Author: Shashank Shekhar
The high price of 3G iPhones has disappointed Indian hackers working hard to crack its code which is locked with the Vodafone and Airtel network.
Hackers were gearing up to make this revolutionary mobile phone compatible with all the service providers. iPhone is available for Rs 31000 and 36,100 for 8GB and 16 GB respectively in India, which is almost thrice of the prices in US. A software expert Anoop Shaw (name changed) who has imported many iPhones in India told MiD DAY, “The iPhones are in demand. Many Indian hackers were working to crack its code to make it functional with other networks. But it’s very expensive, so hackers have given up.”
“Getting the iPhones from abroad and selling them here is still cheaper and I think people would continue to buy from us,” he said.
Shaw further added, “Turbo SIM is the latest technology which helps to crack most of the expensive phones in India and I hope it would also work on the iPhones. It looks like any other card, a thin flexible strip embedded with an integrated circuit (IC). It is inserted in the mobile slot along with the regular SIM card. Besides, it also enables the user to hide the cellphone's International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number that is unique to every GSM mobile.”
The service providers are also set to keep the hackers at bay. Airtel technical experts claim that it would be impossible to crack the code of iPhone, which would come with Airtel. The security system of is so stringent that it would not accept all the applications. Even if a hacker somehow manages to make voice call, he won’t be able to access the entertainment feature on Airtel Live.
According to a survey, there are around 1.5 lakh iPhones already floating in the country, which were made available through grey market. India was ranked as third largest unofficial market after China and Russia.
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