Hi Ramy, I highly recommend you wait until the unlocked iPhone 5 is available to purchase. Robin's suggestion theoretically should be fine, but at some point that exact same scenario took place and one of the Today in iOS listeners called in for advice. He had purchased an iPhone 4S for somebody I think in Tunesia or one of those countries in Northern Africa not so far from where you are. In the end AT&T ended up billing them for month because somehow it wasn't possible to unlock the phone when it wasn't on the AT&T network and I believe they had to send it back to their friend in the States to deal with the unlock and then he had to send it back to them. I really don't think you want to take such chances, buy a minimum $650 phone and then end up paying a few hundred Dollars more until you may or may not manage to unlock it. Just wait 3 or 4 weeks and then arrange for somebody to get the phone for you.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robin Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 9:42 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Ordered unlocked iphone 5 from USA Hello, Can't you BUY a LOCKED iPhone from AT&T not under contract @ full retail price, and then REQUEST that it be UNLOCKED due to the Lack of a contract I can't SEE any reason why apple or AT&T wouldn't UNLOCK it for you. It is a roundabout way of achieving the same device as if you BOUGHT an UNLOCKED iPhone from Apple. This is only a suggestion because Apple has YET to offer the SALE of an UNLOCKED iPhone 5 @ this point in time. At 07:28 AM 9/18/2012, you wrote: >Can't you buy an unlocked iPhone direct from Apple? > >On 19/09/12 08:43, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > > HI all: > > > > One of my friends is on USA, I need to buy an unlocked iphone 5, > > from where can I buy, because, I can't find unlocked phones, only > > locked phones, > > > > Any help will be highly abbreciated > > > > Cheers: > > Ramy Moustafa > > If music be the food of love... play on. > > Mobile: > > 0020102221750 > > Personal email: > > ramy.moustaf...@gmail.com > > Msn and aim messengers: > > flutelo...@link.net > > Studio email: > > harmonystudio2...@gmail.com > > facebook profile: > > http://www.facebook.com/ > > Twitter: > > moustafa.r...@gmail.com > > youtube chanael: > > www.youtube.com/ramymoustafasaber > > > >-- >Christopher (CJ) >chaltain at Gmail > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >Google Group. >To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
