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jfmezeiPremium
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| reply to Maynard G Krebs
Re: Get an unlocked iPhone instead,... Neither Rogers nor Fido prevent you from using your own GSM phone on their network. The nature of GSM and roaming basically prevents them from doing that.
So if you buy a truly unlocked Iphone in europe (some countries legally prohibit locking of phones), you can bring on on rogers territory and insert any rigers or fido SIM card in it. Fido offers non-contract deals, so you can use that.
Until Apple sells fully featured unlocked Iphone not tied to any network, I won't touch it. Remember that networks not only lock the phone to their network, but also tailor down the available optiosn/menus on the phone. When you get the real unlocked phone, you get all the features advertised by the manufacturer.
When you get an iphone that has been unlocked, you only get the ability to change SIM cards, you do not get the original system software, you are still stuck with the tailored down software of whatever network the phone was originally locked to. | | |
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| said by jfmezei:Neither Rogers nor Fido prevent you from using your own GSM phone on their network. The nature of GSM and roaming basically prevents them from doing that. So if you buy a truly unlocked Iphone in europe (some countries legally prohibit locking of phones), you can bring on on rogers territory and insert any rigers or fido SIM card in it. Fido offers non-contract deals, so you can use that. Until Apple sells fully featured unlocked Iphone not tied to any network, I won't touch it. Remember that networks not only lock the phone to their network, but also tailor down the available optiosn/menus on the phone. When you get the real unlocked phone, you get all the features advertised by the manufacturer. When you get an iphone that has been unlocked, you only get the ability to change SIM cards, you do not get the original system software, you are still stuck with the tailored down software of whatever network the phone was originally locked to. *SIGH*
Please do your homework before posting. The iPhone is NOT modified/customized/castrated like the other phones. This is Apple's ONLY condition when they allowed the phone to be sold under contract with GSM carriers. If you buy an iPhone from Robbers and one for Telstra, the only difference between them is that they are locked on their respective providers. Once unlocked, they are EXACTLY the same. This is only valid for iPhones as His Holiness, Steve Jobs insisted upon it.
In my case, this is what i will do :
Buy an iPhone from Fido. Cancel the contract on the spot and pay the ETF/DECF fees and insert my good old Fido SIM in it and ask the dude behind the counter that my iPhone works before i walk out. If he refuses to perform a "fake" activation, there is hell to be had.
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said by jfmezei:Neither Rogers nor Fido prevent you from using your own GSM phone on their network. The nature of GSM and roaming basically prevents them from doing that. So if you buy a truly unlocked Iphone in europe (some countries legally prohibit locking of phones), you can bring on on rogers territory and insert any rigers or fido SIM card in it. Fido offers non-contract deals, so you can use that. Until Apple sells fully featured unlocked Iphone not tied to any network, I won't touch it. Remember that networks not only lock the phone to their network, but also tailor down the available optiosn/menus on the phone. When you get the real unlocked phone, you get all the features advertised by the manufacturer. When you get an iphone that has been unlocked, you only get the ability to change SIM cards, you do not get the original system software, you are still stuck with the tailored down software of whatever network the phone was originally locked to. The hitch with changing the SIM is that you're still locked into the plan that got you the SIM! You now have 2 phones (one locked to Rogers and one unlocked) that you're sharing a single SIM card for ... kind of expensive and not very productive since you're either roaming on the original carrier if the SIM is still active (and paying through the nose roaming charges) or you're stiffed with Rogers call plan.
Moreover, one thing to watch out for is that GSM phones bought in Europe may or may not be usable in N. America unless enabled for N. Am. frequencies (and vice versa). | |
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