Buying an iPhone 5S or 5C from online store completely Sim-Free?

Hello, is buying a iPhone 5S or 5C from the Australian Apple Online store completely sim-free and unlocked?

No. Sim Free usually refers to a phone that has no Sim card inside.
Most of the time Unlocked Phones are sim free. As in: they do not come with a sim card.
However there are exceptions, a good example is the Unlocked T-Mobile version in the U.S. online store. They are unlocked but are not sim-free because they come packaged with a T-Mobile sim card that can be removed.
Any sim card from any carrier,  can then be placed inside the phone and it will work.

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