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What is an unlocked iPhone?

cammyg123 said:
My question is what is an unlocked iPhone?

How does it work?

Thanks :D
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Normally carriers lock their phone to their own network. So if the phone is unlocked then the phone can be used on any network. Mostly counts towards GSM networks like at&t and t-mobile in the USA.
 
Unlocked = unshackled from a single cellular provider.

Can u imaging choosing a vendor to sell u electricity? Kinda like that.

U can divorce from Ma Bell if u want to.
 
cammyg123 said:
Can you have no carrier on it?
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Yes.

That's what people here say using an iPhone as an iPod.

But u can do that with a locked phone too. The locking just means every time, when and u do get on the cellular, you have to pay cellular vendor X, but you are not forced to use electricity if u don't want to.
 
Mrbobb said:
Yes.

That's what people here say using an iPhone as an iPod.

But u can do that with a locked phone too. The locking just means every time, when and u do get on the cellular, you have to pay cellular vendor X, but you are not forced to use electricity if u don't want to.
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How do you get the phone with these settings? And how much do you think it'll cost?
 
cammyg123 said:
How do you get the phone with these settings? And how much do you think it'll cost?
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"Use a phone with these settings" doesn't make sense.

Just don't put a sim in it, simple as!

What will it cost to put no sim in :confused:
 
cammyg123 said:
How much does it cost to buy an iPhone but to use it as an iPod with no contract nor carrier?

That's all.
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It depends where you live.

I would buy the phone from ebay, can get pretty good deals if you look hard enough
 
JayLenochiniMac said:
Are you asking this because you're a developer as your signature indicates?
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No, but I guess that could be one way to use it! I just love the size and the look of the iPhone but don't really need the actual data and stuff. And I mostly use the developers license for doing things on Mac OS X
 
cammyg123 said:
No, but I guess that could be one way to use it! I just love the size and the look of the iPhone but don't really need the actual data and stuff. And I mostly use the developers license for doing things on Mac OS X
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Unless bought used, that's one expensive iPod.

Oh well, your wallet.
 
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