confusion about unlocked iPhone 5 price

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16 GB unlocked version. One source says 649, another 848.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-575127....s-canada/

The Apple Store's comparison tool lists the 16GB iPhone 5 at $649, the 32GB at $749, and the top of the line model 64GB at $849.

http://www.christianpost.com/news/iphone...oct-81672/

The U.S. unlocked iPhone 5 will be released on Sept. 21 with pre-orders beginning Sept. 14. The 16GB model will retail for $849, 32GB for $949, and the price for the 64GB model has not yet been announced.

[Gareth]

I would bet on 649/749/849. Those were the 4S unlocked prices and what everyone else is reporting.

WTH is christianpost.com anyway and OMG what is wrong with their layout?!?!

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I never heard of christianpost.com before; they show up at the top of the search google news, they have the latest article (1 hour ago). All other are from yesterday. I wonder if they have some new information about prices, of they just have it all wrong.

[Black]

Why does it need to be unlocked?

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Black wrote:
Why does it need to be unlocked?

you keep asking the same question. I keep giving you the same answer.

I want to use it prepaid, on different carriers, I want to use it in Europe, I don't want to depend on jailbreaks and I want to have full warranty. and were I could be able to get a contract free iPhone 5 that is locked anyway? the only way to get a contract free iPhone is to buy unlocked.

[Black]

space-time wrote:
[quote=Black]
Why does it need to be unlocked?

you keep asking the same question. I keep giving you the same answer.

I want to use it prepaid, on different carriers, I want to use it in Europe, I don't want to depend on jailbreaks and I want to have full warranty. and were I could be able to get a contract free iPhone 5 that is locked anyway? the only way to get a contract free iPhone is to buy unlocked.
Oh sorry, didn't see an answer previously.
If I were you I'd save a -lot- of money and just get a used iPhone 4 when the 5's start to appear-- it's going to be your first iPhone IIRC. Should be able to find a 32 GB in the $250 range in a few weeks. I can't imagine spending $650+ on something that's going to hit the floor now and then no matter how careful you are.

[IronMac]

Used 4S is a great world phone.

[DCrunch]

I jumped the gun and got an HTC One X in June. I gave up a Blackberry Torch for it. The battery on the HTC is horrible. I will shut it down with about 75% battery at night and when I get up in the morning it is dead. You can not turn the thing off. I'm about to go back to my Blackberry. Any way, I am considering a no-commitment iPhone 5 for $649.99. A no-commitment 4S 16GB is $549.99. This is all through AT&T. The price goes down in January. Perhaps in the next month or so that will all come down.

[Kludgy Thingy]

Can you use an unlocked phone without a data plan? i.e. "dumb phone" rather a "smart phone".