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Is T-Mobile iPhone unlocked?

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jigsb007

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Guys,
I want to buy an iPhone , which I can use in india . Which iphone5 I should buy???

Is there any unlocked iPhone I can buy from apple???
How about AT&T ?? Or tmobile???
Since tmobile doesn't cone with the contract, I assume that it should be unlocked !!

Please advice ..thanks
 
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okwhatev

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Oct 19, 2005
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TMobile iPhone 5 IS the new unlocked AT&T iPhone. there is no such thing as a "locked" T-Mobile iPhone 5.
 
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jigsb007

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Thank you guys.. But I m now confused...
Do apple sale unlocked??? Online or in store???

Or should I wait couple of months , there r rumers about new/cheap iPhone...
 
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jigsb007

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PsstGreek said:
They sell online and in the store.

http://store.apple.com/us/buy/home/shop_iphone/family/iphone5
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It looks like Tmobile phone's are unlocked !!!

if you try to purchase IP5 from apple website, you get only 3 service provider. but if you select unlocked then it ask , with tmobile sim ? or no sim.

that means..if you buy a phone from tmobile store, you get the same phone as if you ordered unlocked for apple. Make sense ??/

on apple its $649, but at the tmobile store its $20 for 24months and $99 initial downpayment. so its $69 cheaper at Tmobile.
The only thing, you have to be a tmobile customer. i think they dont give just a phone....
 
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PsstGreek

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jigsb007 said:
It looks like Tmobile phone's are unlocked !!!

if you try to purchase IP5 from apple website, you get only 3 service provider. but if you select unlocked then it ask , with tmobile sim ? or no sim.

that means..if you buy a phone from tmobile store, you get the same phone as if you ordered unlocked for apple. Make sense ??/

on apple its $649, but at the tmobile store its $20 for 24months and $99 initial downpayment. so its $69 cheaper at Tmobile.
The only thing, you have to be a tmobile customer. i think they dont give just a phone....
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T-Mobile iPhones do not come unlocked. Apple just sells them for full price.

The down payment at T-Mobile now is $149

If you want an unlocked iPhone, but the factory unlocked one instead.
 
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CEmajr

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jigsb007 said:
It looks like Tmobile phone's are unlocked !!!

if you try to purchase IP5 from apple website, you get only 3 service provider. but if you select unlocked then it ask , with tmobile sim ? or no sim.

that means..if you buy a phone from tmobile store, you get the same phone as if you ordered unlocked for apple. Make sense ??/

on apple its $649, but at the tmobile store its $20 for 24months and $99 initial downpayment. so its $69 cheaper at Tmobile.
The only thing, you have to be a tmobile customer. i think they dont give just a phone....
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The ones at the T-Mobile stores are NOT unlocked. Try putting an AT&T sim card in one of them and it kicks you back to the 'Activation Required' screen. Only the ones sold directly from Apple are unlocked.
 
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okwhatev

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CEmajr said:
The ones at the T-Mobile stores are NOT unlocked. Try putting an AT&T sim card in one of them and it kicks you back to the 'Activation Required' screen. Only the ones sold directly from Apple are unlocked.
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I was under the assumption that the ones at the store are required to be activated using the TMobile SIM but then the slot is an unlocked GSM slot afterwards.
 
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kissnoob

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okwhatev said:
I was under the assumption that the ones at the store are required to be activated using the TMobile SIM but then the slot is an unlocked GSM slot afterwards.
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Your assumption is wrong. I did test it on the iphone 5 Tmobile buying from Tmobile store. It is NOT unlocked. Putting ATT sim in it doesn't work.

I needed to request unlock through Tmobile customer service. After they sent me the letter of unlock completion (the same as ATT letter), ATT sim works without any issue
 
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djransom

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PsstGreek said:
T-Mobile iPhones do not come unlocked. Apple just sells them for full price.

The down payment at T-Mobile now is $149

If you want an unlocked iPhone, but the factory unlocked one instead.
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That depends on your credit class. I just dropped $300 per phone for me and the mrs this past weekend.
 
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