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Re:Apple's 'Let's Talk iPhone' keynote liveblog by pflats on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @02:15PM (#3072127)
This also means that Verizon's iPhones lose one of their biggest downsides, that whole worldwide compatability thing.
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Re:Apple's 'Let's Talk iPhone' keynote liveblog by evgen on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @02:18PM (#3072137)
Yeah. I wonder how things like carrier lock are going to work on this new model. If I have Verizon service in the US and go to Europe can I drop in a local SIM card and use that? If so what is to prevent me from using that same feature when I am back in the US? Hmmmm....
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Re:Apple's 'Let's Talk iPhone' keynote liveblog by mahyarm on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @02:36PM (#3072203)
Verizon's other world phones (Like the Droid 2 World) have a 'US only lock'. It will lock out USA SIM cards, but it otherwise unlocked everywhere else. It's also subsidized. I think that is a very fair way to do it.
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Re:Apple's 'Let's Talk iPhone' keynote liveblog by seanalltogether on Tuesday October 04, 2011 @02:23PM (#3072161)
I would guess the world phones are sold unsubsidized.
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