If I buy this phone does it lock me in for another two years with ATT or do I own the phone out right with no new contact ?
1578730
this phone is unlocked. you have no contract with anybody. Make sure you purchase the proper sim card. I use a non-major mobile service for my phone.
1578731
You would own the phone. Att has nothing to do with Amazon. ;) I just bought one.
1578732
You can call ATT as I did and ask them as I did and they said no. I only have a phone to make calls and send text and they are unlimited for $45. They will tell you what other things cost. I use my computer for everything else. Bill
1578733
In my situation it was purchased for my wife and I don't believe that she is locked in for 2 years. You own the phone.
1024468
AT&T; will do it for you for free if you are a current or previous customer no problem, it takes about 24-48 hrs but you need to go on their website, fill the form and they will remotely unlock the phone no problem. If this does not work, I would call customer service but the form works fine.
1650170
I buy this item from deal2be for 906.48US$ and i found its locked for at&t.; :( i am in EGYPT and i do not know what to do? the seller said that they mentioned it is locked (Does not include AT&T; service contract). what is this mean???? faking people???
1596164
No and it's pretty easy to unlock it ask a friend who has AT&T; if they call the customer service they will unlock in a day. I did the same and it cost me nothing.
2115064
Hey Adam. They are legit scams! I got one from amazon and took it to the AT&T; store and they said not only was the phone locked (hysterical since it is advertised as an unlocked phone) and they wanted to charge me $35 service fee to unlock. Your best bet is to look elsewhere because its pretty apparent that I am definitely not the first one to have a negative experience with this phone. Hope Amazon fixes this soon seeing that my father really wants one of these but it is hard to find a reliable site and one with a good return policy. Hope this helps, And have a good day!
180129
Don't use. Mine was locked and I refused to pay att high prices. Waste of money. Seller wouldn't take back
1530364
This is locked to AT&T.; You'll need to unlock to use with another carrier in US or international
1542883
The phone I bought was refurbished and was not locked. It was for my husband who lost his phone. He had not had a single problem with it.
709201
It is a no-contract phone meaning one doesn't have to enter into a binding contract for one or two years to buy the phone. It is however not unlocked, i.e., it can only be used with Verizon
927052
The phone I purchased was "locked to ATT" and it worked just fine on my ATT plan. Locked means it works on one particular carrier, and in the case of the phone I bought that was ATT. HOpe this answers your question.
1931367
I'm with AT&T; and the phone is not working. At&t; said they can't do anything couse it's not there phone. When I called to the customer service #from the box they told me to go ahead and take them to the court if I'm not happy I will never get anything else from them
1067892
i bought an at&t compatible so i din't have to unlock. my son took the phone to at&t store and had no problem getting everything changed over
1381160
This phone is locked, you can not use it in other countries. You have to get the phone unlocked by AT&T
747547
You must contact the carrier, or manufacturer to obtain an unlock authurization. If the phone was owned by someone with a continuing contract, good luck.
965149
If I understand your question correctly, when we received the phone, it wasn't locked and we were able to activate the phone. It didn't mess up our plan since it was a replacement for a stolen phone. I hope this helps you.
1662860
Hi,You have to unlock it first from AT&T.; I went on line to follow their unlocking process, but it didn't work and they kept saying that I was locked in a contract. I finally called them to request unlocking the phone, but they gave me a very hard time. It's unlocked now, and I was under no contract with AT&T; at the time of the unlocking. Any phone would have to be unlocked by the carrier company first before another carrier SIM card can be used, either in the US or any where in the world for that matter. I hope that helps.
1449173
You may be screwed because you could file for their insurance with them but you have to give them the phone. Meanwhile you have no phone.. If you use your own phone insurance with your carrier you have to turn in your phone. If you are due for an upgrade you have to turn in your old phone too. So most likely you are just stuck paying your replacement phone fee of $200 or whatever. I think if you were to ziplock your phone before putting in there you might be fine a little more safe. Harder to operate phone that way by finger but if you get good headphones that work with Siri, you can voice operate.