[HTC One X] artymarty:
I really hope they do change the wording of the website because that gives EVERYONE who unlocked their phone before that date an opportunity to put in a claim.

Take a screenshot of your computer with the website including the date and time.

Then when they change it from "may void" to "will void" it would be very easy to get small claims, consumer affairs etc (what ever your country calls it) to see that you are in the right. The argument will go like this.

I purchased the phone on this date, unlocked it on this date and at the time the website said "may void", After that date they changed the website to "will void" .

1) An agreement for a product cant be changed after the purchase has been made. It was paid for on the conditions of the agreement at that time.

2) The conditions of void/not void were not clear at the time of purchase or unlocking so cant be enforced. Simple proof is that the website was changed on date xxxx. The change was made to alter the meaning of a sentence, not to fix a spelling mistake etc, The only two reasons to change it are to Alter the conditions OR clear up a misunderstanding.

Either way you win.

It could also be argued that if you purchase the phone before the change was made and unlock it after the change was made, you still are ok. You purchased the phone on the grounds that it could be unlocked and warranty may only be voided if you broke it by doing something due to the unlocking. If they want to change the rules after, you can ask for your money back as the product you purchased no longer fits the intended use that you paid for.

And before anyone says unlocking a phone is not a use, stop now. Don't bother embarrassing yourself. :)

It is a use...

...and it is a reasonable use

.....and it is a reasonably expected use.

Evidence of that?? Simple.

This website you are now on for starters. If people didn't use their phones for this 'use' then this website would not be here.

And its also a use that the manufacturer reasonably expects.

Evidence?

The fact that they locked it. They wouldn't lock it if they didn't expect people to screw around with the software.

Secondly they expected it because they wrote the tool to unlock it.

So, It is a use that the manufacturer reasonably expected people to have. Therefore, if they remove the right to have this use, or change the ability/conditions of that use, you can say the phone no longer fits the use you paid for, and it is on their action that this happened, so you have the right to ask for your money back.

On that note I am waiting for someone to sue apple next time apple decide they want to change the terms on the itunes store.

It drives me insane. I go to update the apps on my friends 3gs iPhone, and when I open the store app, I get given the choice of read a 48 page (yeah, 48 pages - are they fu**ing serious??) contract and agree, or don't use the app store anymore.

So if she says no, she does not agree she can no longer use her phone??? That's funny, because she agreed to the one that was there when she paid for the phone... I cant wait for the court case of "Let me use the old appstore/agreement or give me my money back for the phone"