Where in the world are Apple's missing 1.3 million iPhones? Iran? Holland? South Africa? Yes! Lots of other places too.
We asked for pics and you answered: iPhones from around the world, from countries where the iPhone isn't even sold with service. Canada makes sense, as a quick trip across the border will land you an iPhone. China also makes sense, as it wouldn't be Hong Kong without a gray market plethora of unlocked iPhones, would it? We got reports from almost every part of the globe, and put together a nice little gallery to show just how popular this gadget is -- service or not. Where there's a hack, there's a way...
iPhones from around the world
Posted Feb 6th 2008 1:30PM by Victor Agreda, Jr.
Filed under: Cult of Mac, iPhone
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
2-06-2008 @ 12:22PM
steve said...
TETHER ! I am traveling around right now and I want to tether with the iphone! I have tinyproxy working half the time, but is this still the way to go? I heard something about proxy directly through SSH...
any insight on this out there?
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2-07-2008 @ 3:14PM
ICEBrk said...
I tried both and use tinyproxy, quicker than setting up the ssh every time, would be nice if there was a better solution though.
2-06-2008 @ 1:55PM
ski kit said...
Can someone please refer me to where I can download the skin/icons/wallpaper for that first phone, the one from India of just the springboard/home screen??? Its amazing!
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2-06-2008 @ 2:28PM
Drew said...
That looks like a variant of this "Wood Shelves" theme (the bows added on):
http://modmyifone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19836
2-06-2008 @ 2:56PM
cylonite said...
You can get the different versions of this skin here
http://www.iphoneskinning.com/2007/12/spargettlouie-mantiarealizeoptica.html
2-06-2008 @ 2:14PM
Pete said...
That is a cool collection of photos. Some of them don't really show proof of where they are, but others are quite artistic.
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2-06-2008 @ 2:54PM
cylonite said...
ankit's screen looks great :D
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2-06-2008 @ 2:56PM
JoeB said...
iPhone librals! We need to find 'em and smoke 'em out of their holes! lol.
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2-06-2008 @ 3:01PM
Cory said...
Check out this article titled:
iPhones Without Borders
http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=21
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2-06-2008 @ 3:27PM
Eckofish said...
The world is a small place indeed.
iPhone Czech Republic (23 of 84) is using the Twitter web clip I submitted to webclipme.com.
Just a simple Twitterific bird on a white backdrop.
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2-06-2008 @ 3:32PM
yaqui said...
Hey Victor I sent you a picture of the iPhone working in the Dominican Republic with Orange but it didn't make it to the gallery. :(
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2-06-2008 @ 3:41PM
Ari B said...
The text message in the Israel iphone picture reads "Hey, the Hebrew works great!"
lol
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2-07-2008 @ 3:44AM
artifex said...
Funny how they blot out faces but not the phone number on that screen.
2-06-2008 @ 3:47PM
Reza Tayebi said...
Yeah. They really are missing iPhones.
Sometimes I feel Apple does not care about international customers at all . I mean each time I have a question about my computers or have a problem with them. I don`t really know what to do. There is no real support on Apple`s website.
Apple supports in Asia are usually not responding , or can`t speak english ... . So I end up calling an apple support in USA which takes a lot of time and money.
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2-06-2008 @ 4:34PM
KTswami said...
Great idea for the gallery! This is begging for a Google Maps mashup and a Flickr slideshow. (hint, hint.)
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2-06-2008 @ 4:58PM
valthewu said...
After skimming through the gallery, tuaw should remind itself of their international reader basis. and act different than apple...
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2-06-2008 @ 5:21PM
Victor Agreda Jr said...
I don't get it. What'd we do wrong now?
2-07-2008 @ 3:47AM
artifex said...
yeah, this comment does seem pretty vague.
2-07-2008 @ 4:52AM
valthewu said...
i meant that in some posts of tuaw, the authors can't imagine having readers from all over the world.
this post, with all those comments from all over the world should be evidence.
2-06-2008 @ 5:25PM
Jon Makkinje said...
you forgot iPhone USA!
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