I'd also have to pay for the first month's service, right?
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At this point I think on launch day I might just end up waiting in line. I will get a card for both a Verizon one and a TMobile one (which at this point it seems all TMobile ones are unlocked for sure) as a backup. I will ask to get the Verizon one device only, no contract or anything. If they will let me, I will test my AT&T SIM (because if that works then I know TMobile SIM will work when I switch).
If they don't let me get the Verizon one device only or if my AT&T SIM doesn't work, I will just go with the TMobile one. That seems to cover just about every possible outcome.
Do you guys know if every iPhone for T-Mobile is unlocked?
If you buy the iPhone outright from Apple, AT&T, T-Mobile, or Verizon on launch day, the iPhone will come GSM unlocked.
No one knows for sure but if like the past it will be unlocked.
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I am not so sure about that. In the past when I have bought, at full price, a iPhone from AT&T it WAS LOCKED. It was months before they sold unlocked phones.
Best to go to the Apple store but even they have not had unlocked phones on the day of introduction. Likely a deal they make with the carriers.![]()
The problem is I won't be able to online.
I'd rather pre-order when that is available than wait in line for hours at my local Apple store.
Do you know how much later?
I maybe wrong, the poster above me said he bought an unlocked version off the bat on release day. I maybe thinking iphone 5 release, not 5S.
Thanks for all the info. Sounds like for sure TMobile will be unlocked, especially with their whole "uncarrier" push. Verizon sounds like it might be unlocked, but that could change and there's a lot of trouble to get one device only for Verizon. So I am thinking TMobile will be the safe bet and the most simplest.
Verizon version is the best. Its unlocked no matter how you buy it.
Verizon version is the best. Its unlocked no matter how you buy it.
That's what I've been trying to tell people lol