The iPhone is Now Available Contract Free From the Apple Store

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Posted March 22, 2010 at 6:43pm by Shalom Levytam

Apple is now selling the iPhone without an AT&T contract or ID at any Apple Store in the United States.

Gizmodo received a copy of the internal documentation that reads, "Effective immediately, customers purchasing iPhone as device only at full price are no longer required to have an AT&T account or provide a form of ID. Device only full price iPhone slaes are limited to one per person per day."

The price is $499 for the iPhone 3G 8GB, $599 for the iPhone 3GS 16GB, and $699 for the 32GB model.

Of course, these devices will be sold with the latest baseband which is not yet unlockable; however, you can use RedSn0w to perform a tethered jailbreak.

[via Gizmodo]

The iPhone is Now Available Contract Free From the Apple Store

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Ildefonso Arrieta - March 23, 2010 at 11:46am

Until now i haven't seen nothing about it on the apple store ?? is this fake or what ??

fenrry - March 23, 2010 at 10:11am

This could mean only 2 things. 1-new iPhone coming and they need to get rid of stock. 2-sales are going down and they need to push a "new" marketing tool. either 1 or 2 the fact seems as iPhone sales are slowing down.

ampmmp - March 23, 2010 at 6:43am

No, you cant use any SIM, they are still locked to AT&T. It just means you dont have to pay for the contract. Yes, you can jailbreak it, but jailbreak and unlock are different things. If you want an iPhone on a different carrier, buy an old one.

will - March 23, 2010 at 1:16am

does that mean we can buy an iphone and have a different carrier work on it?

Tim - March 23, 2010 at 12:26am

"you can use RedSn0w to perform a tethered jailbreak." Someone please clarify! This is still not possible on a new 3gs running 3.1.3 with baseband 05.12 correct? Just need some clarification. Because it is so misleading to say buy a contract free 3GS and you can jailbreak it.

matthew - March 22, 2010 at 11:23pm

are these gonna be factory unlocked ? if yes, then finally apple made a wise decision......

Whyrlez - March 22, 2010 at 9:13pm

does this means i can insert any network sim, anywhere in the world?

jason - March 22, 2010 at 8:19pm

I called the Apple store about 6 months ago and asked for their price of iphones and was given these same prices to purchase without a contract. How is this new?

kay - March 22, 2010 at 8:08pm

they only doing that to sellout the old inventory for the new iphone coming out in 3 month

awesome - March 22, 2010 at 7:54pm

Haha... finally Apple realized that its not such a bad idea if someone wants to pay $500 up to $700 for a phone... who wouldn't want to do that? Such a rip off, that's more than they were 3 years ago when they came out.