Can US version iPhone can work with Orange in France? Does anyone know?

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Can US version iPhone can work with Orange in France? Does anyone know?

Hi Everybody.
I bought my iphone when it came out. I had to come living in France, and now I have my iPhone with me here. Since yesterday, we can use iPhone with Orange, officially (here in France). Can I use my US iPhone with Orange by just changing the sim card? Does iTunes will recognize this orange sim card since the phone was made originally for AT&T, or does it have to be unlocked? Which I don' t want to do.
Thanks guys

iphone, Mac OS X (10.4.11), iphone

Posted on Nov 30, 2007 11:52 AM

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Ansuz82

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Nov 30, 2007 11:54 AM in response to graphifred

You can not. Even with the iPHone in France, the US iPhone is still locked to AT&T as the carrier. This can not be changed. It will not recognize the SIM, nor will it allow you to activate with Orange.

You must buy a French iPhone to use it in France. Period.

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graphifred Author

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Dec 1, 2007 8:41 AM in response to graphifred

That ***** guys. I have a $400 iPhone in my possession and I can't use it in a different country. France has a provider, it should work with it. I don't either want to unlock it. Well I'm going to through my phone away and I won't never buy an Apple product again! There's no store here and so I can't ask anything, there is NO phone customer service where I could call. I would not mind to exchange the phone, since I never use it.

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Dec 1, 2007 8:42 AM in response to graphifred

http://www.apple.com/support/contact/phone_contacts.html

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Ansuz82

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Dec 1, 2007 9:40 AM in response to graphifred

Just the nature of the beast. The fact the US phone is locked to AT&T was very well publicized.

For the record - the iPhone will work in France, you will just be subject to the AT&T roaming agreement.

Threatening to never buy Apple again won't really fix the problem.

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