IPhone in New Zealand?

Hi All,
Is it possible to purchase an iPhone say from United Kingdom and then bring it to New Zealand and have it set up on the Vodafone network?
I would really like this for christmas but it won't get here in New Zealand for ages!
Thanks,
Lewis

Hello Lewis.
In a word, no.
The iPhone is sold in the U.S. as carrier locked with AT&T only and is sold in the UK as carrier locked with O2 only, in Germany with T-Mobile and in France with Orange along with an unlocked model sold at an extremely higher price - Apple must also sell an unlocked iPhone model in France due to French law. Due to a court injunction by Vodafone in Germany, Apple and T-Mobile were forced to sell an unlocked version for a brief period of time until Vodafone's case was not ruled in their favor but many that purchased an unlocked iPhone in Germany who live in a country where the iPhone is not being sold are having problems with it.
Long story short, it would be bad for you to spend that kind of money on an unlocked iPhone in France only to discover it doesn't work properly in New Zealand since Apple isn't selling the iPhone there. Unlocked should mean unlocked regardless but the difference in cost between the two versions in France is significant.
The only other option is purchasing a phone from the UK and using an available hack to unlock it which will be another purchase but this voids the warranty along with no support from Apple since it is a violation of Apple's software license agreement and would prevent you from installing any future iPhone updates provided by Apple. The most recent update when installed rendered these hacks and the iPhone useless but Apple included a warning with the update for those who used a hack to unlock their iPhone or purchased it from a 3rd party already hacked at a marked up price.
Apple hasn't mentioned Australia or New Zealand - only parts of Asia is expected to have the iPhone available sometime in 2008 but which countries this will include and when has not been announced by Apple yet nor their plans for any additional countries in 2008 and beyond.
As hard as it might be, I would wait - maybe next Christmas or possibly sooner.

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