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Just called Bell, they do not unlock any off contract Iphones.

20K views 35 replies 15 participants last post by  John Clay 
#1 ·
Letting you all know.
 
#3 ·
Why do you go to your cell phone provider to have your phone unlocked?
It's certainly not to their benefit to do that so I can see why they would refuse to do that or charge you big bucks.

I just had an HTC phone unlocked via third party service - cost me $15.- and was all done over the net.
Didn't have to take the phone anywhere
 
#6 ·
speaking of which, a simple side question.. if you have an iPhone with say Bell, You are done your 3 years term then decided not to renew or decided that you don't to deal with Bell anymore. what do you do with the iPhone?? if it's still locked to bell, why would anybody buy a used iPhone 4 from me and be locked to bell when they can just go to bell and get one.
I'm starting to weigh in options before the iPhone5 comes out...
 
#12 ·
People buying used iphone so they can go with cheaper plans (does not require 50+/m) or prepaid, but I think Bell and Telus iphones are hard sells as they can never be unlocked and they work with less prepaid options. (Rogers iphone works with speakout/petro canada mobility)

But I think Telus and Bell's "no unlocking for off contract iphones" policy is disgusting, only happens in Canada.
 
#29 ·
bell and telus offer pretty much identical plans. I got a reasonable deal with one of those business lines when I got my iPhone 4, now with the iPhone 5 coming out i'm hoping I can give the mrs. the iphone4 and get me the iphone5 and do something similar with a shared plan.. but the whole dilemma is whether I'd be better off buying the phone from apple ..
 
#30 ·
I am currently with Bell, nearing the end of my 2nd 3 year contract. I originally moved to Bell from Rogers (12+ year customer) when Rogers refused to budge on charging me $0.45 a minute for long distance. Now that I was on the road more and away from my home turf, this was becoming a huge expense.

I got a plan with Bell with the same minutes and an iPhone data plan for $18 less than I was paying at Rogers and my long distance was only $0.10 a minute. I have since upgraded my original locked (to Bell) 3Gs to a unlocked 4

Now that my contract is almost up, I am highly considering moving to Koodo for their unlimited minutes and long distance plan. Anybody have any good or bad to say about them?
 
#34 ·
I just bought a used iPhone 4 32GB, still under warranty until September, for $300. I now have a month-to-month deal with Virgin Mobile (Bell in disguise) for $25 a month: unlimited Canada-wide after 7PM and on weekends, 100 Anytime minutes, unlimited incoming texts, and 50 outgoing texts. I figure I can live without a data plan and will only use the data features in wi-fi zones. For my somewhat limited needs, I think it's a good deal. Now I just have to cut the land line!
 
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