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Unlocks soon deemed obsolete?

ruinfx said:
because there inst a t-mobile 3G version currently available. if a t-mobile version is released, then there will be no point in locking them. as of right now though, t-mobile customers still want to use at&t iphones.
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What are you talking about?
Tmobile has 3G its just not compatible with iphones. Both AT&T and Tmobile lock their phones no matter what phone it is unless the customer requests an unlock. Then if you get lucky they might give you the unlock code for regural nokias and other phones but that doesnt work with the iphone. AT&T or Apple does not unlock them in the US.
 
Applejuiced said:
What are you talking about?
Tmobile has 3G its just not compatible with iphones. Both AT&T and Tmobile lock their phones no matter what phone it is unless the customer requests an unlock. Then if you get lucky they might give you the unlock code for regural nokias and other phones but that doesnt work with the iphone. AT&T or Apple does not unlock them in the US.
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i think you might want to brush up on your reading comprehension because you clearly misread what i said.
 
ruinfx said:
because there inst a t-mobile 3G version currently available. if a t-mobile version is released, then there will be no point in locking them. as of right now though, t-mobile customers still want to use at&t iphones.
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That's not really true. AT&T and T-Mobile both carry, for example, the exact same Blackberry Bold 9700. Neither company has exclusivity on the phone. And yet, both companies still lock the phone by default. The same should be expected to be true of a hypothetical T-Mobile version of the iPhone.
 
goosnarrggh said:
That's not really true. AT&T and T-Mobile both carry, for example, the exact same Blackberry Bold 9700. Neither company has exclusivity on the phone. And yet, both companies still lock the phone by default. The same should be expected to be true of a hypothetical T-Mobile version of the iPhone.
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well RIM isnt as controlling as apple is. you can buy a 9700 on t-mobile for less money on than you can on at&t. the iphone would likely cost $199/$299 regardless of the carrier so there would be no price advantage of buying the competitors version.

also the nature of an iphone and a blackberry are very different. the iphone depends a lot more on 3G than the 9700 does so staying with the carrier that your iphones 3G is compatible with is more important.
 
no contract iphone

Apple announced today that they would sell "no contract" iphones from the Apple store, BUT they would still be locked to ATT... now who is going to be first to bring class action suit against Apple since they will sell the iphone at full price but keep it locked!!!
 
jamaggic said:
Apple announced today that they would sell "no contract" iphones from the Apple store, BUT they would still be locked to ATT... now who is going to be first to bring class action suit against Apple since they will sell the iphone at full price but keep it locked!!!
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Cheaper iPhones are not cheaper because they're locked, but because they're subsidized by the wireless company. Your $199 iPhone is worth the full $599, but AT&T has paid for $400 themselves.

...but if there was a class action suit I'd get on board, purely because I want to see the iPhone opened up.
 
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