Unlocked iPhone 4 has been sold in U.S: Fact or Rumors?

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Unlocked iPhone 4 being sold in U.S: Fact or Rumors?

Written on June 13, 2011 by Avlya Jaie

Rumors said that the Apple Company sold a series of unlocked iPhones in the U.S. Although this issue has not yet been considered real, the company seems to be facing some major challenges regarding this.

There are series of gossips in the U.S today, stating that Apple released a bunch of unlocked iPhones on their selected stores. The model numbers, MC603, MC604, MC605, and MC606, have been available in both colors and capacities. Though these units came along with their GSM versions, all of them have been sold abroad without their regional suffixes, which is required in other countries. For example, B for Britain or C for Canada. If these suffixes are not present, then the gadgets will be considered as unlocked.

As of today, these rumors are still not confirmed true, but is known as “certain”. There are no concrete statements or reports being stated that there are unlocked CDMA phones, though this issue has been a hot prospect for the industry. Actually, selling unlocked iPhones regularly has never been a problem for Apple since they’ve been doing this kind of set-up for several years in other countries. In fact, the bring-your-own service is mandated by the legal council as an option and not a requirement.

However, in the United States, they won’t accept this type of selling technique. They have a few legal agreements pertaining to the marketing of unlocked gadgets. For some individuals, they see this issue as a twist. Few researchers assumed that the AT&T’s would have made it impossible to access without the T-mobile. However, they also stated that using the iPhone on T-Mobile will not work properly since it has no 3G support yet for the network. Also, iPhone 4 without any regional suffixes would not help Sprint, Nevertheless, it would set up a model for the next iPhone generation, wherein choosing the carrier will be an option.