Apple Users

Berlum

(7,044 posts) Tue Sep 17, 2013, 06:12 PM Sep 2013

What's the point of buying an unlocked iPhone 5c or 5S?

It looks like every carrier wants you to use the iPhone they sell you, or that is pre-configured for their network.

Thus -- it seems -- if you go online and buy an iPhone 5S or 5c, and want to use a no-contract carrier, you are out of luck. Or am I missing something.

If one had an unlocked iPhone 5c purchased from Apple, where could or would you go to get a no-contract service arrangement?

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What's the point of buying an unlocked iPhone 5c or 5S? (Original Post) Berlum Sep 2013 OP

It would be useful for people who travel overseas a lot Lydia Leftcoast Sep 2013 #1

Lydia Leftcoast

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1. It would be useful for people who travel overseas a lot

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Tue Sep 17, 2013, 07:25 PM

Sep 2013

They would simply buy a SIM (or whatever they're called these days) card for each country and avoid roaming charges, especially for data. In addition, they would have a local phone number in every country they visited, so people could contact them easily.

Also, T-Mobile offers a prepaid option with the iPhone. I looked into it, but the upfront price for the phone was so high that a contract is more manageable from month to month.

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