一份來自用戶提交的蘋果回信中顯示，他們已經確認iPhone 3G將只采用一種方法激活，那就是店內當場激活，如果需要免激活版本的iPhone,則必須付出之前公布的將近500美元的代價。
這回懸念終于得以塵埃落定，想要在大陸以199美元買到iPhone的夢可以不用做了，準備好足夠的錢購買吧！以下是郵件原文。
The transcript follows, CSR replies in bold.
Hi, my name is Chris. Welcome to Apple!
Good morning.
Welcome back!
Good morning. I have a question about the iPhone
and the Activation process
Sure.
Will activation be the same as the previous version? Simply by using iTunes?
As previous agents had mentioned, activation will be done in store.
