Iphone 5 price and unlock
I'm about to buy an Iphone 5 from U.S.A (New York) but i live in Europe.
Will i be able to use it properly?
Will they unlock it for me?
Is the price shown on the US apple website only for subscribers ( $199 for 16 GB, $299 for 32GB and $399 for 64GB)?
I'm not planning to buy the iphone through the internet.i'm going to buy it from an apple store in New york.
So how it worked I bought the iPhone 4 just as he will in the U.S. and I am from Tel Aviv in Israel to this day he works he was locked to at & t only unlock a few months ago and now I have an iPhone Sim free
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Buy iPhone 4s and unlock for int'l travel?
Hi all,
I'm active duty military and will be deploying in January. Currently I have the iPhone 4... and CDMA isn't an option where I am going. Yes, I know I'll have to pay full price. I'd like to stay in touch with my wife (via e-mail... voice is too expensive!) so i thought about purchasing an iPhone 4s.
What I'm wondering is will Verizon unlock the 4s for me so I can purchase a local sim card where I'm going? Keep in mine I'd be buying at full price (not upgrade eligible) and on military orders. Data that way is cheaper than Verizon's 250 MB allotment.
I remember the good ole days when I could turn on the unlimited e-mail/data blackberry package when I went abroad... my wife and I were able to stay in touch so easily!!!silver6055 wrote:
kaebfly wrote:
That question could probably be answered tomorrow by calling Verizon and asking. If not tomorrow then I'm sure the answer can be had for sure on the 14th.
Well, I'm sure AN answer can be had, the question is whether it will be correct! I don't know if you have ever tried getting a phone unlocked within the first week or so of its release. Generally the reps haven't been told the procedure for that phone,and haven't got the codes and really cannot help. For whatever reason, some of them will give an answer anyway, I have heard "The phone cannot be unlocked", "We don't do that anymore", "It can only be unlocked when you are abroad", "It doesn't need to be unlocked", "Use the last four digits of the phone number" (Yes, I've had a lot of phones unlocked over the last few years!). Now I don't really mean to knock them, once they have been trained on the phone, the Global Services people are usually very helpful
So, it may take several weeks to get the correct answer.
With this being a user forum with only occasional responses from VZW reps (that usually give general answers that often don't apply to the iPhone...such as "remove the battery and then replace it to do a hard reset) you are less likely to get an official and unequivocally "correct" answer on here either. Add on the fact that this is a new global iPhone that no user on here has experience with and you can pretty much expect guesses and theories more than fact. Yes, people can tell you how it works on other global devices, but no one can tell you how it will work on this 4s when no one has actually had their hands on it and had the experience of trying to get it unlocked. THAT is why I said calling VZ would be the best option for getting an answer. Or...you can wait it out on here and wade through the theories...but that could still take several weeks. -
I have an Iphone 4s ,unlocked with T-mobile, and I cannot change my iMessage to receive at my phone number, instead it is coming through my email. Can anyone help?
http://support.t-mobile.com/thread/18891
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Are you able to buy an iPhone 4S and unlock it in Ireland?
Please help!
Apple On-line store in Ireland sell unlocked iPhones
http://store.apple.com/ie/browse/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone -
What is the difference between contract-free(with full price) and unlocked
that really confuses me
In the U.S., carriers generally heavily subsidize the price of the phone. In return for selling you a phone at a loss, you agree to stay on service with them for a set period of time (generally 2 years). If you terminate service before that, you pay a hefty fee. Contract free means that the carrier is not subsidizing the price of the phone (taking a loss on it) so you, the customer are not required to sign a contract. You can cancel at any time. However, the phone is more expensive. If the phone is sold to you by a carrier, it will be locked to that carrier. Unlocking is subject to the carrier's policies.
Unlocked phones as sold by Apple are also contract free. You can only buy an unlocked (never locked to a carrier phone) from Apple. -
I have an iPhone 5 and mini ipad which I bought in the UK Unlocked. I have just moved to Singaporen and have been told that my iPhone won't accept a sim as the phone is locked to the UK. Any ideas how to unlock as apple say they can't do it. Will I have the same problem with my ipad?
Unless you purchased the iPhone direct from Apple in the UK and paid full price either on line or In an Apple Store then it will be locked to a UK Carrier and only that carrier can arrange unlocking
It is unlikely that the iPad is similarly locked as most are sold carrier free unless specifically purchased from a UK carrier as part of a packaged deal involving a subsidy on the price of the iPad ( not very likely but they do exist ) -
I Am from Brasil and december last year i bought a non contract iphone in usa but it still locked, now apple is sending non contract unlocked iphone, next week i am going to usa and would like to know if it is possible to pay and unlock my iphone in usa
A no-contract sales price does not mean unlocked.
Apple is now selling an officially unlocked iPhone in the U.S. which has nothing whatsoever to do with AT&T unlocking iPhones. It is up to the carrier and the carrier only to officially unlock an iPhone that was sold as carrier locked with the carrier - in this case sold as carrier locked with AT&T. This may change one day, but at the present time AT&T does not unlock an iPhone for any reason or under any circumstances. -
Hi This is Rezwan from Bangladesh. I requests to my aunty who lives in Virginia to buy an iphone 5s country unlocked (Without Contract) for me and send to Bangladesh. Now i want to know the total costing of iphone 5s country unlocked phone and how can she send it to Bangladesh?
Note: When you buy an iPhone from another country, you do not have warranty in your country of residence. Any warranty and sevices are only valid in country of purchase.
For prices, ask your aunty or go online yourself. -
hello! i am from Romania and i want to buy an iphone from the USA site. can i buy it neverlocked? and if it is possible how much should it cost in totat(with transport and the iphone price)?
You can buy a factory unlocked on direct from Apple sim free, make sure you get the right one and not just a contract free one. I am sure one of our US members will be able to give you the price.
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HT201328 Can I buy and unlocked iPhone 5?
I have searched the Apple site for the buy an unlocked iPhone like that was there before the 5 was released and it is not there anymore. I want to buy my iPhone 5 unlocked so I can go prepaid so I am not over paying for a contract. I am in the military and I was able to get a iPhone 4s unlocked in the middle east in Bahrain, now that the 5 has come out I am going to be going back to the U.S. before they get them. I love having an unlocked iPhone but I want the 5 and all of the U.S. carriers want you to buy it locked with a two year contract then they will unlock it. That ***** because I would rather just pay full price and save the money I would waste on a two year plan. I feel like I am being contolled by the U.S. carriers, because they are forcing us to get a plan.
You'll have to wait for it to become available unlocked in the US. If history is an indicator, it will probably be announced anywhere from a few weeks to a month from now. Carrier demand has to be met first.
AT&T has a policy of unlocking iPhones for service members being deployed now, so it may not be as big a concern to you as it would have been previously to purchase a locked phone. -
What is the price of unlocked iphone 6 that work in iraq
hi every one how u doing
is the price of unlocked iphone 6 649$ ?? that could work in iraq !!
also i want to start selling iphones and open an store in iraq should i buy from u directly or from retailer
i got online store and selling product and i was iphoneholic since ever and iraqies do sell iphones very expensive
i bought iphone 6 16 gb gold unlocked for 780$ last week from a shop and i found it really expensive
i hope you answer me very soon
thanks alotWe are not Apple. You need to contact Apple to answer your questions.
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IPhone 6 (or Plus) contract-free and unlocked to work outside the USA?
I'm from Italy, and we have the highest prices in the whole world for the 6.
I want to buy one from the online US Apple Store, since I can't fly over just for a phone.
Yes I am aware I would then not have any warranty, since it's not international.
From what I've gathered the 3 carriers-with-contract options are obviously locked phones, respectively with those 3 carriers.
Even if you first activate them with a different SIM (different country&carrier), they wouldn't work and/or stay locked.
Also since they're made for those 3 carriers, they would obviously not support the 4G/LTE bands in my country.
The 4th option is this contract-free T-Mobile one, it's apparently unlocked, and works with other SIMs, from other countries too.
But there's still the network bands issue, and apparently even that T-Mobile one is not the proper model to work in my country.
At least for my country the model must be the following:
A15486 (iPhone 6 GSM) and A1522 (iPhone 6 Plus)
Bottom line is, the carrier-locked ones are no good, for various reasons, but the unlocked one is no good either!
Does anyone anywhere know (or can gather US info for me) WHERE I can find those 2 models?
If they're on sale in the US at all? Which ones on the online store are those 2?
It would make sense that the unlocked one would also have the proper bands to work abroad, since it does work with foreign SIMs!
But various people say it is not the proper model, I wonder which one is, at this point.
They do exist, if the model numbers have been published!
Anyone? :/Thanks for your response Peter
Why would you want to buy a leading edge iPhone and not be able to use 4G
I wouldn't, which is why I'm asking if anyone has 1st hand experience of trying it.
If Apple could produce an iPhone that covered 4G worldwide why would they actually have to make 2 different models
Beats me! The reason I'm curious is my friend has an iphone 5s purchased from an Apple Store in the US which works perfectly on 3G, 4G, etc. using a Tesco sim in the UK. Just wondering if the 6 (which I've read is more LTE 'versatile' - although I could be mistaken) can do the same.
To reiterate, has anyone out there actually brought back a US iphone 6 and found that it works (or does not work) with 4G?
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What a horrible way to treat customers. I was due for updates on my phones and thought I should maybe check some other prices but have been with Verizon for 20 yrs so ended up there. I got 2 new IPhones 5s and the wife couldn’t decide what she wanted so she stayed with old phone but this locked me into a new 2 yr contract . Within a wk one of the new iPhones started turning on and of like 10 –15 times a day. Wk 2 it turned off and would not turn on again . It was my sons who was in college at the time so we talked and he took it in to a Verizon store where he was told I need to come in since the account was in my name. He was away from home , Verizon could see on account it was his phone they said it was not abused, they could not even turn it on , they sold me the phone give him another phone maybe even a loaner till he gets another. So now I need to go to store and explain to 3 different people this is my phone and my son has it and I need a new one. what a waste of time after about 2 hrs and talking to different people and yes they said there were notes on his account from other person he had talked to from different store. So I finally walk out with a receipt in hand and being told I would have a new phone in a couple days. As I sat in my vehicle thinking this is stupid I looked at my receipt and noticed it said droid on it so back into Verizon I went. The salesman said that’s what your son has on his account. My son had activated a friends old phone so he has one since VERIZON REFUSED to give him one. Another hr 3 people and yes they can see he had a new iPhone and notes on it from other store. Sometimes sorry just doesn't do it. I was now late for a appointment . Now I walk out and have been told I will get a new iPhone in the mail in about 2 wk Yes 2 wks again I bought it there just give me a new one and you send old one back. I will also get a new droid that I have to send back because they said they cant cancel it . In about 3 days I get the Droid and sent it back Verizon mistake and a waste of my time . After waiting over 2 wks and not receiving a new iPhone back to Verizon I went . I am now bitter at Verizon after doing 20 yrs of business with them. 3 people 1 hr later I was told it got delivered to my post office . I got the tracking num called the post office and they say o yes that was the droid. Go back in to Verizon another hr of explaining I walk out being told I will get a new iPhone in a couple of days, We’ll see . Once again I got the phone in your store just give me a new one . Do you realize how much of my time you have wasted ? do you care? O what is Your Policy ? How many Billion did you make last year ? I am Locked into a new 2 yr contract . Why don’t you just release me ? After 20 yrs do you think I will ever renew my contract ?
Simple process. If an iPhone go to the Apple Store and not Verizon
the phone from Verizon will be a refurbished device and not new unless under the 14 day worry free guarantee
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A few months back I Dropped my iPhone 4 and I cracked my screen and now i cant unlock my phone due to touch screen not working plus there are blurred lines across the screen and I can't see anything that it displays.
Now when I try too connect my iPhone 4 to iTunes on my computer at home an error message comes up saying that I have to unlock my iPhone 4 for it to communicate to my device.
But the problem is that I can't unlock my iPhone 4 because I'm unable to see the key pad and my touch screen no longer responds when I touch it.
I just want to reset my iPhone 4 back to its Factory Settings & start all over from the beginning.
How can I unlock my iPhone 4 with iTunes on my computer or any other option you suggest me trying.
Thank you in advance,
SiHeroIf you have had a "local guy "repair your iphone you will not get any support from Apple for warranty OR post warranty
If Verizon return it to Apple it wil not be handled by Apple
If Verizon also use unauthorised repairers you may be lucky
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i factory unlock my iphone 3gs and was on ios 6.1.2 and updatednit to 6.1.3 with itunes and the phone got lock again at activation screen. i try downgrading to 4.1 with baseband 5.13.04 and want to upgrade back to 6.1.2. pls help me
Sorry, downgrading the iOS is not supported by Apple, thus there is no official way to do so. Your phone was re-locked to the carrier it was originally locked to because you hacked it to unlock it. Apple's servers detected such & re-locked your phone. You need to contact the carrier your phone is locked to if you want to get it officially unlocked.
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