Originally Posted by
planemechanic
According to this official list from Apple all the carriers in France sell phones that are locked to the carrier. I bought my iPhone 4 in an Apple store in Canada, officially unlocked and usable with any SIM around the world.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1937
That list was written by an idiot. Under the laws of France, if you sell a phone, you must offer it in an unlocked version although you can charge more for that. I have posted links to the Orange.fr website numerous times.
Besides that, the list in question shows that the carriers in France offer "authorized unlocking."
