Do previous iPhones become unlocked?

[henhouse]

Hey fellas,

So I activated my iPhone 4S today (after hours of trouble with AT&T...) and I was curious. Does my iPhone 4 become like unlocked? Like I could theoretically take it and activate it with Verizon, or go abroad and get a SIM card there?

Been wondering that. Because if I sell my iPhone then I'd have to buy one back for a lot of money. Don't want to do that if I have an unlocked one...


Thanks!

 

[r.j.s]

No, it is still locked.

 

[alphaod]

Also the AT&T iPhone 4 is GSM only… it doesn't even support Verizon/Sprint CDMA even if your phone was unlocked.

 

[henhouse]

No, it is still locked.

So the phone can never be used outside of AT&T? Doesn't make any sense why that should be allowed if it's no longer under contract. Is there anyway to break this?

Also the AT&T iPhone 4 is GSM only… it doesn't even support Verizon/Sprint CDMA even if your phone was unlocked.

Ah thanks. I once thought I read this was possible, I suppose not since they are completely different. Good thing the 4S is a world phone.

 

[alphaod]

So the phone can never be used outside of AT&T? Doesn't make any sense why that should be allowed if it's no longer under contract. Is there anyway to break this?

If the jailbreaking community releases a software hack, yes you can do that to unlocked it… but until then we're stuck with useless phones.