another idea!!!!
if you lend your iPhone to someone with who has had AT&T service for 60 days prior to him using your iPhone, he can get an unlock for you ! in less then 5 days
you might need to have him check with AT&T to make sure the imei is on his account so it has an "established history"
i tried out the amazon fire phone, as something to laugh at!! and i found out
that AT&T has a new unlocking policy for NON CUSTOMERS !!!!
if you never had AT&T service, you can still ask for an unlock, and they just might give it to you!!
https://www.att.com/deviceunlock/?#/
if you go to AT&T directly and pay maybe $90 for 2 months of postpaid service, you can score an unlock that way too
if you go to cricket you will need 6 months before they will give you an unlock
i came to almost getting burned on that fire phone. you really should call 800 331 0500 and speak to an AT&T rep to make sure the phone you buy isn't financed in the first place.
i went to AT&T with a fire phone and AT&T told me it was a store demo and they refused to sell me service
i went to AT&T to ask for it to be unlocked and they told me it was still under contract
various imei check websites gave me the green light and said that it wasn't blacklisted