Will the iPhone 5 be available without contract again?

[borgqueenx]

Simply available in big quantities at apple stores at the launch date?

 

[CarbineX]

Are you asking whether or not the iPhone will be available SIM free? Of course it will.

 

[borgqueenx]

If you're asking whether or not the iPhone will be available SIM free? Of course it will.

yes without a contract and without a sim.

 

[MaxPower49]

good question. will we be able to preorder a phone at full price with no contract?

 

[Dwalls90]

In the past, no. This year? Unlikely.

Huge demand keeps it limited to existing customers with full subsidized upgrades or new customers opening new lines, typically.

 

[CarbineX]

I should have added I'm from the UK. We've been able to buy unlocked iPhone's directly from Apple for a few years.