Can I Use iPhone Without Contract?

Yes, you can. If you want phone service without the contract, choose the Go-Phone option.

ardesigns said:

So I can go to an Apple store, buy an iPhone 3G, and say I want the Go-Phone option. Then, will I be billed at all? Also, if I'm out of WiFi can I just turn off EVDO so that I won't get caught up in a trap where I pay for every kilobyte or something?

Thanks,
ARDesigns

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Keep in mind you aren't going to get the $199 price without a contract.

How much would the price be if not the $299

ardesigns said:

Looks like that won't work. However, jailbreaking is an option, isn't it? I can jailbreak the iPhone and not have to worry about activating it, right? Also, what would the price be if I didn't get a contract?

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ARDesigns

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Well to get the $199/$299 you will have to activate in-store. You can then jailbreak and not have to tether it again at home as it needs to be tethered within a certain time frame (I forget how long, maybe 3 days).

I don't understand. You don't want to activate it ang just use it as an iPod?

Why not just get an iPod touch? It's cheaper, thinner and doesnt have features you don't need.. plus you can get a 32GB

how could anyone possibly think that you can just walk into a store and buy an iphone for 199/299$ and thats it???

Just get an iPod Touch. If you really want the iPhone, you can buy the contract-free version for $599 I think. But I believe it still has to be activated within a certain time frame (30 days?)

your post (op) makes no sense. You want to buy an iPhone and use it ilke the touch, why not just buy the touch?

Wait a second. I didn't even think the iPhone 3G was jailbroken yet. Are we talking about hardware unlocks?

zachplaysguitar said:

Why not just get an iPod touch?

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Heh. I remember reading about some country where the officials confiscated a whole bunch of cell phones in some large public arena for some reason... turns out that they found that whole bunch of the cell phones were non-functional fakes, apparently carried around because they looked expensive or important.

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upsguy27 said:

Wait a second. I didn't even think the iPhone 3G was jailbroken yet. Are we talking about hardware unlocks?

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You can JAILBREAK a 3G iPhone, you just can't UNLOCK it yet

To answer the OP's question, yeh you can get an iPhone and use it as an iPod if you got money to waste

if you want an iPhone just to use it as an iPod then why dont you just get an iPod touch

ardesigns said:

So I can go to an Apple store, buy an iPhone 3G, and say I want the Go-Phone option. Then, will I be billed at all? Also, if I'm out of WiFi can I just turn off EVDO so that I won't get caught up in a trap where I pay for every kilobyte or something?

Thanks,
ARDesigns

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I think the OP wants the iphone 3g via Go-Phone option. He's either a verizon/sprint customer because he mentions EVDO and of course EVDO is a CDMA technology. That's where the confusion lies.

If he wanted the no-contract option he will have to pay $599/699 8GB/16GB for the phone or else try to find a better price on ebay/craigslist.

Than he would be better off using the mediamax unlimited $20 data plan only option the ATT Go Phone plan. Remember that mediamax Go data plan does not include any text messages.

True. I think I'll rather put a Turbo sim and get it going with any other mobile network.

Which one is the best known working unlock sim out in the market?