Originally Posted by
LIH Prem
unlocked current iphones are usually $649 in the base size, so that's a $100 reduction. Though we don't know what the unlocked price of the iphone 5 will be. I'm guessing $649 for the base size.
-David
Thanks, the $100 makes the iPhone 4s a reasonable buy. And the HK apple store is already pre-selling factory unlocked GSM version of iPhone 5 for equivalent to US$720 for base 16gb model.
Originally Posted by
LIH Prem
I don't think unlocked was ever available for CDMA at purchase time, just GSM.
(though vzw and I guess sprint will unlock the gsm side after some time as a customer in good standing with them.)
-David
Vz for sure did sell factory unlocked version. And I just chatted with Vz on-line CS and they quoted 'old/current' prices. They said adjustment would be made once iPhone actually releases, so I guess must wait till Sept 21 to see if they reduce their iphone 4s to $549.