Moving to Australia-"Legal" way for iPhone to work?

Excited to say we've just been notified of a transfer to Perth. I currently own an iPhone 3GS (not quite a year old, still under warranty). Is there a legitimate, legal way to take my current phone and have it functional in Australia with a new Australian number? (i.e. will Apple condone under any circumstances the exchange of SIM cards when moving?)

All cell phones are sold as either carrier locked(will only work on that carrier's network) or unlocked(will work on any carrier's network). Unfortunately for you, ALL iphones sold in the US are carrier locked to AT&T with no way to officially unlock them as AT&T does not unlock iphones for anyone for any reason. Only the carrier that an iphone is locked to can authorize its official unlocking and AT&T will not do that for the iphone. Your best course of action is to sell your current iphone & purchase a new one when you get to Australia. Be aware that if you "hack" your phone to unlock it, you will void ALL warranty & support.

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Confusing I know.
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