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Iphone bought in the US
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The ones sold in US (at least one my sis in US was looking at Apple web site and they are priced at $199 for 16gig version). So thats cheap. BUT you also need to get AT&T 24 month contract over there on top of the $199.
Even if you manage to get it without the contract, it needs to be unlocked.0 -
Yeah, the US Apple sites a bit misleading. It doesn't clearly state enough that the price is in addition to a contract.
As far as I can tell you can't buy an iPhone on the US without a contract, there is no payg...0 -
Although you may be tempted by the cheap prices offered in America, I'd say it is still risky business buying one out there unless it has been completely unlocked to allow any network to use it.
You don't want to buy it without it being unlocked then to find out it doesn't work.0
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