[Electronics-Talk] iPhone SE

[Arlene]

David, thank you, for this very informed information.

ARlene
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Waybright via Electronics-Talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "David Waybright" <link at pt-solutions.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2017 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-Talk] iPhone SE


> FYI any iPhone se you’re buying for $200 or less is a locked iPhone se. 
> Unless you go to Apple store and buy a unlocked se for $349 or more you 
> won’t have a unlocked iPhone. As for unlocking the iPhone you have to go 
> to the original carrier it was with and follow their unlock policy which 
> normally requires you to have the phone on a line of service on that 
> carrier for a certain period of time basically for them to recoup the 
> price of the phone. Once you fulfill their policy it’s just a free phone 
> call or a website form fill out away from a unlock with that carrier. Now 
> if you haven’t fulfilled the carriers policy there is only one other way 
> to unlock iPhones by going to unlock websites on the internet but I highly 
> suggest not doing this, it’s not for the uninformed. There would be 
> several risks involved with such an endeavor. And before anyone tries, don’t 
> attempt to get a tracfone brand iPhone unlocked except thru their valid 
> unlock process. There is currently no way at all to unlock tracfone, 
> straight talk, simple mobile, Walmart plan, and other tracfone brands! Any 
> web site out there that says they can is lieing and trying to scam you!  I 
> have done tons and tons of research into unlocked iPhones and the most 
> legit ways to do it.
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> David Eugene Waybright
> CompTIA A+, NET+ & Security+ Technician
>
> Network Technician
> CyberCore Technologies
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone 7 Plus on T-Mobile
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2017 00:52:22 -0600
> From: "Arlene" 
> <arlenes71154 at earthlink.net<mailto:arlenes71154 at earthlink.net>>
> To: "Ronald Smith" <ronsmith131 at gmail.com<mailto:ronsmith131 at gmail.com>>, 
> "Discussion of accessible
>   home electronics and appliances" 
> <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org<mailto:electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>>
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> I got my se for $130 for straight talk from walmart. For this same phone, 
> we
> were told that for the prepaid on verizon it would be $199. Ron, did you 
> get
> yours under straight talk or verizon? Do you know if these phones are 
> really
> unlocked? If they're not unlocked, do you know what it would take to get 
> it
> unlocked? Anyway, this phone is truly and inexpensive way to learn the
> I-PHONE.
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