Is a MC609LL iPhone 4 unlocked?
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Is a MC609LL iPhone 4 unlocked?
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Jmills87
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Welcome to the forums! Unfortunately you cannot tell if an iPhone is unlocked strictly based on the model number. If the phone was purchased from an Apple store then it is unlocked. If it was purchased from a carrier, then it is tied to that carrier.
Perhaps you are trying to determine if the baseband your iPhone is running is eligible for a software unlock? You will have to determine the baseband version for that rather than the model number of your phone.
Jmills87 said:
So if I go to an Apple store and buy an iPhone, tell them I'm with AT&T on contract but have to hurry up and leave before they can activate it...I can get an unlocked iPhone for $200 because I left before they locked it to a network?lol.
If you buy it from the Apple store, you pay the full, out of contract price. Carrier locks only benefit the mobile carriers that subsidize your phones, which is why they can get away with them. Apple makes more money if the phone is factory unlocked because people from multiple networks will want to buy it. If you're going to buy it from them, it will be unlocked and will run on any network that its hardware allows.
Jmills87
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Ya, don't think that's how it works
I think it's like DpkgDan said, you have to buy the phone at full retail price for it to be unlocked, I imagine that all of the inventory they sell with a contract is already locked to that carrier.Jmills87 said:Ya, don't think that's how it works
Yeah, figured.lol
