Can I use T-Mobile (Contract-free) iPhone 6 with AT&T?

That is how it worked for the 5.

I'll let you know when my T-Mobile 6 comes in.

John

Hello everyone. I heard the same and old rumors are back in town about the unlocked dilemma. I cant show you physical proof so you are just gonna have to trust me. I've worked indirectly with apple and i can assure you, not everyone in customer service have all the right answers. in this case some will tell you it will come unlocked, and some wont. Remember they have a lot and a lot of people answering phones and chats. With that said, there will be no proof until sept 19th when the first group of people receive the phone and start talking about it. HOWEVER from past experience, i know for a fact (nobody told me, i lived it, i worked with it) that if you buy an iphone contract free DIRECTLY in APPLE STORES or APPLE.COM. They will come UNLOCKED. You are paying full price for a reason besides not getting attached to a 2 year contract.

That was with the iPhone 5 - the iPhone 6 must be activated by T-Mobile:

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.

(cut and pasted from the Apple iPhone 6 information site).

GB

Gail, what you quoted was for the iPhone 5s/c, not the 6. The store site for the 6 says nothing about whether it's unlocked. I made 2 calls to Apple before pre-order and was told by 2 different reps that, unlike last year, the T-Mobile version would be locked just like the one's sold in T-Mobile stores and would have to be unlocked by T-Moble (minimum wait 40 days). Others claim they were told differently - I guess we'll see

Actually its located at the bottom of the site: http://store.apple.com/us/buy-iphone/iphone6

But i'll still wait till they start coming out. Maybe they haven't updated this part of their site.

When I buy from the Apple Online Store, does my iPhone come ready to use?

Yes, if you have selected an iPhone for use on AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon. When your iPhone arrives, all you have to do is turn it on and follow the onscreen instructions to set it up. 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. 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.

I took this from the Apple site for the iPhone 6: http://store.apple.com/us/buy-iphone/iphone6/4.7-inch-display-16gb-gold-t-mobile

See the FAQs and the answer under the question "When I buy from the Apple Online Store, does my iPhone come ready to use?" The answer, in full is as follows:

When I buy from the Apple Online Store, does my iPhone come ready to use?

Yes, if you have selected an iPhone for use on AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon. When your iPhone arrives, all you have to do is turn it on and follow the onscreen instructions to set it up. 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. 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.

GB

FYI: I have been using a TMobile iPhone 5s on AT&T for the last year without an issue. If you buy it through Apple, it is okay. If you buy it though Tmobile, it is locked until you pay it off. Then they will send the unlock request to Apple, if you request it.

If we read it correctly.

"Yes, if you have selected an iPhone for use on AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon. When your iPhone arrives, all you have to do is turn it on and follow the onscreen instructions to set it up."

I'm assuming it will be ready with those phone carriers. If you read the second sentence.

"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."

It says that the sim will come with the phone BUT (that's what stood out with me). Why would we need to contact T-Mobile if the phone is not already setup like the other carriers? Maybe because its unlocked and we need to contact T-Mobile to lock it under them? Sure its a contract-free phone, but they could still lock it up with T-Mobile for T-Mobile users to use. Plus the fact we are paying full price for the phone. And, Plus x2, others have seen this the previous models (like "jgz91354" has pointed out).

Now, lets just wait and see when the phone is in the public's hands.

Yes, this is exactly what I did. I purchased the T-Mobile no contract phone from apple.com ($750), and I swapped sim cards with my AT&T iPhone 5. The T-Mobile phone comes unlocked, with no contract, and worked immediately on AT&T. The old iPhone 5 needed to go through AT&T's unlock process before it would accept the unactivated T-Mobile SIM (I went through the AT&T unlock process, and then the T-Mobile SIM was accepted by the old iPhone 5).

About 1-2 hours after happily using the iPhone 6 on AT&T, I did receive a text message from AT&T asking that I go to an AT&T store to upgrade my old iPhone 5 SIM "in order to take advantage of all services of my new phone." This is optional, but I will look into this.

I never had to provide any contact info to T-Mobile when ordering the phone on apple.com. What happens is that if you attempt to place a phone call with the T-Mobile SIM, your calls will simply go to 611 where they will help you set up a T-Mobile plan, if that's what you want.

The other replies that indicate the T-Mobile model comes locked are wrong, based on my hands-on experience.

Just received my wife's iPhone 6 which I ordered directly from the Apple website. I ordered the T-Mobile version, removed the T-Mobile SIM card, replaced it with her SIM card from her iPhone 5 and it works like a champ. The "answer" that is noted is not accurate....

See 'ya!

I found the same thing with a SIM card from a 5s (AT&T). I took it a step further though. I activated a Tmobile line with the provided SIM card, then switched it with my AT&T SIM to make sure it remained unlocked. And it did.

That helps a lot. I bought that and it worked with another carrier just fine.

I Talked to one of the apple geniuses in an Apple Store and he said it's quite new of them to sell unlocked right in Apple Store. The reason it's saying T-Mobile right next to Unlocked contract free is they give you t-mobile sim with the IPhone. Its up to you whether to use it with tmobile or with another carrier. You Don't have to any other additional thing to unlock it or to use it with another carrier. I Bought one for my friend and he's using it with another international carrier right now.