Starting This Sunday, AT&T Will Unlock Contract iPhones
AT&T has made an official announcement that the wireless giant will
unlock those iPhones which have completed the 2yr contract period. Starting from
8th April, this Sunday, AT&T customers who have been using the service contract for over 2 years can get their iPhones to the nearest AT&T help center to get the
iPhones unlocked. Previously, customers who finished the terms of their two-year contract with AT&T had an iPhone that could not be unlocked through official avenues. That meant even though they were free to leave for another carrier, they could not bring their iPhone with them.
The following is the statement issued by AT&T
Beginning Sunday, April 8, we will offer qualifying customers the ability to unlock their AT&T iPhones. The only requirements are that a customer’s account must be in good standing, their device cannot be associated with a current and active term commitment on an AT&T customer account, and they need to have fulfilled their contract term, upgraded under one of our upgrade policies or paid an early termination fee.
Last month there was an incident due to which
CEO Tim Cook advised AT&T to unlock an angry customer's iPhone 3GS because he was moving outside
The United States. So, basically in response to the complaints from angry customers, AT&T decided to take a step ahead and unlock the iPhones of those customers who have completed the course of their contract, or, paid to have the contract terminated, or, upgraded to a new device, and are up-to-date with payments, then the company will willingly unlock your iPhone so that it can be used with any other carrier.
This is obviously good news for any AT&T iPhone owners.
The
iPhone 4S can also be purchased
unlocked and contract-free direct from
Apple. It is available priced at $649 for the 16-gigabyte model, $749 for 32 gigabytes, and $849 for 64 gigabytes.
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