Buying an iPhone 4 from a Canadian carrier? It’s locked

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We\’ve been tipped this morning (and have now been ready to confirm, because of our own Myriam Joire braving the lines) that if you are going to buy an iPhone 4 in a Canadian carrier\’s store today, you permit with it locked to that carrier — despite Apple\’s trumpeting available to buy it SIM-free. It sounds as if as though the activation process might possibly be accountable for causing the carrier lock — either that, or the carriers\’ subsidized models are shipped locked, unlike the entire-price devices you should buy directly from Apple. Either way, it\’s a bummer, and it\’s certainly something to bear in mind before you buy.

[Thanks, Chris]

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