Using an unlocked iPhone

Am returning to NZ and have an iPhone from the UK, locked to O2. If I get it unlocked what are the downsides when I get back to NZ, can I get around these?

Someone told me it won't sync to itunes??

Everything will work fine.

Is it 3G or 2G? Not that it matters they both work fine ...

3g

Sweet cheers man, now I just have to fork out £500 to break my contract

! could you buy 2 of them for that price? Why would you sign up for a contract with those conditions.

Are you fucking serious?

I will never complain about the conditions for contracts here in NZ, if that is the case.

Yeah uhmmm fuck that!

Its an 18 month contract at £45 a month, I always thought I'd be here that long but the job market is shite, I haven't worked since early Feb, so have to come home.

This is very standard for the UK.

Yeah, it's standard across most contract-based services. Phone, internet, Sky TV, etc.

The contract's early termination fee = whatever you have remaining to pay on the contract.

Why don’t you just skip the country? You wouldn’t be the first.

Though I wonder if they would lock out your phone as stolen, as a result.

You could also make them an offer to pay a fraction immediately and close the account…try some negotiation skills. This is a recession after all and companies would rather you do this than default on your contract.

These are my next 2 options.