Does the american iphone work in the UK?
Like could you get O2 working on it if it was bought in the US?
No reason you shouldn't be able to
Check it's not locked
No - and yes.
No, it will not be possible to directly use an O2 sim card in a US-bought phone. All phones sold in the US are locked to the very company that you buy from. Buy from an ATT store and the iPhone will only work with an ATT supplied sim-card.
You can always "unlock" an iPhone but - that will severely restrict how and where it works. You will not be able to update the software, any attempt to do so will re-lock the phone and MAY erase all information on it.
In general terms, since iPhones are priced very similarly in various parts of the world, get one from where you live.
You may see extremely low price iPhone offers in advertising in USA but they All come with restrictions, such as a long contract, or an expensive pay-out clause if you cancel early.
Now, if you are just travelling with an American based iPhone - yes, it will work fine just about everywhere. But- beware of roaming charges in the order of € 2.00 per minute. Visiting Facebook for ONE minute could cost $ 25.00 for an American in England.
- Would an American iPhone 5 work in the UK? I'm going to Florida in a few weeks and was wondering if I bought an unlocked iPhone 5 in an apple store whilst I'm there, would it still work properly if I inserted an O2 sim when I got home? I've been researching a little and on the US Apple website it said the unlocked iPhone 5 is available to any GSM carrier. So will O2 work?
- Will an iPhone bought from American work in Australia? I live in Australia and want to buy an iPhone 4s off eBay from American, will the phone work in Australia? It is unlocked
- Will an American iPhone work in south Africa? I'm going to go to America for a while. I plan on buying a iPhone from there. So I just wanted to know that when I come back to SA, will it still work
- Will an american iphone work in Ireland? I really want an i-phone 5 and they are only $200 in america! Thats so cheap, in Ireland they are about €700, My dad's friend is going to America and said he could buy one for me, but Will it work I know you can get them jailbroken or something like that. Anyone know if it will work Thanks a mil. X Its $200 on the apple us website