A certain fish has a lock. The US version of the iPhone is used in the US
by Poster
Mar 7, 2025
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As mentioned in the title, my younger brother 25fall is going to usa to study for a PhD, and he is thinking of buying a locked American version of iPhone from a certain fish/treasure merchant. The merchant said that there are various carrier versions such as T, XF, V, ATT, and SPE. It feels cheaper than buying it in US, and it costs less than 6k for a lock 16pro.
But what I am more worried about is whether there is any problem with using the iPhone of this channel in usa? For example:
1. Forced to spend high consumption by the operator to meet the contract conditions?
2. Does it affect credit reporting?
3. Forced to lock the machine by the operator?
Thank you guys in advance for your answer!!!
P.S. Which operator is the fastest to unlock?
Replies
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Anonymous127 Mar 7, 2025Doesn't this depend on which one near your school has the best signal coverage to choose? If you can't save a few dollars, don't bother
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Anonymous8371 Mar 7, 2025It can only be said that V and T mobile have a high probability
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Poster Mar 7, 2025@ Anonymous127 The att, tmobile, and verizon signals around the school are all good, and the coverage is quite complete. There are everything used in the group, and they are all good. However, it is true that it may not save much money. But what if you consider single card + esim?
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Poster Mar 7, 2025@ Anonymous8371 said the same thing on the Internet, but it seems that it is in the operator whitelist, and there may be iccid locks
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Anonymous548 Mar 7, 2025Add some money and buy an unlocked US version or an unlocked international version/Canadian version. If you have money to study in the United States for a PhD, it shouldn't be short of this money. If you miss it, buy a cheap plane ticket and come back
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Anonymous6065 Mar 7, 2025There are two types of locked machines in Huaqiangbei. One is a contract machine, that is, the foreigner's contract has not expired, and he resells it. The contract is in a state of breach of contract. The operation lock of the machine is open, and the card cannot be used. No signal The other is stealing phones, robbing Apple stores, unactivated ones, or passers-by, which basically has no chance to unlock For contract machines, as long as the original owner subsequently opens other packages and makes up the default amount, there is a probability that it will be automatically unlocked, but the probability is not high
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Anonymous5743 Mar 7, 2025I heard that there are locks that are mostly stolen by passers-by. Then there is no warranty, and it will be confiscated if you take it out.
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Anonymous127 Mar 7, 2025Single card plus esim, then buy the Japanese unlocked version
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Anonymous7240 Mar 7, 2025The US version should no longer have a physical card slot
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Poster Mar 7, 2025@ Anonymous548 has been checked. There is a high probability that it will not be able to get out of the one-year sign. Poor international students all rely on fellowship to live. You really think highly of it. My senior brother said that he goes out for internships for 3 months every year to subsidize fellowship.
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Poster Mar 7, 2025@ Anonymous6065 The stolen machine should have an ID lock. If so, you can't quit apple id, can you? It should be that most of the locked machines are contract machines, which may be locked by the operator, but if you just open a package, it will not be a big problem (if it is the original package price, there is no extra charge). Anyway, you can pay it back slowly, as long as you don't have to choose a high package. Just a package.
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Poster Mar 7, 2025@ Anonymous7240 Yes. For single card + esim, it is better to consider day or plus. But using esim in usa is not a big problem, and my old 13pro should not be disposed of by me either.
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Anonymous7241 Mar 7, 2025What credit information? U.S. credit?
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Anonymous930 Mar 7, 2025Then you might as well buy an operator contract machine directly Locked machine only suitable for toy
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Anonymous11 Mar 7, 2025Don't buy one with a lock! Those with locks are all contract machines, and you can't use them in us after you buy them! If you want to be cheap, just go to us and find the operator to buy a contract machine Don't buy this kind of thing. If you are still in China and want to use it, buy a single sim + esim combination machine like the Japanese version Don't touch the US version has a lock!!!
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Anonymous8372 Mar 7, 2025You are ready to go to usa, wouldn't it be better to buy it locally? First-hand resources.
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Anonymous8373 Mar 7, 2025It's totally unnecessary to study for a PhD in the United States. Go to a Chinese forum to see all kinds of summarized tricks and tricks. It spends one or two hundred dollars a year to change the latest iPhone. As long as America is willing to use its brains, there is still a lot of wool.
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Anonymous3816 Mar 7, 2025Before buying, be sure to spend a dollar at Xianyu to check the GSX and confirm the GSMA status: Clean, otherwise it will not be able to connect to the Internet.
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Anonymous2245 Mar 7, 2025If you buy a locked machine, you need a card sticker with the corresponding operator, which is enough tossing. Originally, there were shortcomings when there was a lock machine and a card sticker. It was said that the card sticker was perfect but the price difference was still there.
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Anonymous11 Mar 7, 2025@ Poster The locked contract machine means that the contract is agreed to be paid for 12 months and it will not be paid for 1 month. The operator will synchronize this imei to the entire alliance, and the operators in the alliance will not give this imei access to the network! So it doesn't make any sense for you to go see if it's att or Verizon! The only way to get out of this blacklist is if the original contract person honors the contract and pays back the money So it's not as simple as being locked and only using a certain operator! The locked goods in Huaqiangbei are all from this contract source, but they also have operator locks at the same time. They use the card sticker to deceive the operator's lock, and then use the domestic operators who have not joined the alliance to access the network and do not know the news that imei has blocked it. These machines cannot be unlocked when they arrive at us