I would like to ask whether anyone knows of any true explanation for why the iPhone 5 starts at $199 in the US and £529 in the UK? That is more than a £400 discrepancy...

I would like to ask whether anyone knows of any true explanation for why the iPhone 5 starts at $199 in the US and £529 in the UK? That is more than a £400 discrepancy...
iPhones are duty free and even with a $50 shipping fee it would only come to £185.75 including VAT at the current exchange rate.

How much a month is the standard 24month contract with AT&T or one of the other American providers that makes the handset cost $199?
Here's the cheapest plans available from the big three:
The plans start there and can run up to $230/mo (for AT&T).

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Follow the instructions in this article to transfer your info: iPhone: Transferring information from your current iPhone to a new iPhone

Does anyone know of any Sun Classes for Java Cryptographic Extension -JCE ?

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Edited by: Mister_Schoenfelder on Apr 17, 2009 11:31 AM

Maybe this can be helpful?
com.someone.DESEncrypter
======================
package com.someone;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.security.spec.AlgorithmParameterSpec;
import java.security.spec.KeySpec;
import javax.crypto.Cipher;
import javax.crypto.IllegalBlockSizeException;
import javax.crypto.KeyGenerator;
import javax.crypto.SecretKey;
import javax.crypto.SecretKeyFactory;
import javax.crypto.spec.PBEKeySpec;
import javax.crypto.spec.PBEParameterSpec;
public class DESEncrypter {
    Cipher ecipher;
    Cipher dcipher;
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    byte[] salt = {
        (byte)0xA9, (byte)0x9B, (byte)0xC8, (byte)0x32,
        (byte)0x56, (byte)0x35, (byte)0xE3, (byte)0x03
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    int iterationCount = 19;
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        try {
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            SecretKey key = SecretKeyFactory.getInstance(
                "PBEWithMD5AndDES").generateSecret(keySpec);
            ecipher = Cipher.getInstance(key.getAlgorithm());
            dcipher = Cipher.getInstance(key.getAlgorithm());
            // Prepare the parameter to the ciphers
            AlgorithmParameterSpec paramSpec = new PBEParameterSpec(salt, iterationCount);
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            ecipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, key, paramSpec);
            dcipher.init(Cipher.DECRYPT_MODE, key, paramSpec);
        } catch (java.security.InvalidAlgorithmParameterException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (java.security.spec.InvalidKeySpecException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (javax.crypto.NoSuchPaddingException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (java.security.InvalidKeyException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
    public DESEncrypter(SecretKey key) {
        try {
            ecipher = Cipher.getInstance("DES");
            dcipher = Cipher.getInstance("DES");
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        } catch (javax.crypto.NoSuchPaddingException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (java.security.InvalidKeyException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
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         String str = decrypt(s, false);
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        try {
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            // Encode bytes to base64 to get a string
            return new sun.misc.BASE64Encoder().encode(enc);
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             e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalBlockSizeException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
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    public String decrypt(String str, boolean useUTF8) {
        try {
            // Decode base64 to get bytes
            byte[] dec = new sun.misc.BASE64Decoder().decodeBuffer(str);
            // Decrypt
            byte[] utf8 = dcipher.doFinal(dec);
            // Decode using utf-8
            return useUTF8 ? new String(utf8, "UTF8") : new String(utf8);
        } catch (javax.crypto.BadPaddingException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IllegalBlockSizeException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
        return null;
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     public static void main(String[] args) {
         try {
             // Generate a temporary key. In practice, you would save this key.
             // See also e464 Encrypting with DES Using a Pass Phrase.
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             // Create encrypter/decrypter class
             DESEncrypter encrypter = new DESEncrypter(key);
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              e.printStackTrace();
          try {
              // Create encrypter/decrypter class
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               e.printStackTrace();
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