[txz4]

Anyone doing this? My friend can get me a deal for $200 unlocked for a 16gb. Im worried that the data speed will be too slow compared to my galaxy s(1).

thoughts/advice?

UPDATE i just said screw it and bought it anyhow... worse comes to worse i figure i can likely sell for profit.

[yakev724]

4S, as with all previous iPhones doesn't support T-Mo's 1700MHz HSPA upload band, so the fastest data connection you can have is EDGE (2G), capped at about 115 kb/s.

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[Crimson92]

ios5 doesnt have an untethered jailbreak yet

4s doesnt have a jailbreak yet

4s baseband hasnt been unlocked yet

so no.

[M3Bahn]

Originally Posted by txz4

Anyone doing this? My friend can get me a deal for $200 unlocked for a 16gb. Im worried that the data speed will be too slow compared to my galaxy s(1).

thoughts/advice?

I did it by paying full retail for an ATT iphone 4s at apple store and it was unlocked automatically. The speed was too slow on tmobile so I went with a GS2(which is blazing fast) and returned the 4s.


Here is my post on it.

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showpos...&postcount=330

[M3Bahn]

Originally Posted by Crimson92

ios5 doesnt have an untethered jailbreak yet

4s doesnt have a jailbreak yet

4s baseband hasnt been unlocked yet

so no.

Wrong.

[yakev724]

Originally Posted by Crimson92

ios5 doesnt have an untethered jailbreak yet

4s doesnt have a jailbreak yet

4s baseband hasnt been unlocked yet

so no.

sprint phones are GSM-unlocked, verizon phones are GSM-unlocked after 60 days of (verizon) service

this is done so traveling sprint/verizon customers can slip their international SIMs and use them, instead of ridiculous rates that AT&T customers have been typically forced to pay.

[txz4]

Originally Posted by M3Bahn

I did it by paying full retail for an ATT iphone 4s at apple store and it was unlocked automatically. The speed was too slow on tmobile so I went with a GS2(which is blazing fast) and returned the 4s.


Here is my post on it.

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showpos...&postcount=330

Damn, well i guess im going to hope for the best. $199 is a deal i couldnt pass up and i doubt its going to be too much worse than my vibrant, correction, my third vibrant. I hope the speed detriment will be made up for on the OS side of things.

[bmw325i]

^^ both Verizon and sprint are CDMA and dont take sim cards.

[yakev724]

Originally Posted by bmw325i

^^ both Verizon and sprint are CDMA and dont take sim cards.

[Q4P]

Originally Posted by yakev724

Confused, I thought the same thing... I thought only T-Mobile and AT&T had sim cards

[WWONG]

I have the Verizon iPhone 4S and it does have a SIM card, and is required to have a connection. Instead of plastic, it's made of some weird rubber thing.

The iPhone 4 CDMA, however, does not take SIMs.

[yakev724]

Originally Posted by WWONG

I have the Verizon iPhone 4S and it does have a SIM card, and is required to have a connection. Instead of plastic, it's made of some weird rubber thing.

The iPhone 4 CDMA, however, does not take SIMs.

yep, and now that people have discovered that sprint 4ss are unlocked, the demand for them has gone up. They go for up to $1k on ebay.

[hl0m4n]

Originally Posted by yakev724

yep, and now that people have discovered that sprint 4ss are unlocked, the demand for them has gone up. They go for up to $1k on ebay.

$1k for unlocked sprint 4s? why pay that when factory unlocked is coming out next month starting at $650?

[yakev724]

Originally Posted by hl0m4n

$1k for unlocked sprint 4s? why pay that when factory unlocked is coming out next month starting at $650?

$1k for sealed 64gb. I'm sure when it'll be available unlocked from apple (for $850 + tax I assume), people will pay $1k to have it shipped worldwide. Price is about right.

This is why I don't like having these phones in the first place. Way too much money in something that can be stolen/lost easier than anything else I own.

[txz4]

the 16g is $649 at apple. (unlocked)