When you buy an iPhone 3G in Ebay, you can buy it without contract right?

Question

When you buy an iPhone 3G in Ebay, you can buy it without contract right?

Answer 1

There are many things one could buy on eBay but the iPhone is not one of them. The reason: the phone is locked by Apple and you risk transforming it in a brick with one mouse click at any time.

You must be smart enough to stay on top of the situation and I'm afraid that judging from your current question you're not ready to handle such hassle.

Answer 2

That is right, but you must be sure that it is compatible with the company that you plan to use for your service to that phone.  

Answer 3

yeah yeah but u dont need it unlocked, loads of free videos on youtube that show u how to unlock it urself no point paying 20+ extra to make sure its unlocked

Answer 4

Correct but you would need to make sure it was unlocked.

Answer 5

Check what it says on the listing some are agents selling contracts.

unlocked phones come in 2 types:-

SIM overlays that allow any network other than O2

Jailbroken ones. - beware these are they are trouble  It causes so many problems and yet adds nearly nothing!

the 2.0.1 software form apple is stable and works well and lets you add hundreds of apps (many free) from the itunes App Store.

Jail breaking became redundant when the 2.0 software was released as it add almost nothing to the ipods abilities (other than the ability to browse its file structure which also makes it less secure).

Jail breaking also voids the warranty and does cause many issues form files vanishing, memory leaks and loss, rebooting and even failing to boot.

Answer 6

Yes, make sure it is unlocked and then you can get it set up yourslef with the network of your choice (Vodafone etc.)

Answer 7

yes you can just put 'unlocked' before your search term