I found a iphone 4s can i keep it?

I found the phone a couple months ago and could not get in touch with the owner. The Iphone is also locked. Can I keep it for my own use? I want to keep it but without service and use it as an ipod touch. What can I do?

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Added (1). Please don't tell what is ethical and that I should continue to try to find the owner. I have tried but could not contact the owner!

You can take it to the Apple store and get it unlocked and from there it should be pretty easy to find the owner. You can keep it if you want, technically you found it. Just be careful, you wouldn't want to be accused of stealing it.

Since that is not your phone, return it to the carrier store.

They might be able to locate the owner.

The phone is pretty worthless to you really dude, and i would just suggest you take it into to apple store.
You will get no gain from doing this other than the fact that you are definitely doing the right thing.

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