Originally Posted by Everything Goes:
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Apple stores sell unlocked iPhones where you can use any Sim Card. But they also stock the dreaded Sim Free auto lock phones so do be careful!”
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Apple stores sell unlocked iPhones where you can use any Sim Card. But they also stock the dreaded Sim Free auto lock phones so do be careful!”
That should only happen by mistake - Apple stores - and their online sales website - clearly say their handsets are fully unlocked.
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“My other half took an iPhone 3GS to the Apple store. Was faulty as usual. They replaced it with a brand new iPhone still sealed as it was only a 3 months old. It auto locked to Three as I tried another sim card O2 in it to test it. Alas it was locked.”
“My other half took an iPhone 3GS to the Apple store. Was faulty as usual. They replaced it with a brand new iPhone still sealed as it was only a 3 months old. It auto locked to Three as I tried another sim card O2 in it to test it. Alas it was locked.”
That is a mistake! For replacements under warranty Apple stores should always (and normally do!) transfer the locking database entry from the old to the new IMEI.




