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[1] When you buy a subsidized iPhone directly from a network or retail outlet it will be IMEI locked, meaning it can only be used with one carrier. The networks make some hefty profits from the customers they lock into a 24 or 36 month contract. To ensure as many customers as possible are enticed into signing on the line, they offer really cheap, sometimes free, iPhones. With respect to the iPhone, the majority of the carriers that supply them, do so at a heavily reduced prices. To add to that, Apple have agreed with the networks request, and keep the retail prices of their unlocked iPhones at a premium, making the discounted contracts iPhones appears even more appealing. It is often the case that the discounted handsets the big service providers supply are as much as five times cheaper than their unlocked Apple equivalents.

Getting your hands on the latest model of iPhone for a fraction of the MRP seems like a win-win situation, right? What if you move to a foreign country and want to use a domestic carrier to save on excessive roaming charges? We all know how expensive international roaming charges can be. It's not unusual for people to return from holidays or international business trips to face massive cellular bills as they have failed to consider the hefty cost charged for cellular and data roaming charges. The sensible thing to do is use a local carrier to provide your phone and internet service while you are overseas. However, you will need to get your iPhone unlocked before you can do so.

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There were once several methods that could be used to unlock an iPhone, but not anymore. The old software method no longer works. You may have heard a lot of talk about iPhone software unlocking - a method of unlocking that used software to fool a device into thinking it was unlocked. Apple didn't let the ability to do this for very long and eventually were able to completely block the software unlock from working.

Software unlocking initially appealed to many hackers as it was a cheap method of unlocking and was quick to apply. Despite the hackers best efforts, no sooner had they released their latest software unlock than Apple would release an iOS update to plug the exploit that enabled the unlock to work. It got to the point that by the time the iPhone unlocking software reached it final iteration there were reports of handsets completely freezing up, rendering the iPhone irreparably damaged, effectively becoming a paperweight - a state that came to be known as "bricked".

We would advise anyone interested in unlocking an iPhone to choose the factory unlock method. If you were to compare a factory unlocked iPhone purchased from the Apple store with an IMEI unlocked handset, it would be impossible to tell them apart. You would be mistaken in thinking that Apple would offer their customers an official unlock - they don't. Apple will not, and never have, offered its customers the ability to unlock iPhones. I you have tried to get you iPhone IMEI unlocked in the past you will know the only way to do so would be to request it from your carrier. As expected, most of them refuse to comply with unlocking requests.

There has been a recent change in the iPhone unlocking industry recently that makes it possible to now have your iPhone unlocked by an independent, third party organization. To some people this may seem a little unethical, but it is perfectly legal and the service provided is identical in every way to that offered by the carriers directly.

If you want to learn more about iPhone IMEI unlocking or if you have any questions about permanently unlocking your iPhone, please don't hesitate to contact us. At iUnlox we will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have.