Edit: Picking the financing option forces you to pick a carrier but buying it lets you get the phone without locking a carrier in

I despise being on a contract. I heard that the new iPhones are all going to have eSims so it should be easy to hang them unlocked but when I looked at the preorder it made me choose a carrier.

I’d like to have Google Fi, does picking one of the carriers lock me into a contract?

  • AA5B@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Going from my experience two years ago

    • I thought iPhones have never been locked - that’s one of the ways they made a splash when new
    • if you buy from your phone company you will be on contract
    • iPhones don’t have sale prices but you may get a deal on financing (like phone company or a gift card (like Costco). I prefer being free and clear
    • from Apple you can choose carrier or no
      • carrier cause a week delay for them to configure the eSIM
      • eSIM means you can configure through your phone company website.

    And from this year. Apparently Apple only lets you get one phone preconfigured. Between the delay and that limitation I just got both our phones unconfigured

    …. And there’s a delay anyway.