How to get an iPhone 4 factory unlocked

Will Apple Factory unlock my phone so I can use it with whatever carrier I want to?

Head north and buy your iPhone from an Apple Store in Canada. Make sure you specify you want an unlocked phone with no contract (you will pay full price). It will not come with a microSIM.
You can then head home and use either AT&T or T-Mobile. If you go the T-Mobile route you will not have Visual Voice Mail, you will be restricted to EDGE speeds (56k) for data, and FaceTime will not work.
If you need warranty service you will have to return to a Canadian Apple Store.
But you can use your iPhone with a almost any system around the world that uses GSM. If you are a world traveler this would be a good thing. If you rarely leave the US you are wasting your money.

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