Moving To Germany...what to do with my iPhone?
I was going to purchase an iPhone for the first time this weekend but I just found out I'm going to move to Germany at the end of the year. I would like to get it now and be able to use it over there. I've heard a lot about unlocking the phone but once you do that the apps don't work or you can't use certain things on the phone (features that are the reason you buy the phone in the first place.) I still want to buy the phone this weekend but what can I do about service in Germany? Will AT&T unlock the phone if I have government travel orders so I can use it on T-mobile over there and will I be able to use all the features?
Although AT&T will unlock certain carrier locked phones when requested by a subscriber during the contract period or after the contract has expired, AT&T is not obligated to do so by law. AT&T will do this with some phones, but not all, and the iPhone is not one of them.
This is up to AT&T, not Apple. The same applies to any cell phone manufacturer in regards to a phone sold as carrier locked.
The iPhone is sold as carrier locked with a designated carrier in Germany also, which I believe is with T-Mobile there. Not sure if T-Mobile unlocks iPhones in Germany either.
This can be different for some, but I don't know anyone who uses the same cell phone for 3 years or longer.
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