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Will the IPhone work in Europe?
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Chaszmyr
macrumors 601
If you're asking if you'll be able to use it if you are an american who travels to Europe: Yes, if you have an international plan. EDGE likely won't work, but there's always wifi.
If you're asking if you, as a european, can buy one in the US and set it up with a European service provider's contract: No.
If you're asking if you, as a european, can buy one in the US and set it up with a European service provider's contract: No.
Why not ?
Is the iPhone locked to an AT&T SIM card ?
If the iPhone is tri or quad band then surely it will be able to pick up a carrier in the UK with another SIM inserted....
Is the iPhone locked to an AT&T SIM card ?
If the iPhone is tri or quad band then surely it will be able to pick up a carrier in the UK with another SIM inserted....
swiftaw
macrumors 603
liketom
macrumors 601
for how long in wonder ?🙄 if anything like Apple TV's OS it will not take long for some bright spark to tweak the OS
LxTxNx
macrumors 6502
I remeber hearing in one of our AT&T meetings that it's a MULTI Year Exclusive contract I think it was like 5 years or so.
I would be buying the phone from AT&T but when traveling in Europe I would prefer to buy a pre-paid SIM card from a local service provider and most of all I'm interested to know if the web and map functions will work roaming in Europe.
liketom
macrumors 601
yes it maybe an 5 year deal but it's still just software locked - and i do not think i've come accross any phone so far that can not be unlocked to any network - lot's of the features will prob not work but still brings up the question of when will these thing's hit ebay accross europe at the start of July ?
for instance i would gladley pay £500-800 for one maybe
yes and no
the hardware will work for voice, probably not data (almost every provider in europe is 3G or 3.5G)
the iphone is supposed to be "quad band" so it should work around the world if you can find a way to unlock it and swap sim cards, you should be able to throw in a prepaid card into the phone.
the hardware will work for voice, probably not data (almost every provider in europe is 3G or 3.5G)
the iphone is supposed to be "quad band" so it should work around the world if you can find a way to unlock it and swap sim cards, you should be able to throw in a prepaid card into the phone.
there's only one network in the uk with EDGE (Orange). i don't know how the iphone reacts as to data when there is little or no EDGE about.