IPhone 6 T-Mobile Contract free, does that mean its unlocked? And I can use it worldwide?

HI there,
IPhone 6 T-Mobile Contract free, does that mean its unlocked? And I can use it worldwide?
please advise me?

As long as you do not activate the phone with the T-Mobile sim card initially and just use the sim card you want, then the phone should remain unlocked.
These were exactly the same questions asked when the iPhone 5s was released - if you want the phone to be unlocked then purchase the sim free T-Mobile phone, but DON'T activate it with the T-Mobile sim card.  If you do activate it with the T-Mobile sim, then the phone will be locked to T-Mobile, but if you activate it with another sim card, then it should remain unlocked.
The problem with sim free is that it normally locks to the first sim card that you put in the phone and if you activate it with the T-Mobile sim, then it will, so don't use that, but the sim card that you want instead.
Other than that, it normally takes about 6 months after the initial release date before Apple starts selling unlocked phones.

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