When you buy the iphone from a retail is it locked??

Question

once you buy it from a apple store or any other like bestbuy do they just let you buy it and walk out or do you have to set up and plan and stuff or you just get it locked

Answer 1

I'm not sure about the stores....i'd try bestbuy over an apple store....you're probably less likely to be forced into an att plan at bestbuy.

if you get a phone without an att plan, you'll need to unlock it to use with another carrier.  to do that you'll have to jailbreak the phone and then via a sim card attachment you can unlock it.

http://blog.gsmunlocklabs.com/2008/08/18...

http://www.gsmunlocklabs.com/unlock-ipho...