 update people will think twice before unlocking of lovely Apple’s gadget…

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