Hi Marcello, Am 27.01.2010 um 19:01 schrieb Marcello Perathoner:
Keith J. Schultz wrote:
Hi Marcello, I said non SIM-Locked. Apple will directly sell you one if a vendor will refers you to them. There are other vendors are offering them, too. How they get them I can not say. I believe the import them from other countries.
If I can get an unlocked phone only if I subscribe to a 24-month plan, then where's the difference? What would I do with the plan I just subscribed to? Stick the card in my stamp collection and pay EUR 50 a month for that? At least you have a iPhone. But, What are you going to do with an iPhone without a telephone service? If you do not need a telephone get an iTouch or now and iPad!
Then again, the carriers here are more than willing to give rebates on your plans if you tell them you want the iPhone, you only need to pay for the iPhone from a dealer. There are also agents that will do the same. AND you do get a non SIM-lock iPhone. It is not that Apple sells only SIM-Lock iPhones!
I don't want a gray import or a phone bought hundreds of miles away in a foreign country. I want a phone with 2 years legal warranty that, if it breaks down, I can bring to a shop in the town I live and have it replaced on the spot or get my money back like I'm entitled according to European law.
From what I heard these are legal! There is no german law forbidding the sale of these iPhones. Only service providers can not sell them directly. I am not hundreds of miles away in a foreign country. For you, Yes. But that is your problem.
And, because I get around a lot, I want a phone I can use with any provider in Europe, prepaid or postpaid or without any card at all. The only way to use a Phone with a card is if you use Wi-Fi. Like I said these iPhones are NOT SIM-LOCK so no problem using them as a telephone. I have only seen postpaid cards or plans for dataplans.
Here is a question: Would AT&T unlock a iPhone if you toöd them you are going to Europe and want to take it along? Problem solved if you are willing to go with AT&T. I am pretty sure the markets will be opening up. soon. Then I am sure the iPhones will really, take off. regards Keith.