Geek Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/apple-iphone-4s1.jpg" alt="Apple iPhone 4S in white" title="apple-iphone-4s" width="620" height="266" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22925" /></p> <p>Anyone can buy an unlocked iPhone 4S right now if you are willing to pay the full price of the device, meaning the lower carrier subsidized contract <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/04/iphone-4s-pricing/">4S prices</a> do not apply. The unlock applies to both the GSM and CDMA models currently being sold, available at the following price points:</p> <ul> <li>iPhone 4S 16 GB – <strong>$649</strong></li> <li>iPhone 4S 32 GB – <strong>$749</strong></li> <li>iPhone 4S 64 GB – <strong>$849</strong></li> </ul> <p>The iPhone 4S GSM model SIM card slot is unlocked when the full retail price is paid at an Apple Store. In the case of the CDMA models available through US carriers like Sprint and Verizon, the Micro SIM card slot is also unlocked and will support other carriers. The carrier unlock allows the iPhone to be used on another US carrier like T-Mobile, or allows for cheap roaming abroad with the purchase of a local SIM card, with the other benefit being that you are not tied to a contract with any single US cell provider.</p> <p>While availability of unlocks for the AT&T GSM model may be limited to Apple Stores, Sprint and Verizon have acknowledged that other carrier SIMs can be used on their 4S when abroad.</p> <p>You can verify the unlock immediately when the iPhone 4S is first connected to iTunes, where the following message is displayed:</p> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/unlocked-iphone-4s1.jpg" alt="unlocked iPhone 4S message in iTunes" title="unlocked-iphone-4s" width="620" height="163" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-22924" /></p> <p>Initial reports indicated the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/07/unlocked-iphone-4s-available-november-costs/">unlocked 4S would be sold in November</a>, which may suggest a change in policy at some point when paying the full out-of-contract price.</p> <p>Buying an unlocked iPhone at full price is typical outside of the USA, but in the USA was somewhat of an anomaly until earlier this year when Apple started selling the iPhone 4 unlocked at the full retail price. That has since translated to the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/iphone-4s/">iPhone 4S</a>, and presumably will carry on with future iPhone releases as well.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8I85Xw4Qgi9B5KdDV9wa0lHxm0g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8I85Xw4Qgi9B5KdDV9wa0lHxm0g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8I85Xw4Qgi9B5KdDV9wa0lHxm0g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8I85Xw4Qgi9B5KdDV9wa0lHxm0g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=4zF8DJwvlIQ:nV-FQZ1Z5yU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=4zF8DJwvlIQ:nV-FQZ1Z5yU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=4zF8DJwvlIQ:nV-FQZ1Z5yU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=4zF8DJwvlIQ:nV-FQZ1Z5yU:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=4zF8DJwvlIQ:nV-FQZ1Z5yU:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=4zF8DJwvlIQ:nV-FQZ1Z5yU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=4zF8DJwvlIQ:nV-FQZ1Z5yU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/4zF8DJwvlIQ" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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