Right. I thought it would be that way also. However the Apple employee at the store told me it would be locked for 30 to 60 days. Then an Apple employee over cx support also told me the same thing.

I will be picking up my iPhone today from the Apple Store and follow similar steps that you did. Hopefully it works out.

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Nice. Well hopefully it works out that way for me too. I’ll see later today when I pick up the phone from the Apple Store

That’s good news. I will test it out today after I pick up my iPhone from the Apple Store.

Very true

Haven’t done research on Android

Yes, iPhone 14. Will find out the result later on when I pick it up from the Apple Store.

Are they US carriers?

That’s good news. I will see today when I pick it up from the Apple Store. I am going by the info that several apple employees and AT&T employees gave me.

That’s good news. I will see today when I pick it up from the Apple Store. I am going by the info that several apple employees and AT&T employees gave me.

When you purchased your phone from apple, did you put a US SIM card into it?

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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.

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Very true

After purchasing the unlocked phones, did you use them in the US?

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That’s a good question. Can you use 2 different esims while the phone is considered “locked”?

I was at the Apple Store and a second employee gave me the same info. He went to ask his supervisors and they were not even sure. They said 30 to 60 days. So seems they are posting one thing and yet another thing is happening.

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I’ve read T-mobile does the same. Will have to try Verizon

Bestbuy will not sell you an unlocked iPhone. For them to sell it, it has to be attached to a carrier

There’s a ton of downvotes on this post from US consumers themselves.

Im also a US consumer. However, I travel a lot and I need to be able to use my phone everywhere.

It’s taking me the same time to get this figured out.. before I’m left with an unusable phone when I travel soon.

I was at the Apple Store and a second employee gave me the same info. He went to ask his supervisors and they were not even sure. They said 30 to 60 days. So let’s disregard what several apple employees have said now.. right?

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