Jewels
Did you buy it from Telstra(or some other retailer) or from the Apple
Store? If from the latter that is definitely the unlocked price so
there should *not* be an unlocking charge. If you bought it from
anywhere else(vodafone/telstra/optus/other retail phone store) then
there could well be an unlocking charge as the stock would have been
from the carrier rather than from Apple.
I know that $1040 from an Apple store is definitely the unlocked as I
just purchased one for my mother for use on her optus SIM, which she
recently switched to Telstra without incident. It was marked, separate
stock from the other iphones and you could only purchase one via
credit card so Apple could ensure and audit trail to make sure people
aren't reselling them.
There have however been some reports on Whirlpool that some people
were accidentally getting locked phones because Apple staff were
accidentally giving out the wrong stock.
Dave
On 14/01/2010, at 11:58 PM, Julie Bedford wrote:
I recently purchased an iPhone for $1040 and was told it was locked
to Telstra and it would be an extra $150 to unlock.
Jewels
On 14/01/2010, at 11:26 PM, choy wrote:
Martin
That price ($199) is on a plan with AT&T, locked to their network
for 24 months. (notice the little superscript "1" after the price?
Its very important - reveals details on the required 24 month plan)
Furthermore you can't walk out the store with one without being on
an AT&T plan, unlike the original iPhone, so buying one and
jailbreaking then unlocking is not an option.
The $879/1040 price is for an unlocked phone which you can use on
any network.
We're actually *lucky* this time around, as the yanks can't get
what we can (unlocked phone). You'll find heaps of forum threads
out there about how crap AT&T coverage is and that is actually one
of the biggest reasons Americans that don't buy them cite for not
getting one, as they can't get them to use on any other network
(their networks are a hosh-posh of different standards anyway so
they'd need an iPhone with WCDMA to be made to use eg Verizon)
So sorry, buying one of these in the US for use here is not an
option unless your friend is willing to pay for an AT&T phone
contract he can't use!
Dave
On 14/01/2010, at 8:28 PM, Martin Sulkowski wrote:
Hi Stuart
It is the i-phone 3GS US$ 199 for the 16gb and US$ 299 for the
32gb or AU$ 879 or AU$1040 downunder
Martin
http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare-iphones/
On 14/01/2010, at 8:42 AM, Stuart Evans wrote:
Hi Martin,
They might be for an iPhone 2G but not a 3GS.
Cheers,
Stuart
On 14/01/10 8:20 AM, "Martin Sulkowski"
<msulkow...@reachnet.com.au> wrote:
Hi Everyone
A friend told me that the I Phones are only US $199. Is it
possible to buy
them in the US and get it connected over here?
Thanks for all answers Martin
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