How to Make a Million (or Two): Violate an iPhone
This snarling boy is George Hotz, who unlocked the iPhone last week after about 500 or so hours of work that included a soldering iron.
Why are we talking about him at all? Because one of his iPhones snagged $25 million on eBay (according to Vox and Globe and Mail). He also got a 350Z, three more iPhones and a consulting gig.
There's a lot to be said about doing something you're not supposed to and giving a lot of people something they want really, really badly:
- You get a lot of press
- You (maybe) get some clout
- You (occasionally) make a ton of money which, while not necessarily proportionate to the work you've done, is exactly proportionate to how much people want what you've got, and the fact that you - and just you - are the only one who's been able to hand it to them
Now excuse us while we hot-wire a hybrid Porsche with wings.
Comments
What I want to know is...who bought the phone on ebay for 25 million and who will they use as the carrier?
What I want to know is...who bought the phone on ebay for 25 million and who will they use as the carrier?
The 25 million dollar bid was bogus (along with a bunch of other bids). I hear that iPhone has since been taken off ebay.
How gullible are people? No one real paid 25 biggies for a stupid iPhone.