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There's no lettuce free taco supreme on Taco Bell's menu, so I'm not eating at Taco Bell anymore.
Oh, you really need to cut the crap. There's no sim free option on the website and I'm not buying any other way. we're not talking about the 5C, we're talking about the 5S. We're in the 5S forum, not the 5C forum. If you want to talk about the 5C, we can go to that forum.
I didn't have any complaints about the 5C, if I had complaints about the 5C, I would've complained in the 5C forum. But that is not the case, I had problems with the 5S.
Sure leaves a bad taste in your mouth, that's for sure.
Going to a carrier store with the intention of getting an unlocked phone is not proper. You would either by unlocked, like a regular person would. Or deal with carriers, and I'm not dealing with them, I don't have time for it.
When you walk into a carrier store, the first thing they are going to try to do is sell you their plans, they're not going to offer you an unlocked phone, if anything, they'll try to trick you.
But I really don't have time to talk on the phone all day with AT&T customer support. I would just buy unlocked from Apple like a regular person.
You guys are living in another world, unavailable for store pick up on their app. Apple geniuses telling you that there is no unlocked version on launch day. 2 to 3 weeks shipping dates which are not set in stone. Walking into a carrier store to get an unlocked phone. No.
I don't know what you guys are talking about. Walking to the store and say I want to buy full price, device only is not some kind of secret lingo that these guys are going to know.
Actually, Apple associates are not even permitted to sell you a carrier phone device only.
Oh, you really need to cut the crap. There's no sim free option on the website and I'm not buying any other way.
And the funny thing is, they sell the unlocked version of the 5S in Canada.
https://www.apple.com/ca/iphone/#mn_p
and you are certainly entitled to that decision... but don't try and justify that decision as Apple's fault for not offering an unlocked iPhone, as you clearly had options to get an unlocked iPhone. People here have done it. It's proven.
and again, please, explain how a SIM-Free unlocked iPhone 5S would differ from a carrier unlocked 5S in construction or function in any way shape or form. You can use the SIM Free unlocked iPhone 5C vs carrier unlocked iPhone 5C for reference as it should make things more clear for you.
The main thing is the receipt. It has to say unlocked on the receipt.
And also I'm not really understanding how you would get an unlocked phone from a carrier. I've never been inside of the Verizon store so what is it exactly that you're telling the associates?
So the difference between an iPhone 5S, sold SIM Free and unlocked, and an AT&T iPhone 5S, that has been unlocked by AT&T since you paid full price... the difference that kept you from buying one, is that one says "Unlocked" on the receipt?
also, NO ONE IS TELLING YOU TO GET AN UNLOCKED PHONE FROM THE CARRIER STORE. Go to the Apple Store
That's crazy, if I ever had any problems with the phone I couldn't just go straight to Apple with my receipt and say oh I have problems with this phone can I get it exchanged. Wouldn't you have to go back to the Verizon store?
That's crazy, if I ever had any problems with the phone I couldn't just go straight to Apple with my receipt and say oh I have problems with this phone can I get it exchanged. Wouldn't you have to go back to the Verizon store?
The main thing is the receipt. It has to say unlocked on the receipt.
And also I'm not really understanding how you would get an unlocked phone from a carrier. I've never been inside of the Verizon store so what is it exactly that you're telling the associates?
I just don't understand going to Verizon to get a phone that I'm not even going to use on Verizon. I don't understand getting a T-Mobile iPhone that I'm not going to use on T-Mobile.
That's crazy, if I ever had any problems with the phone I couldn't just go straight to Apple with my receipt and say oh I have problems with this phone can I get it exchanged. Wouldn't you have to go back to the Verizon store?
If you did but from a carrier, Apple will not give you your money back. If you do but from the Apple Store, carrier phones can't be sold as unlocked phones. So how are you getting them unlocked?
As far as Apple is concerned, it is the same model regardless of carrier for ATT, Verizon, and Tmobile. The only thing that determines whether it is unlocked, is an entry in the carrier's database. Which can be done before you purchase it, immediately after purchase if you pay full price, or even in the middle of a contract provided you pay the ETF.
There is no such thing as a "carrier phone" in the Apple world. Carrier is determined by the SIM card you put in it.
If you did buy from a carrier, Apple will not give you your money back. If you do buy from the Apple Store, carrier phones can't be sold as unlocked phones. So how are you getting them unlocked?
In contrast to what you just said, then why will Apple only sell through carriers on the Apple app on their website and the Apple Store?
^ I'm correct.
Maybe I don't shop the old fashioned way, because I'm younger but literally it is not on their website or app. Geniuses will also turn you down. And if somebody bought me an "unlocked" iPhone 5s bought from AT&T or Verizon for Christmas, I would take it back and get the Sim-Free version. I will never walk into a carrier store, and come out with an iPhone. It's simply from Apple or nothing. My way or the highway.
There's no lettuce free taco supreme on Taco Bell's menu, so I'm not eating at Taco Bell anymore.