Today at the D9 conference AT&T CEO Ralph de la Vega was surprised to find out that AT&T did not sell unlocked iPhones. When asked why AT&T would not sell unlocked iPhones to those going out of the country, de la Vega responded by saying to buy the phone at full price and it would be unlocked. When the crowd and press corrected him, De la Vega said he would look into the issue.
Ralph de la Vega has also confirmed at the that AT&T is indeed working a shared data plan. For example, if you had an iPhone, iPad, and an AT&T netbook all your minutes and data would be shared from a unified pool.
Unfortunately, there is no time frame or cost associated with this shared data plan.
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Gianpaolo - June 2, 2011 at 4:37pm
What are u talking about apple doesn't sell iphones unlocked
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DigiHead - June 2, 2011 at 6:20pm
Apple selling unlockrd iphones - go to UK and get fully unlocked iphone from apple store year ago!
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wezz69 - June 2, 2011 at 6:49pm
This is copied directly from apple uk website:
[Your new iPhone. Direct from Apple and ready to use.
When you purchase your iPhone from the Apple Online Store, youll get it SIM-free. So you can sign up for service with the carrier of your choice and change your carrier at any time. Questions? Call our iPhone experts at 0800 048 0408.]
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Rhino - June 2, 2011 at 9:09pm
They do in Canada :-)
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wezz69 - June 2, 2011 at 3:54pm
Buy direct from apple, they come factory unlocked. I get better value for money buying my iphone and getting a SIM only deal
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te72s - June 2, 2011 at 4:09pm
Not in the U.S. ass....
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Hash - June 3, 2011 at 10:25am
Actually, they do have factory unlocked iphones in the US. I got one from Apple directly. I just had proof that I had purchased a factory-unlocked iphone in Canada, and that was enough for them to replace my iphone with another factory-unlocked iphone with US model number, etc.
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ninocolato - June 2, 2011 at 3:46pm
The CEO of AT&T doesn't know that they don't sell unlocked iPhones??????? hilarious!!!!!
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