T-mobile Iphone is LOCKED and Contract Free.

I am looking at buying an iphone online from apple for my wife but there is a lot of confusion on the Communities as to whether the Iphone with a Tmobile SIM is unlocked or not. I spoke with Customer service and they informed me that the Iphone with a T-mobile SIM is "unlocked in that it is contract free" I asked her point blank if the Tmobile Iphone could be used with a SIM card from another carrier and she said it could not. She did tell me that I could use the unlocked Iphone on Tmobiles network I would just have to purchase a T-mobile SIM to use with it. This means that the Iphone which ships with a T-mobile SIM is Contract Free and LOCKED to T-mobile. I would recommend that Apple change the wording on their website and sell the T-mobile Iphone for what it really is: Locked and Contract free. A truly unlocked phone is not tied to one network.

I just got my wife a 5s, unlocked, with a T-Mobile SIM from Apple. When it arrived, I activated it on T-Mobile ($50/month plan, no contract) and it worked fine. Yesterday I went to the AT&T store and got a free AT&T SIM, removed the T-Mobile SIM, and activated it on AT&T ($60/month plan)(month-to-month, no contract). I want to compare coverage and reception. It works fine on AT&T, so I can tell you for 100% certain that the iPhone I bought was not locked on T-Mobile. I have no reason to believe that when I put the T-Mobile SIM back in that it won't work just fine on T-Mobile.
I did a lot of research before buying and without exception, everyone told me that if I got it from Apple, unlocked, with a T-Mobile SIM, that it would work fine with other carriers. It does!

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So basically, the phone should work in Pakistan, but not on the 4G networks and you need to take the T-Mobile sim card out before you activate it and activate it using a local sim card and you will have NO warranty cover for the phone in Pakistan.

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hello
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