Is the new iPhone 4 carrier locked?

Hi guys, i am from jamaica, i was planing to buy one when it comes out... want to know if the new iPhone 4 carrier locked?

You don't have the right to buy service where you want, you have the choice to buy service where it's available. Mobile phones are not a right, they are a privilege. Apple has not restricted your ability to choose... you can choose any other phone you like. Apple is not forcing you to buy their phone.
The entitlement attitude never ceases to amaze me.
Hmmm, with that attitude, I guess you're ok with collusion, monopolies, and anti-competitive practices, right? I mean, companies providing any goods or services should be able to work together and jack up prices, stifle competition, stamp out innovation, and reduce quality. After all, you're not forced to use/buy them!
It certainly makes sense to me to be able to buy any phone I want and use it on any network I want. You don't agree? In other countries, it's against the law to lock phones to providers.
How'd you feel if you had a Honda and could only buy Honda gas at a Honda gas station, and the same was true for all the other manufacturers?
There are times when the government has to step in and correct things like this. Feeling entitled is a good thing.

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An Unlocked version of the iPhone should be released some time soon, though no actual date has been given yet.
The Unlocked phone should let you use a sim from any carrier in the phone and have it work.
However, it is up to the cell carriers in Spain wether or not they have Nano sims for sale to be used with an iPhone 5. If they do you may be able to purchase an unlocked Phone and use a sim card from a carrier in spain.
Talk to your carrier first to make sure they have Nano sims available for purchase.

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kitan47 wrote:
I bought new iphone 5s locked after i unlocked my iphone5s
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1937
Accoprding to Apple's information, all UK phones are sold as locked to the carrier you got it from, so yours is ALREADY locked to T-Mobile (activation has nothing to do with whether a phone is sold as locked or not).
However, it looks like, from Apple's listing, that they also support unlocking, but you will need to contact them about doing that. There may be restrictions, like so many months under contract first, or a fee, or whatever rules they apply to unlocking. Or there may be none and you just need to ask them to do it.
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Having done a lot of reading today and having found a very good online tablet magazine (will post link tomorrow) there seems to be a few tech bods onto the problem.
The magazine I was reading identified wifi problems within hours of the ios 6 release and have been analysing since then with almost daily updates - the story seems to be:
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