Apple Closes Loophole Letting Buyers Pick Unlocked iPhones Using Carrier Payment Plans
An update to Apple's iPhone 17 selling FAQs closes a loophole that allowed buyers to choose an unlocked iPhone from T-Mobile and Verizon.
Before this update, as noticed on Wednesday by Reddit users, you could pick an unlocked iPhone with the Verizon Device Payment Program or the T-Mobile Equipment Installment Plan and use it with your preferred carrier while making payments. Now it appears that it won't be possible going forward.
The newest version of Apple's iPhone question, "Will my new iPhone be unlocked?" now has a response that states, "If you choose to finance an iPhone through the AT&T Installment Plan, T-Mobile Equipment Installment Plan or Verizon Device Payment Program, your iPhone will be locked to the carrier until paid in full."
CNET Managing Editor of Mobile David Lumb noted that the change isn't so surprising. "Apple's move puts Verizon and T-Mobile customers under the same conditions as...
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