I already have iPhone 5 with AT&T. I did not want to go under another 2-year contract, so I purchased the contract-free T-Mobile iPhone 6. Can I just take my SIM from iPhone 5 and put it in iPhone 6?
Just buy the AT&T phone at full price instead of signing another contract. AT&T will unlock it.
The T-Mobile phone will initially be locked to T-Mobile. T-Mobile will only unlock it after 40 days of continuous service on their network.
How do you buy it at full price? All I see is the two year contract i don't want. There's no buy it unlocked at full price no contract
You walk into an AT&T store and hand them your credit card.
Yes, you are correct. I was mistaken when I thought I could purchase the no-contract T-Mobile phone and use it with AT&T right away. I already purchased phones through AT&T using their Next program (which initially I was trying to avoid) and will cancel my T-Mobile phone order.
I'm not talking about the Next program, I'm talking about buying a no commitment phone at full price.
Sorry, I know that's what you were referring to. You can't buy those phones yet at the Apple Store. As you said, you'd have to get them at the AT&T store. I'm not willing to wait in line, so I'm going the Next route.
I went into an AT&T store and asked them I wanted to get the iPhone 6 at full price (no new contract), but as soon as i get i would like to get it unlocked.. I was told that they wouldn't do that and i needed to wait a few months for them to do that... SO, i contact Apple in regards to the T-Mobile contract-free one, they said that version will be unlocked and I'll be able to place my existing AT&T sim in and it will work as an unlocked phone. I'm assuming you'll have to buy it on Apple's site, not T-Mobile's since they might lock theirs.
I wish I would have known that. It's not clearly spelled out anywhere. Hopefully your experience will help others.
If an unlocked T-mobile iPhone 6 will work with an AT&T SIM card, why isn't the unlocked iPhone identified as an "unlocked AT&T" iPhone or, simply as an "unlocked GSM" iPhone?
This is what I did with the 5. No wait, no worries. If the 6 is the same, it should be a snap.
That is a good question.
It won't be the same.
Unless they changed the terms of what is posted on the website, you will still have to activate the T-Mobile device through T-Mobile, which means you have to pay for at least a 1-month plan:
If you have selected an iPhone for T-Mobile, it will come with the appropriate nano-SIM, but you will need to contact T-Mobile or visit an Apple Retail Store to activate your iPhone.
When an actual unlocked version of the device is released (one that is not associated with any carrier), then you will be able to do the following:
If you have selected an unlocked GSM phone, you can insert your own nano-SIM card or obtain one from the supported GSM carrier of your choice and activate it in order to use your iPhone.
That is in writing, on the Apple iPhone 6 site. So, either the information has changed and the site has not been updated, or you were misinformed.
Cheers,
GB
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GB
Can I use T-Mobile (Contract-free) iPhone 6 with AT&T?
