10-07-2011, 04:02 AM
rgG wrote:
The only unlocked version is the AT&t version, and you can just insert a foreign or TMobile SIM into those and use wherever you wish.
Just to clarify:
The only offically unlocked version will be for GSM networks. It's not "the AT&T version."
The AT&T version will be locked to AT&T.
We don't know that the AT&T version of the iPhone 4S will be unlockable. It probably will not be unlockable for at least several months while hackers work to create a jailbreak-and-unlock solution for it.
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Based upon rumors and some hints in Apple's iPhone FAQ, at some point Apple will probably sell an unlocked version of the iPhone 4S for $649 or more.
If you can obtain an unlocked iPhone 4S then it would work on almost any GSM network with the appropriate SIM card.
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Back to the original questions:
1. Since Sprint and Verizon have an agreement to share cell towers you may not see any improvement between a Sprint and Verizon iPhone 4S. If you get poor reception using a Sprint iPhone 4S then an AT&T iPhone 4S might be your best alternative.
2. I have read that Sprint will have a "hotspot" tethering option (capped at 5GB even if you have an unlimited data plan), but have not seen any information about what tethering will cost.
The iPhone 4S goes on sale today. (It's after midnight EST now, so it's TODAY.) Further details will probably become available as the day progresses.