Q: How can apple let carriers lock thier devices even when you purchase them unlocked directly from an apple store?

You are completely wrong my friend, if you buy an unlocked iPhone from the apple store and connect it to any carrier it then becomes locked to that carrier, even if you don't hook it up at the apple store and go to a carrier after, they still lock it. Please don't make comments unless you know what you're talking about, thanks.

It is you who is shooting thier mouth off, i have the reciept from the apple store as an outright purchase without any carrier. I then proceeded to go to the bell store and buy a sim card for the phone. I recently sold this device to a friend who is with telus, I HAD TO PAY BELL $75.00 TO UNLOCK THE PHONE TO WORK ON THE TELUS NETWORK! So if i am wrong please tell me how, and i also spoke to apple customer care and they backed the issue of carriers locking factory unlocked iphones to thier specific carrier once activated on that network.

And none of you are living in canada so if this contradicts what your carriers do with an unlocked iPhone then why are canadian carriers allowed to do this.

Im not saying that apple locked the iPhone, im saying that once i put a bell SIM card in and activated it on thier network BELL locked my phone.

I already had an existing contract with over a year left until the end date (which is why i purchased outright as bell wouldnt even sell me one at full price, only to new customers). So like i said i purchased the phone from apple directly, then went to bell to get the proper size SIM card ( as i was coming from a non-lte device). Once the sim card was insterted and activated, my phone became locked to bell mobility.

I originally made this to be a discussion page for anyone having the same issues, not for people to tell me that i dont know what im talking about. I guess i should have stated that i live in canada, our carriers seem to do whatever they want. Also i dont require any help on the issue it has been resolved, this was meant to be a discussion topic.

The outcome was as I stated, the phone became locked to my canadian carrier (bell) and my resolution was to pay $75.00 to have it unlocked. The one correct statement is that yes, apple will NEVER lock your device, only a carrier will do so. At least thats what i was told by the apple care representative. Once i talked to Bell they also stated that all canadian carriers perform these locks, even to unlocked devices directly from apple. I just want to know if anyone else in canada has had this same issue?