iPhone Unlocking Benefits
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008Today we will discuss some benefits of unlocking the iPhone.
First we should explain what unlocking means: Unlocking means breaking free from your current carrier.
After you unlock the iPhone you will be able to use any SIM card from any carrier in your iPhone.
When you buy an iPhone, the phone will most likely be “locked” to the AT&T network ( in the US) to O2 in the UK, or to T-mobile in various European countries. Your iPhone is locked to the network from the carrier where you bought your iPhone from. It is not possible to use any other SIMcard in your locked iPhone. The lock in the phone prevents the phone to receive any signal.
Carriers like AT&T require you to buy a 2-year contract when you purchase the iPhone. Unless you unlock the phone you will only be able to use the original AT&T ( or O2) SIMcard in your phone.
When you unlock your iPhone, you will be able to use any SIMcard & Any Carrier that you wish.
The benefits are clear: you will be able to use cheap local (pay as you go) simcards in the phone, and make phone calls at cheaper local rates. ( instead of using the expensive roaming services) You can use the iPhone on cheaper networks ( especially data rates are often very expensive on the standard iPhone carriers) You can use more then one phone number on the iPhone, and switch your simcard at any time you wish.
Of course you can always use the original AT&T ( or O2) simcard after unlocking. The unlock does not affect the way your iPhone works ( if you use a good unlocking service) it only enables the phone to accept any simcard.
Other benefits of unlocking your iPhone are the addition of Cydia and installer on the unlocked iPhone.
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