Reply #64 hunter's post
Hunter,
I've bought my unlocked iPhone from in the States and it works fine with local sims. Way more expensive to buy it unlocked (4 was $700 six months ago).
There's a little bit of fine print people should be aware of IF they buy in the U.S. and they buy with a plan. Most of the time, after your plan runs its 2 year course, you can get the phone unlocked (this is handy even if you've upgraded, because you sometimes need a third phone when you travel). However, sometimes ATT will designate some models as "never unlockable."  That doesn't mean that you can't jailbreak them, but in the past I've gotten phones unlocked at ATT and then sometimes they wouldn't (particularly for high end Blackberries).
Jailbreaking an iPhone can be a little more touchy because when it comes time to upgrade the software, sometimes a jailbroken iPhone won't upgrade.
And Siri works in English, French, and a couple of other European languages. | |
That doesn't mean that you can't jailbreak them, but in the past I've gotten phones unlocked at ATT and then sometimes they wouldn't (particularly for high end Blackberries).