iphone 4s unlocked working in india

oh,,, Gevey product is a illegal ??? have u checked the video

I don't need to check the video. Gevey is illegal. Another question,if you purchase the phone for $199, how do you propose to save money if you are paying AT&T a large monthly fee. Save yourself the grief and aggravation and purchase an unlocked iPhone.

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Latest versions of Gevey or R SIM is not illegal (neither unofficial unlock). Latest version doesn't involve any 112/911 emergency number dial (illegal part) in the process.

and yes, as an apple support discussion group, this suggestion may not be appropriate in this forum..

Another thing I can confirm that: My friend who was with ATT for 6 months, now in off contract, got his phone unlocked officially today. (He had raised the request 1 week back). Also note that he had paid complete cancellation fee (I guess $300) , that mean this official unlock will only work for whom who bought the ATT iPhone throiugh proper channel.

you can buy an ATT contract phone ($199 one) only if you have a valid US SSN, Credit card and/or credit history. If you are just visitng the US, you are not going to get this contract phone. You have to buy an unlocked one for full price. Your friend or relatives, who is already in US may be able to buy one for you with their credentials, but then they are responsible for the monthly payments and cancellation fee etc.

Hence as I discussed earlier in this thread, getting $199 iphone with no strings attached is not possible.

Hi Shibin,

I am currently in US and would be going back to India after a month or so.

I am planning to buy an unlocked iphone 4s, so that i can use here as well as in India. Checked out at apple site and ebay site too. There was one unlocked with gevey sim in the ebay with good price from one of the top sellers.

Would there be any difference in the features as such if i buy from ebay rather than getting it from apple?

Please guide me.

The Gevey SIM is illegal in every country on the planet. There is no telling what you're going to get if you buy from ebay. They are not an authorized iPhone distributor. Stick to a trusted source.

Better yet, just buy one in India. ALL iPhones sold by legitimate sources in India are unlocked. And there will be the added bonus of actually being able to get it serviced in India.

hi asunku,

I would always recommend to buy from apple store, the officially unlocked one. So you don't need to worry about future firmware upgrade and all.

The gevey SIM unlcok is un-official (I don't want to call this illegal though, you can search on internet and decide yourself. As far as my understanding, un-official unlock is legal and latest gevey doesnot involve any 112 dialing - the illegal part, but I am not a law consultant or so, so you cannot take any of my word as a confirmation for this. Atleast in India I don't think it is a problem). The problen with unofficial unlock is that whenever you do a firware upgrade in your iphone (like iOS 5.1 to 5.1.1 etc.) you may lose the unlock and either you will lose it forever or you may need to wait and buy the latest version of Gevey SIM to unlcok again - if it is available at all.

Sometime you may also get battery drain issue etc.

Officially unlocked phone is always good * if you have money *...

cheaper one you may get from eBay, but you get what you paid for. Between you may be able to find officially unlocked phones also on eBay.

thanks