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Thread ID: 103440 2009-09-23 11:00:00 Question about Iphone Bazman (6587) PC World Chat
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813063 2009-09-23 11:00:00 When I put the Simcard which is loaded with $20 prepay credit am I good to go to use it? Bazman (6587)
813064 2009-09-23 11:17:00 Dial out you'll find out Speedy Gonzales (78)
813065 2009-09-23 11:19:00 I haven't got it yet but I read somewhere here a little while ago you might need to jailbreak the phone first or something. I couldn't find the topic anymore. Bazman (6587)
813066 2009-09-23 11:25:00 I haven't got it yet but I read somewhere here a little while ago you might need to jailbreak the phone first or something. I couldn't find the topic anymore.
Not unless you have a locked phone - as far as I'm aware, all iPhones sold in NZ are unlocked.
Erayd (23)
813067 2009-09-23 12:15:00 You need to install iTunes on a computer and connect the iPhone to it to activate it before you can use it. CYaBro (73)
813068 2009-09-23 12:22:00 Apparently you didn't used to be able to use the iphone on prepay accounts. However with the new competition, I think they now let you. robbyp (2751)
813069 2009-09-23 13:32:00 Not unless you have a locked phone - as far as I'm aware, all iPhones sold in NZ are unlocked.

Even the one's VF sell? That's pretty good considering most other carriers lock it down.
beeswax34 (63)
813070 2009-09-23 13:49:00 Even the one's VF sell? That's pretty good considering most other carriers lock it down.Yes even those :). From memory they started to lock phones around the time Telecom announced XT, and got shot down *very* quickly by the commerce commission for monopoly abuse. As far as I'm aware, they haven't locked anything since, and if they do sell you a locked phone they're required to unlock it for you.

Note that the 'most other carriers' you're referring to are all overseas, and usually in countries with a choice of several providers.
Erayd (23)
813071 2009-09-24 05:38:00 Thanks, I'll try it then because I got the Iphone today. Bazman (6587)
813072 2009-09-24 06:38:00 Excellent choice! :-) Chilling_Silence (9)
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