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Buying an iPhone in the US? Pay full price
- Terretta 13y agoThis article says to buy T-Mobile. You don't have to. Just pay retail, use whatever you want. Walk into a USA Apple store, ask for a "device only" phone. They'll give you one of the AT&T stock, but when you get back to the office or home and connect to iTunes, you'll get the message: “Congratulations, your iPhone has been unlocked.” Tada, use any plan you like, anywhere you like. This worked on the iPhone 4S before Apple even announced no-contract phones.
- jonny_eh 13y agoSeriously? I was in line this morning and was told they were out of unlocked phones. They gave me a card for an AT&T phone, but when I looked up AT&T's unlock policy it said that I needed to be a current or former customer to get a phone unlocked. Damn.
- eugeneross 13y agoNice incisive article. You recognize a really good point. While T-Mobile is at the pit of the phone carriers, they seem to listen (and react) to what their costumers want. I just wish that maybe one day one of the hot-shot carriers will come to their senses and follow in T-Mobile's footsteps.
- icodestuff 13y agoIf you're on a family plan, the marginal cost could still be cheaper. For my share of it, it's $10/mo plus however much data I choose (I'll stick with the grandfathered unlimited plan for $30).