rLima_Peru---Mod t1_jeew8l8 wrote
Reply to comment by sundeigh in AT&T taking ownership of your owned device by [deleted]
I didn’t buy the phone yet. I just gathered the info. The apple employee says if purchases at the Apple Store, paid in full, activated with carrier, it will be locked for 60 days still.
sundeigh t1_jeexfcd wrote
Shouldn’t. For reference, I got the new ATT iPhone this year at launch via the iPhone Upgrade Program and went on a trip to Europe within the 60 day window. I bought a European esim to use. My phone was not carrier locked. It only locks for other sellers.
Arc73 t1_jeezn1z wrote
The Apple Store can sell you a phone in one of two ways. SIM/Carrier free or you tell them your carrier and they activate it in the carrier which locks the phone to the carrier for 60 days. So you need to buy the SIM free version and activate/transfer your SIM/eSIM yourself.
conscioussylling t1_jef5yby wrote
This is incorrect. The only time Apple locks a device sold via their retail channels is when someone chooses to use AT&T financing. All other financing options through an Apple retail channel result in an unlocked device.
rLima_Peru---Mod t1_jef0puu wrote
I’ll be purchasing it today. I will not activate it with them at the Apple Store. Hopefully it works this way.
Bacon-80 t1_jefo5gv wrote
When you purchase one make sure to specify that it’s not attached to a carrier/don’t answer or provide any info about your current carrier because they’ll try to get you to buy one that’s locked - they’ll advertise deals and everything but just ignore them 😂 they did that to me when I bought a MacBook trying to upsell me. Idk why tho cuz they don’t even get commission.
Bacon-80 t1_jefnxil wrote
This answered my question on a few other comments - I wasn’t sure if you could buy esims unlocked or not because I thought the SIM card was what kept them from being locked (wasn’t sure about ease of esim transfer - or sim to esim if you were going from a physical sim model to an esim only model)
Bacon-80 t1_jefnpzb wrote
Don’t activate it with a carrier lol. They can sell you one without it activated and then you do it yourself.
rLima_Peru---Mod t1_jeftcj1 wrote
That’s what I’m going to do when I pick up my iPhone today from the Apple Store. Then I will go home and on the AT&T app I will select my phone number on my plan and follow the process to get an esim and change devices. Hopefully by doing it that way, it will not lock the phone.
Bacon-80 t1_jeg225i wrote
Oh yeah that looks like the right way to do it. I didn’t know how to go from physical to esim. If you’ve paid for the phone in full & apple doesn’t bait you into buying a locked one - it won’t lock. That’s only with a payment plan.
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