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The Definitive Guide To iPhone IMEI Unlock

This post is not just about Official iPhone IMEI Unlock. We’ll cover all the methods from free to paid ones that are available to unlock an iPhone. Quite obviously, it’s going to be a long post. We have given a table of content in the beginning. You may directly jump to the area of your interest in case you are in a hurry. However, reading the complete guide will equip you with a treasure trove of information about the whole iPhone unlocking thing.

This is the only guide you’ll need to follow. You don’t need to look any further if you are looking for info on iPhone unlocking.

1. Why to unlock an iPhone:

Before we start discussing different ways of unlocking an iPhone, let’s first understand what are the benefits of an unlocked iPhone. Now in case, you landed on this page searching for the ways to unlock your phone, you don’t need to be explained benefits of unlock. Do you!!! However, if you just chanced upon this page while browsing, below are few major reasons why you should unlock your phone:

1.1 Freedom of using any GSM Sim of your choice:

Till the time you are under the contract with your network service provider, you may keep using the phone with your network. However, once the contract is over, you may want to try your phone with a different carrier because of whatever reasons. An unlocked iPhone gives you the freedom to switch. What if you want to gift your AT&T iPhone to any of your near and dear who is on T-Mobile network. When you have an unlocked phone, you don’t have to think about such issues.

1.2 Increased resale value in secondary market:

A network unlocked iPhone fetches $150 to $200 more on eBay or Craigslist compared to a locked one. It may cost somewhere between $20 to $100 as unlocking charges. It’s no brainer to calculate the benefit. Majority of the buyer don’t want to get into trouble of unlocking the phone. People prefer to buy unlocked phone.

1.3 Handy while on roaming:

Imagine you are holidaying at some remote Caribbean island. You need to make lot of local calls to your hotel, cab driver, travel agent, tour guide etc. etc. Few call back at home to tell your near and dear ones that you are doing good. You may also want to keep a tab on important emails, may be facebook/twitter updates. Have you thought about the prohibitive voice and data charges while you are on roaming. With a locked phone, you don’t have a choice but to use your carrier sim and pay the huge roaming charges. However, you can always buy any local sim card for those limited uses if your phone is already unlocked. Do you see the value!!!

2. iPhone Unlocking Bible:

This section is called the unlocking Bible for a purpose. Given below is the complete list unlocking method for all the iPhone models with corresponding iOS and Modem Firmware (Baseband) Versions. This table can be used as a ready reference for unlock check.

First of all, you need to check at which Modem firmware (Baseband) version your iPhone is currently. To do this, go to Menu, tap on “Settings”,

then “General”

and then “About”.

Scroll down till you see “Modem Firmware” and note it down.

You will find other useful information on this page, like Version (Firmware Version) “Serial Number”, IMEI Number etc. of your iPhone. Check the attached pics to see the details. As of now we’ll primarily use Firmware Version and Baseband information for this guide. We’ll talk more about IMEI and other info in other sections.

iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS Unlock iPhone Model iOS Version Baseband Software Unlock Sim Interposer iPhone Factory Unlock iPhone 3G/3GS  3.0/3.0.1 4.26.08 Ultrasn0w No Yes 3G/3GS  3.1/3.1.2 5.11.07 Ultrasn0w No Yes iPhone 3G/3GS  3.1.3 5.12.01 Ultrasn0w No Yes iPhone 3G/3GS  4.0/4.0.2/4.0.3 5.13.04 Ultrasn0w No Yes iPhone 3G/3GS  4.1 5.14.02 *Ultrasn0w No Yes iPhone 3G/3GS  4.2.1 5.15.04 *Ultrasn0w No Yes iPhone 3GS  4.3 5.16.01 *Ultrasn0w No Yes iPhone 3GS  4.3.X 5.16.02 *Ultrasn0w No Yes iPhone 3GS  5.0/5.0.1/5.1/5.1.1 5.16.05 *Ultrasn0w No Yes iPhone 3GS  Custom Firmware 6.15.00  Ultrasn0w No Yes

*In case your iPhone 3G/3GS is at baseband 5.14.02, 5.15.04, 5.16.01, 5.16.02 or 5.16.05, you need to update your baseband to ultrasn0w unlock supported baseband 6.15.00. This baseband is also called iPad baseband. Once, you are upgraded to the baseband 6.15.00, you need to use redsn0w to again downgrade it to 5.13.04. You can successfully unlock your iPhone 3G or iPhone 3GS for free using the ultrasnow software unlock method explained below.

iPhone 4 Unlock  iPhone Model iOS Version  Baseband  Software Unlock  Sim Interposer  iPhone Factory Unlock  iPhone 4 4.0/4.0.1/4.0.2 1.59.00 Ultrasn0w No Yes iPhone 4 4.1 2.10.04 No Gevey Sim Yes iPhone 4 4.2.1 3.10.01 No Gevey Sim Yes iPhone 4 4.3.X 4.10.01 No Gevey Sim Yes iPhone 4 5.0/5.0.1 4.11.08 No No Yes iPhone 4 5.1/5.1.1 4.12.01 No No Yes

Note: Ultrasn0w unlock for iPhone works for people who upgraded their iOS version without upgrading the baseband. Which means they preserved their baseband to 1.59.00 which is supported by ultrasn0w.

Gevey Sim unlock for iPhone 4 worked till iOS 4.3.x. As soon, Apple rolled out iOS 5, Gevey sim stopped working on the phones with updated iOS.

iPhone 4S Unlock  iPhone Model iOS Version  Baseband  Software Unlock  Sim Interposer  iPhone Factory Unlock  iPhone 4S 5.0 1.0.11 No Gevey Ultra S  Yes iPhone 4S 5.0.1 1.0.13 No Gevey Ultra S Yes iPhone 4S 5.1 2.0.10 No Gevey Ultra S Yes iPhone 4S 5.1.1 2.0.12 No Gevey Ultra S Yes

3. Different methods of iPhone unlock:

We’ll cover different methods of iPhone unlocking from free to paid ones. Namely, 1. Software Unlock, 2. Sim-interposer (Gevey Sim), 3. SAM method and 4. Official iPhone Factory Unlock. While official unlock is the best iPhone unlocking solution, it costs money. So you will be required to choose the best suitable method for you. It’ll vary according to your iPhone model, iOS and baseband version and country and network your phone is locked to.

3.1 iPhone Software Unlock:

You are in luck if software unlock is available for your iPhone model and iOS version as per the table above. iPhone software unlocking method was the most famous way of iPhone unlocking once. Because, it’s free and there are thousands of step by step guides and tutorials available all over the internet. The job might sound bit complicated, but thanks to some useful guides, your life becomes much easier. There were various software available for iPhone unlock, however, ultrasn0w to date is the most stable and reliable utility. Software unlocking involves two broad steps: 1. Jailbreaking the iPhone and 2. Unlocking it using ultrasn0w

3.1.1 Ultrasn0w Unlock Method:

A. Jailbreaking the iPhone: By default standard iOS comes with lot of restrictions. Many of the features like file sharing over Bluetooth, media file download etc are disabled. This is done to ensure maximum performance and security of the device. However, it is also termed as putting your phone into a jail. Jail-breaking is a method of modifying the iOS structure in a way that it allows running custom programs. In other words, it’s a method of breaking the jail Apple has put your device into. So far no major security issue has been reported because of the jailbreak, but it certainly voids the warranty. Apple doesn’t encourage jailbreaking.

You need to run some custom programs to unlock your iPhone using this method. This is the reason, Jailbreaking is a compulsory first step for software unlock. You’ll need a computer to which you can connect your phone for jailbreak. There are thousand of tutorials online for jailbreak. My favorite is iClarified which covers jailbreaking of all Apple devices. At iClarified you’ll find step by step guide with pictures and proper explanation. It also details the utilities you’ll need to use depending on the iPhone model and iOS version. Simply, select the model, then iOS version and finally whether you are using Mac or Windows. Click on this link to iClarified tutorial about how to jailbreak any iPhone model.

B. Unlocking the iPhone using utlrasn0w: Once your iPhone is successfully jailbroken, you are good to go for unlock using ultrasn0w utility. You’ll see a Cydia icon on your iPhone screen if the jailbreak is successful. Unlocking steps are very simple. Again, it’s explained step by step with pictures in how to unlock an iPhone using ultrasn0w guide. Checkout the guide, you’ll have an unlocked iPhone in your hand once you have followed all the steps.

3.2 Sim-interposer unlock method:

A sim inter-poser is a sort of plug-and-play device manufactured for iPhone unlock. It’s made of a very thin PCB (Printed Circuit Board) which sits between the phone’s sim card reader and your sim card. The unlocking works by manipulating the way the phone reads the sim card data. So, suppose your iPhone is locked to AT&T network but you want to use a T-Mobile sim card with it. You insert the pre-programmed PCB with your T-Mobile sim card into the phone’s sim card slot. Because the phone is locked to AT&T, it’ll do a first reading of the sim card to make sure that the inserted sim card is an AT&T sim. The pre-programmed PCB tells the phone that yes, it’s an AT&T sim. As soon the phone believes that the inserted sim is actually an AT&T sim, it opens the baseband for further signal processing. The PCB sitting conveniently between the phone and the actual sim card keeps watching this. In the second request, it sends the actual sim card data to the now opened iPhone’s baseband. The result, your phone starts working with T-mobile sim card.

Applenberry was the leading sim inter-poser manufacturer which marketed their product with the name “Gevey Sim”. It worked for iPhone 4 till iOS 4.3.5 and for iPhone 4S till iOS 6. Many other manufacturer soon entered the market to offer similar utility. To name few, Gevey Sim, R-Sim, X-Sim, Gevey All-in-one(AIO) etc. are some of sim interposer devices which were successful in unlocking many iPhone models at different iOS versions. However, all of these solutions suffered from some or other drawbacks. Based on users feedback, few of the major problems that these solution have are: A. Need to dial 112 for unlock (illegal in few countries if misused), B. SMS not working correctly, C. Frequent signal drops, D. Increased battery consumption, E. Need to perform unlock process every-time you loose network or phone gets switched off, F. Mobile data connection (Edge/GPRS/3G) not working correctly, G. MMS not working etc. Inspite of all these shortcomings, these solutions became famous because software unlock option was not available for the newer iPhone models and official iPhone IMEI unlock solution was not easily available or affordable. We have covered some of the major sim interposer unlock solutions below in detail for your reference.

3.2.1 Gevey Sim:

As explained earlier, Gevey sim is a product from Applenberry which offered unlocking solution for iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S. Gevey sim for iPhone 4S at iOS 6.0 unlock can be purchased at http://www.applenberry.com/gevey-ultra-s-gsm/ There is a very nice and short video from iClarified on how to use Gevey Sim, reproduced below:

How to unlock an iPhone 4 with Gevey Sim:

How to unlock an iPhone 4S with Gevey Ultra S sim:

3.2.2 R-sim

3.2.3 Gevey AIO (All in one) Sim

3.3 SAM Method of unlock:

Factory unlock using SAM method is dead now. Apple has blocked this method. There was a loophole in Apple’s iTunes activation method which was exploited by modifying activation request sent by phone to Apple server. This tricked Apple activation server to send an unlock ticket even to iPhones which were network locked.

The method involved installing a software called SAM (developed by Sam Bingner) on iPhone.

3.4 Official iPhone IMEI Unlock:

This is the most reliable method among all the available iPhone unlocking methods. You don’t have to be a geek to unlock your iPhone. Official iPhone IMEI unlock method is a permanent iPhone unlock solution. All you need is the IMEI of the phone and information about it’s original network. You may directly approach the network service provider in case, an unlock solution is offered by the network or mobile carrier the phone is currently locked to. For example if your iPhone is locked to Australia Vodafone, you may directly head to Vodafone Australia website and get your iPhone unlocked for free. There are also third parties offering official iPhone factory unlocking service whom you may approach in case the original network doesn’t provide an unlock service.

The biggest benefit of official iPhone unlock is that it’s official. Which means you don’t loose your unlock no matter how many times you upgrade or restore your iPhone. It’s just like any other unlock phone available in the market. You just pop-in any GSM sim card of your choice and it happily accepts it.

3.4.1 Free Official Factory Unlock offered by network:

As explained earlier, few carriers offer a free official iPhone unlock service because it’s mandatory according to the country’s statutory requirement. All you need is to check with the customer care department of the network provider. They should be accepting unlocking request over phone, online through “My Account” service or open online unlocking web form. All the network providers in Australia, Denmark, Chile etc. are bound to offer free IMEI unlock as per the country’s local law. Most of them require that you need to be an existing customer to avail this facility.

3.4.2 Paid Official Factory Unlock Service offered by third-parties:

Now, for people who don’t have any of the above options, ray of hope has not died completely. There are third party iPhone IMEI unlock service providers able to officially unlock most of the iPhone locked various networks around the world. You need to pay a fee for this. The unlocks are genuine and life time. You don’t loose your unlock with iOS upgrades or iTunes restore.

iOS Basics offers official iPhone unlocking service at a reasonable price. All you need to do is submit your IMEI through order submission form, make the payment and wait for the unlock confirmation email. The time duration for the unlock may vary from 24 hours to 15 days according to the network the phone is currently locked to. Most of the famous network locks like AT&T USA iPhone, can be removed within 24 hours.

You get the much needed peace of mind with our “No questions asked, 100% refund guarantee” if the unlock fails because of some reason. If you have waited for long to get your iPhone officially and permanently unlocked, your wait is over. Just select the country and network your iPhone is currently locked to, and place unlocking order. Restore your iPhone with iTunes once you get unlock confirmation email from us.

Officially unlock your iPhone now

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France Orange Factory Unlocking Service - iPhone 3G/3GS/4/4S/5

Please check the IMEI before submitting. There will not be a refund if you submit wrong IMEI.

Orange France iPhone IMEI Factory Unlock

This service can be used to unlock Orange France iPhone on all iOS or firmware versions i.e. 4.2.1, 5.0, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1, 6.1.2, 6.1.3, 7.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2 or 7.1 Permanent Official Factory Unlock Service France Orange iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G and iPhone 2G without jailbreaking by white listing your IMEI in the Apple iTunes database. Unlock is guaranteed or your money back.

Insert non accepted SIM card (foreign SIM card) into iPhone and connect with iTunes. Take backup of your phone, do a clean re-store and activate it with iTunes. Now your iPhone will be permanently unlocked! You may now proceed to re-store from iTunes back-up to get all of your data back.

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How to fix a water damaged iPhone 5S, 5C, 5, 4S or 4

So your prized iPhone went for a swim! And now, it doesn’t seem to have any life. Getting your iPhone water damaged is a dreading experience. But trust me, repairing a liquid damaged iPhone is not that scary as it might sound. In most of the cases, you can recover it from the liquid damage completely. Let’s see how.

Things to do when your iPhone comes in contact with liquid:

Remove the battery immediately if possible.

Don’t try to plug-in/charge your water damaged iPhone. Also, don’t try to switch it on. In fact, you should immediately switch off the phone if it’s not already. This will prevent any further damage because of short circuit.

Don’t use hair dryer. The heat from hair dryer may damage any component. Also, the air flow might push the liquid far inside making it difficult to clean.

This tutorial comes from my personal experience.

I bought a water damaged iPhone 4s

So it happened that I needed a new screen for my existing iPhone 4S that I had managed to crack. Apple said no to screen replacement at my location. I had no other choice but to go for after-market screens available in repair shops. But I was worried about the quality.

Then I thought of buying an old non-working iPhone 4S from eBay. It’s possible to pick up one such phone from eBay at cheap prices. And the assurance that the screen will be Apple’s original. Wow, it was good idea.

So, I picked up one online from eBay and waited for the shipment to arrive. Within few days, the phone was in my hands. I opened the phone, following an online tutorial. The new iPhone had corrosion inside indicating liquid  damage. Anyways, I carefully cleaned everything using a PCB cleaner and toothbrush. Finally, I took out the motherboard from my existing iPhone and put into the new phone. Hurrah, it was working perfectly. I was happy.

What happened to the water damaged iPhone

Even though my core mission was accomplished, I had a water damaged iPhone with bad logic-board and my old shattered screen of-course. Hoping to get something more out of my purchase. My next mission was to fix the water damaged logic-board to see if it works.

Just to break the suspense, yes, it was a successful mission. I am going to explain how even you can accomplish this. This tutorial includes the experience I gained from this adventure and fixing countless of other water damaged iPhones.

How to fix the water damaged iPhone’s logic board

Mostly, it’s the logic-board/motherboard that gets damaged due to liquid contact. There are very thin and small circuits on the board. Even very little amount of liquid may cause a short preventing booting of the phone.

There are three ways to recover from liquid damage.

Bowl of Uncooked Rice,

Moisture absorbing agent and

Cleaning the complete board with alcohol solution like IsoPropyl Alcohol(70%-90%)

 Bowl of Uncooked Rice:

It works best with water damage (not good with other liquid damages) and when you put the phone into rice within few hours of getting wet. Many people swear by this method.

All you have to do is, put your wet iPhone into a bowl of uncooked rice. It’s uncooked rice…pls keep in mind, not cooked rice :)

Cover it completely with the rice.

Leave it like this for 24-72 hours.

Rice is a very good moisture absorbent. It should absorb all or most of the water inside the phone within 24-72 hours. Take it out after that and try to switch on. Most probably it should work.

Moisture absorbing agent

When there is a severe water damage, you need a better and proper moisture absorbent than rice. The method is same as earlier. You just place the phone with moisture absorbing agent rather than putting it into rice. A good water rescue kit works within 6-24 hours and 600-700% more effective than rice.

You can pick one of such water rescue kit from Amazon for cheap as shown below.

Cleaning the complete board with alcohol solution like IsoPropyl Alcohol

This is the last method when liquid damage is extremely severe. It’s also useful when you are not able to use above two methods within few hours of liquid damage and liquid has gone deeper inside. I will work with any sort of liquid damage like tea, coffee, beer etc.

However, you’ll need to open your iPhone for this.

Required Tools:

iPhone opening/repair kit

IsoPropyl Alcohol solution for cleaning,

A toothbrush and

little bit of courage

Given below pics of the required tools so that you can get one for you.

iPhone opening/repair tool:

IsoPropyl Alcohol solution for cleaning:

Or you can buy a complete set like the one shown below:

Go for a cheaper tool if it’s just one time activity. However, go for a better tool kit if you are into DIY and keep requiring such equipment.

Cleaning the water/liquid damaged iPhone:

Now that you have the required tools, you’ll need to open your iPhone and clean it properly and thoroughly.

There is nice youtube video showing how to open the phone given below:

There is a very nice step by step guide at ifixit on how to open different models of iPhone. You can find them here

Don’t forget to remove the metal covers in the motherboard. You’ll find them when you take out the motherboard from the phone. Many important components like baseband, RAM, Memory, Processing chip etc are covered with a metal sheet to protect them from liquid. However, when the liquid damage is sever, it might reach inside those covers.

Your problem may be hidden behind those covers if you fail to properly clean them. Clean the complete board gently with the brush. Spray the Isopropyl cleaner all over the board. Be liberal with the usage of cleaning liquid. It won’t harm any of the component of the board.

Once you are sure about cleaning each and every part of the board thoroughly, give it some time to dry. Put every thing back together once dried and try to switch it on. Let me know if it worked for you.

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How to factory unlock iPhone using iTunes

In this post today I am going to explain how iPhone iTunes activation works. Understanding the iTunes activation process is important, specially if you want to get your iPhone factory unlocked.

But before we get into that, let’s understand why an iPhone gets de-activated every-time you update or restore iOS software. It’s because majority of the iPhones are sold under contract by Apple. Which are locked to a particular network. Those phones will work only with a sim card from the network it’s locked to. To ensure this, Apple implements an IMEI, ICCID and IMSI verification process through iTunes. This check is performed when you try to activate your iPhone through iTunes. This is the reason behind whole iTunes activation scheme.

Now with that understanding, let’s proceed on how to activate and unlock your iPhone using iTunes. And then, will cover bit more about what actually happens in the back-end during iPhone iTunes activation process.

Activating the iPhone with iTunes:

First of all you need to put a sim card inside your iPhone. In case your phone is locked to any network, use the sim card from that network only. For example, if your phone is locked to AT&T network, insert an AT&T sim card in the phone.

You may insert any sim card, in case you have bought our iPhone Factory IMEI unlock services.  Same applies if you have got your iPhone factory unlocked through your network service provider and trying to activate your iPhone after unlock confirmation.

Now connect your iPhone to your computer using the USB cable that came with your iPhone.

  Launch iTunes now and select your iPhone in the left side menu on iTunes screen. You’ll be presented with two options by iTunes

Check for Update and

Restore

Click on any of the above two, it’ll update your iOS to the latest available version.

  Wait for the iOS update process to finish. The activation and unlock process is automated. Your iPhone will get activated within 10 seconds after your iOS version is updated.

In case, you have got your iPhone officially unlocked using our iPhone iTunes IMEI unlock service, you’ll get an iTunes unlock confirmation message as shown below. Wait for few more seconds and iPhone will detect network signal. You can see your carrier logo on the top-left side on the iPhone screen.

  What happens in the back-end:

All the IMEIs of iPhones sold by Apple till date are stored in an Apple server. Those IMEIs are either associated with the network it’s locked to, or listed as factory unlocked (also known as Apple white-list database). When you connect your iPhone to your PC or Mac to activate it, iTunes connects to Apple server in the backend. iTunes sends the IMEI number, baseband details, iOS version detail, ICCID and IMSI number to Apple server. There is an automated check that takes place at the server which verifies the ICCID and IMSI of the sim card with network lock record in it’s database. If the inserted sim card ICCID matches with the network the IMEI is locked to, Apple server sends the activation ticket back to iTunes. iTunes places the activation ticket into iPhone, and your iPhone gets activated.

The inserted sim card or ICCID and IMSI doesn’t matter in case your IMEI is listed in Apple’s white-list IMEI database. In that case, Apple server will send activation and unlock ticket simultaneously. Which means, your iPhone will work with any GSM network in the world.

Note:

I have tried to cover as much possible on the topic. Please let me know through comment if I missed anything or you need any clarification. I’ll be happy to answer your queries.

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IMSI Number to unlock iPhone 5S, 5C, 5 and 4S with R-Sim

About R-Sim:

R-Sim is a sim interposer device to temporarily unlock your iPhone in case factory unlock service is not available or is very costly. This device sits between the Sim Card and sim card reader of the phone. It works in same way as erstwhile famous Gevey Sim. However, R-Sim also supports newer iPhone models like iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S. R-Sim 9 Pro is the latest version of this device.

We are giving below list of IMEI number of all the major operators/network of world which you can use while configuring R Sim to unlock your iPhone.

SPRINT iPhone 5/5C/5S iOS7 has SMS out-going bug that will be fixed with iOS 7.0.3 coming in few days. Every other Network and iPhone provider is supported by R-SIM 9 PRO. Apparently, calls/SMS/EDGE/3G/4G etc works fine with this.

Here goes the long list..enjoy

NO. Country Carrier Name IMSI1 IMSI2 Remark 1 Albania Albanian Mobile [phone] 2 Albania Eagle Mobile [phone] 3 Albania Vodafone 2760211 4 Algeria AlgeTel 6030111 5 Algeria Nedjma 6030311 6 Algeria Orascom 6030211 7 Andorra Mobiland 2130311 8 Angola Unitel 6310211 9 Anguilla Cabl&wi 3654011 10 Anguilla Mossel 3650511 11 Anguilla Weblink 3651011 12 Argentina Claro 7161003 13 Argentina Compala 7161003 14 Argentina Compañia Telefonos Interior (CTI) 7223101 15 Argentina Movistar 7220104 16 Argentina Nextel 7220211 17 Argentina Nextel2 7222011 18 Argentina Telecom 7223411 19 Argentina Telefoni 7220711 20 Argentina Telfonic 7227011 21 Armenia Armentel 2830134 22 Armenia karabakh 2830434 23 Armenia Orange 2831034 24 Armenia vivacell 2830534 25 Australia 3 Three 5050610 2321069 26 Australia Optus 5050210 27 Australia Vodafone 5050390 28 Australia 3GIS 5051570 29 Australia AAPT 5051470 30 Australia advan 5052470 31 Australia Localstar 5058870 32 Australia One 5050870 33 Australia OZITEL 5050534 34 Australia Telstra71 5057170 35 Australia Telstra72 5057270 36 Australia Teltra11 5051170 37 Australia Telstra 5050134 38 Austria 3Hutch 2321070 39 Austria A1 Telekom 2320170 2320100 40 Austria Barabl 2321570 41 Austria BobA1 2321170 42 Austria OneOra 2320570 43 Austria Teleri 2320770 44 Austria T-mobi le 2320370 2320328 45 Austria YesOra 2321270 46 Austria Orange 2320588 47 Austria Three 2321069 48 Aux-Airnet Airnet 5050970 49 Aux-Depart Depart 5050434 50 Belarus Best 2570434 51 Belarus MDC 2570134 52 Belarus MTS 2270234 53 Belgium Base 2061034 54 Belgium Globul 2060534 55 Belgium mobistar 2061034 56 Belgium Proximus 2060134 2060122 57 Belgium Ortel 2062050 58 Bulgaria MTel 2840179 2840189 59 Bulgaria Vivacom 2840310 60 Bulgaria Globul 2840510 2840500 61 Canada BELL610 3026104 62 Canada Bellpacific 3101703 3026103 63 Canada Fido 3023704 3023703 64 Canada Rogers 3027204 3027203 65 Canada Telus220 3022204 3022203 66 Canada Virgin 3026102 67 chile Claro 7300304 68 chile Entel 7300104 69 chile Entel10 7301004 70 chile Movistar 7300204 71 China Mobile [phone] 72 China Unicom 4600158 73 China Telecom China 2040438 74 Colombia colomTel 7320014 75 Colombia Comcel 7321014 76 Colombia Edatel 7320024 77 Colombia movista3 7321234 78 Colombia Movistar 7321024 79 Colombia Tigo1 7321114 80 Colombia Tigo3 7321034 81 Czec mobikom 2300434 82 Czec O2telefh 2300234 83 Czec sprava 2309834 84 Czec Tmobi 2300134 85 Czec Vodafone 2300334 86 Czec Vodaf2 2309934 87 Denmark TM 2620125 88 Denmark Demark 2382010 89 Denmark APS 2380534 90 Denmark Barablu  2380734 2380734 91 Denmark H3G 2380634 92 Denmark 3 Three 2380632 93 Denmark Telen 2380241 94 Denmark MiGway 2380334 95 Denmark TDC 2380134 96 Denmark TDC2 2381034 97 Denmark Telenor 2387734 2380234 98 Denmark Telia 2382034 99 Denmark Telia30 2383034 100 Dominican Movil 7321234 101 Ecuador Alegro 7400234 102 Ecuador movista 7400034 103 Ecuador Porta 7400134 104 Egypt mobinil 6020111 8920016 105 Egypt Vodafone 6020211 106 Elsalvador Claro 7061034 107 Elsalvador CTE 7060134 108 Elsalvador Digice 7060234 109 Elsalvador Movita 7060434 110 Elsalvador telemo 7060334 111 Estonia EMT 2480134 112 Filand NDA 2440311 113 Filand sonera 2449111 114 France Bouy 2082136 115 France BT 2082031 116 France orange 2080189 2080131 117 France Bouygues20 2082011 118 France Bouygues21 2082111 119 France Bouygues88 2088811 120 France Orange01 2080111 121 France Orange02 2080211 122 France SFR10 2081011 123 France SFR11 2081111 124 France  SFR 2081031 125 France Virgin 2080191 126 Germany T-mobi le 2620111 2620125 2620155 127 Germany Vodafone 2620208 128 greece Cosmote 2020134 129 greece QTelecom 2020934 130 greece Vodaf 2020534 131 greece Wind 2021034 132 Honduras claro 7080111 133 Hungary T-mobi le 2163011 2163000 134 Hungary Vodafone 2167000 135 India Airtel02 4040211 136 India Vodafone01 4040111 137 India Vodafone05 4040511 138 India Vodafone46 4044611 139 Ireland Vodafone 2720110 2720172 140 Ireland O2 2720211 2720231 141 Ireland  E-Mobile 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Ireland Vodafone Factory Unlocking Service iPhone - 5S/5C/5/4S/4/3GS/3G

*Important Note*

No refund for wrong network IMEI orders.

Insert non accepted SIM card (foreign SIM card) into iPhone and connect with iTunes. Take backup of your phone, do a clean re-store and activate it with iTunes. Now your iPhone will be permanently unlocked! You may now proceed to re-store from iTunes back-up to get all of your data back.

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Why Apple supplies carrier locked iPhone,how to unlock it

Why carrier locked iPhone, who gets benefited?

This question has been raised many times by new iPhone customers at various forums. Apple sold more than 4.8 million iPhones including the newly launched iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C in US in Sep’13 according to data from Counterpoint Research. Most of them locked to AT&T, Verizon or Sprint network. When you buy an iPhone through a network service provider, you get it at a subsidized price. In turn, your network service provider will lock the phone to its network. So that it cannot be used on any other network. Prime example is AT&T network in USA. A new factory unlocked iPhone 5S 16 GB model costs you $649, whereas, same phone can be bought for just $199 with a 2 years AT&T contract. Now, you must be thinking how AT&T manages to give almost $400 subsidy on a new iPhone! There is no subsidy if you look at their billing plan for iPhone. It’s just that you pay the differential amount or probably more in terms of various other charges over the period of two years contract. It’s a winning situation for all. Apple gets to sell their iPhone immediately; a willing customer gets to use the iPhone without an immediate outflow of huge amount. AT&T gets a customer bound to use it’s service for next two years and pay the balance amount in the form of rental and data charges.

You see, it resembles to the financing arrangement offered to buy other consumer products. Your credit card company sponsors a 0% EMI plan if you want to buy big LED television or your dream home theater system.

Is it possible to factory unlock an iPhone which is locked to a certain network?

It is indeed possible…., if you meet certain conditions. For example, AT&T offers to IMEI unlock your old iPhone if you have upgraded to the next higher model of iPhone on contract or if you have completed the contract terms. There are also few countries in the world where a carrier is bound to unlock the iPhone on customers request as per the local law. For example, an iPhone locked to Vodafone Australia can be IMEI unlocked on customer request any time during the contract. By the way, we won’t talk about jailbreaking or software hack method of unlocking, as it’s a troublesome, temporary solution and risks damaging your iPhone permanently. These unlocking methods also will void your warranty. What we discuss here is the safest way to use your iPhone with any network in the world. That’s Official IMEI unlocking of iPhone.

If you love your iPhone, always go for permanent iPhone Factory unlocking service only.

What if I don’t meet the conditions set by my service provider for iPhone unlock?

Nothing to worry about. iOS  Basics is a reliable and trusted iPhone Factory Unlock Service providers who can unlock your iPhone for a fee, even if it’s still under contract. Yes, you heard it, not only pay as you go phone, but we can also unlock in-contract pay monthly iPhone. At iOS Basics, we IMEI unlock an iPhone online directly through Apple database. The whole unlock process is very easy. You select the country and network your iPhone is currently locked to from their iPhone IMEI Unlock Service page. Provide the IMEI number of your iPhone and make the payment. Depending on the network your iPhone is locked to, within few hours to few days you get the unlock notification email. All you need is to restore your iPhone with iTunes for the unlock to take effect. This is the cheapest iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 5, iPhone 4S or iPhone 4 IMEI unlock service at Official iPhone Factory Unlock site. This service is legit, official, fast and permanent. You don’t loose your warranty and you can upgrade to next iOS version without any fear of your being locked again.

There is a team of experts working 24/7 on your iPhone unlocking requests and they’ll be happy to answer any of your questions. iOS Basics employs staffs who are highly qualified and not only fond of but also sleep, drink and think only iOS devices. To know more about the unlocking process, visit our iPhone IMEI Unlock service page.

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Unlock Telstra iPhone

Telstra iPhone Unlock:

In case you have a Telstra Australia iPhone 5, iPhone 4s, iPhone 4 or iPhone 3GS and you are looking to get it permanently factory unlocked. iOS Basics is your most preferred choice. iOS Basics provides legitimate Official IMEI Unlock service for iPhone.

How to unlock Telstra Australia iPhone 5, 4S, 4, 3Gs, 3G:

Telstra iPhone unlock is easy. Just follow these simple steps:-

Step 1: Select your iPhone Model from the drop down list.

Step 2: Select the delivery time. Telstra unlock price varies depending on the unlocking time you select. Price for instant unlock is bit higher then normal unlock period.

Step 3: Once you have selected both the above options, you’ll get the price details and and “Unlock Now” button will show up. You need to enter the IMEI of your iPhone and press “Unlock Now” button.

Step 4: Complete the checkout form and make payment. You’ll get email confirmation once your Telstra iPhone is unlocked. You need to perform an iTunes restore or activate your Telstra iPhone with any other network sim card. That’s it, your iPhone is unlocked now from Telstra network.

About Telstra Australia Carrier:

Telstra Corporation Limited is Australia’s largest and incumbent telecommunication company. Telstra builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets voice, mobile, fixed & wireless internet access, pay television and other entertainment products and services. Telstra is one of Australia’s largest consumer service providers and has one the most recognized brands in the country. Telstra has a long history in Australia, originating as a government department, the Postmaster General together with Australia Post. Relatively recently, Telstra was fully privatized and has been undergoing a change program to become more “sales and marketing led” under its current CEO.

Don’t forget, Telstra iPhone unlock service comes with 100% money back guarantee. You get full refund if your Phone could not be unlocked for any reason. Unlock Telstra iPhone now.

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Spain Vodafone Factory Unlocking Service iPhone-3G/3GS/4/4S/5

Vodafone Spain iPhone Unlock:

Vodafone Spain iPhone Unlock service is an official and permanent IMEI factory unlocking solution for your iPhones locked to Spain Vodafone. Since, it’s an official iPhone factory unlock service, you don’t loose your warranty by getting your iPhone unlocked and at the same time you get freedom of using it on any network. Needless to say that our Spain Vodafone network iPhone unlock service supports all operating system from iOS 4, iOS 5, iOS 6 to iOS 7 and all baseband.

Check iPhone Factory Unlock Service if you are looking for iPhone Factory Unlock service for any Other network.

How to IMEI Factory Unlock iPhone 5, 4S, 4, 3GS, 3G – Locked to Spain Vodafone:

Step 1: You need to be sure that your iPhone is currently locked to Vodafone Spain. If you don’t know the  Official Carrier the phone is currently locked to, Check it from iPhone Operator Check.

Step 2: Select the model of your Spain Vodafone iPhone, select unlock delivery time and enter iPhone IMEI number. Unlock price vary according to the unlocking time you select.

Step 3: Click on “Unlock Now” button, complete the Checkout form and make payment. There are different payment gateway option that will appear as per the payment currency you have selected. Make secure payment with PayPal.

Step 4: Wait for the email from iOS Basics confirming that your iPhone has been factory unlocked.

Step 5: Once you receive the confirmation email from us, restore or activate your iPhone for the unlock to take effect.

Insert any non accepted SIM card (foreign SIM card) into iPhone and connect with iTunes. Take backup of your phone, do a clean re-store and activate it with iTunes. Now your iPhone will be permanently unlocked! You may now proceed to re-store from iTunes back-up to get all of your data back.

About Vodafone Spain Carrier :

Vodafone España, S.A.U. is a mobile telecommunications operator in Spain headquartered in Alcobendas, Madrid. The company was founded in 2000, as a result of the merger of the shares held by Vodafone Group and British Telecommunications plc in Airtel Móviles, S.A. Vodafone (Vodafone ES) offers GSM900/1800 MHz (2G), UMTS (3G), HSDPA (3.5G) and (4G) LTE services in Spain, with a good coverage.

Don’t forget, all of our iPhone unlock service comes with 100% money back guarantee. You get full refund if your iPhone could not be unlocked for any reason.

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How to IMEI unlock iPhone locked to T-Mobile Germany

So you have an iPhone locked to Germany T-Mobile Network and you are looking to use it with other networks. If you have bought the phone with contract, it’ll be locked to the carrier T-Mobile and you’ll not be able to use any other network sim card with your iPhone. However, the good news is that the unlock is easy. You can get your iPhone officially factory unlocked using our T-Mobile Germany iPhone Unlock remote IMEI unlocking system. Once unlocked, you may use sim card from any network with your T-Mobile locked iPhone.

T-Mobile Germany iPhone Factory Unlock

Our factory unlocking services are 100% safe and easy. Just order your unlock online. Once you receive unlock confirmation email from us, restore your iPhone with iTunes and your iPhone will be officially unlocked. Before ordering the unlock, make sure that your iPhone is out of the contract. You can’t unlock any T-Mobile Germany locked iPhone if it’s still under contract.

We have a no questions asked 100% money back guarantee in case we fail to unlock your T-Mobile iPhone.  Rest assured that your phone will be unlocked and you’ll be able to use it with any network of your choice anywhere in the world. Get your T-Mobile Germany iPhone factory unlocked now T-Mobile Germany iPhone unlock

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Page 46 of iOS 7 Terms and Conditions

It seems somebody played a prank or something. But here we have a really really hilarious copy of Page No 46 of iOS 7 terms and conditions.

Apparently, somebody thought that he could put some random text on iOS Terms and Conditions because anyway nobody reads it. Guess what, somebody actually read it…thats funny. Here is a copy of page number 46 for you to enjoy.

  And yes, don’t forget to read it this time.

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How to Factory unlock AT&T iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C

A picture is worth thousand of words. If you are missing on AT&T unlock now when the market is ripe, you may have to repent later.

AT&T customers have started receiving the new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. While most of the them are still glued in exploring the functions and features of the new phone with iOS7, some are already looking for ways to get it factory unlocked. The reason is obvious, that is, manifold increase in the iPhone’s value once it’s factory unlocked. There are people who might sale their new iPhone for a cash profit. Profit margin will be much larger for an IMEI unlocked iPhone. Even if you are not looking to sell your phone as of now, getting the phone factory unlocked through remote IMEI unlocking method has other benefits too. Once your iPhone is factory unlocked, you can use it on any network without any problem. An unlocked phone comes very handy when you have to travel abroad. You already must be knowing how expensive AT&T roaming charges are, in case you are a frequent traveler who keeps on doing rounds of the world. An AT&T unlocked iPhone gives you the freedom to use any local GSM network sim-card. Which means you can avoid a deep pocket burn by avoiding un-necessary huge AT&T roaming charges.

Customers are already asking for AT&T iPhone 5S unlock:

Many of our customers who had earlier bought AT&T iPhone unlock service from us have been contacting us again since past few days to enquire about possibilities of AT&T iPhone 5S unlock. There are few asking about AT&T iPhone 5C unlock as well :)

Get your AT&T iPhone 5S and 5C unlocked and enjoy the freedom:

Well…well…good news for all. We are unlocking iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C locked to AT&T. We have already unlocked many AT&T locked iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C since yesterday and now we can confirm that our AT&T iPhone unlock service is working perfectly fine for iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. In case you are looking to get your AT&T iPhone 5S or AT&T iPhone 5C factory unlocked, you don’t need to look anywhere else. We provide genuine iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C AT&T IMEI official unlock service at the most reasonable prices.

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Our prices are best in the market with the most amazing customer support service. But how do we manage to provide one of the best customer support service and prices too. The reason is very simple. We don’t spend money in advertisement like other websites. It saves us money to spend on better customer support. Now the most important question, if you don’t spend on advertisement, how do you promote your service to your potential customers? Again, our philosophy is very simple. If something is good, people will come to know about it through words of mouth. After all Leonardo da Vince never advertised his Monalisa painting. Don’t you already know about it. We depend on our wonderful customers for our advertisement. Our customers who buy from us and appreciate our service may do his part by just sharing our website link on any social network. So guys, spread the words.. AT&T iPhone 5S factory unlock service is out here and working awesome. Get your AT&T iPhone unlocked before it’s too late. Share the words with your near and dear ones.

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64-bit A7 Chip -New iPhone gives Apple bragging rights

With its flagship products and technologies, Apple has been known to set the benchmark which rest of the industry follows. They did it again with the launch of new iPhone 5S featuring a 64-bit architecture Chipset called A7. While Apple claims A7 chip to be the fastest processor around, critics lamented terming it more of a marketing gimmick. We’ll take a closure look at it.

 “There’s fast. And then there’s A7 fast”, this is the tag line Apple used to advertise their new processor, cooool huh!! The A7 processor chip is part of the recently released newest flagship phone of the company, the iPhone 5S. The new A7 processor has a 64-bit architecture. This is the first time in the history of mobile computing that any mobile will feature a 64-bit processor. So far, it was available only on desktops and laptops. For any non-techie out there, just look at the numbers, 64-bit is better than 32-bit. The higher, the better, isn’t it J

A higher bit processor means applications will be able to run more simultaneous parallel threads resulting into improved performance and speed. While you might not notice any difference in day to day mobile task, the increased processing power will come handy while playing games with lot of graphics. The new A7 processor is claimed to be 2X faster than its predecessor A6 chip. A7 features ARMv8-based multi-core CPU and an integrated graphics processing unit (GPU) which supports OpenGL ES version 3.0 to deliver a detailed graphics and complex visuals effects. Which means visuals in games will look more real and livelier. A7 processor is also rumoured to have 1 GB of “standard LPDDR3-1333 RAM” inbuilt into it. We’ll know the exact details only when it’s actually launched. The good thing is that Apple’s new operating system iOS 7 is designed take advantage of the improved power provided by A7 chip. The camera app gets better with faster autofocus, faster photo capture and higher frame rates.

Critics are saying that the new A7 processor to be actually effective will require around 4GB of RAM. Without that much of RAM, this processor can never be utilized to it’s fullest. Another set of people talking about the limited availability of Apps. All the current mobile applications in market are 32-bit compliant and it’ll take developers time to release a 64-bit compatible version for their app. Till that time, users may have to manage with a 32-bit compatible app on a 64-bit device, which may lead to a poor user experience.

The dilemma for iOS Application developers

While we talked about desktops and laptops, let me remind you that majority of windows user on laptops/desktops uses a 32-bit operating system. 64-bit version of operating system is used mostly by power users who has more processor intensive jobs to do. Given the fact that majority of the users are on 32-bit operating system, most of the applications are designed for 32-bit operating system and only few popular applications are designed for both 32-bit and 64-bit version. Now, if you are wondering why don’t developers just develop application compatible for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. The answer is simple; it takes resources, time and money to do so which leaves developers in a dilemma whether to design their Apps for both the versions.

With Apple launching the first mobile device with 64-bit architecture chip, this dilemma has now come to mobile apps developers too. iPhone Apps development is a huge market. While all the famous app developers will have to update their apps to be fully compatible with new 64-bit iPhone 5S, they still need to maintain and update the older 32-bit compatible apps for older devices. It adds to an increased cost to them.

What to expect from iOS7 and A7 combination?

Hardware specs alone can be misleading sometimes. It’s the optimum amalgamation of hardware, software and tweaking that result into the ultimate performance. The guys at Apple have been known to deliver an excellent user experience exceeding the underlying hardware specifications. Apple achieves this sort of performance because of iOS, which is one of the most robust and optimized operating system out there. We expect the trend to continue and hope it’ll get better with the combination of iOS7 and A7 chip in iPhone 5S.

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How does iPhone 5S Fingerprint Sensor competes with Galaxy 4S Face unlock

Probably one of the most fascinating features of the iPhone 5S when it was recently released was the fingerprint sensor aptly called the “Touch ID”.

The Touch ID is a fingerprint reader that can be found on the home button of your iPhone 5S. The scanner can read any finger, be it your index finger or your pinkie, in 360 degrees.  This means that the app can learn multiple fingers and does not have to be oriented in a certain way.

Though this feature is optional, with this fingerprint sensor, passwords will be a thing of the past. The Touch ID may substitute the “slide to unlock” feature or the number passcodes that helps you to log on to your phone. This fingerprint sensor will also make shopping easier on the App Store, iTunes, or iBooks, as all you need after all will be your finger. It is all in a touch of a finger.  However, a little downside to this app is that it does not yet work with third-party developers. Now, you may only enjoy making purchases with these apps compatible from Apple.

According to Apple, the Touch ID can store up to five fingerprints.  The fingerprints are kept in a Secure Enclave in the phone’s processing chip, and according to Apple, this will never be stored on the Apple servers nor the iCloud.

Using the Touch ID may be problematic for those with scarred fingers, though they have the option to use their not so marked ones. Also, it may be a bit tricky for the sweaty ones, the use of a hanky might help. Well, if this does not work, backups such as the “slide to unlock’ and the passcodes are still substitute options.

The Touch ID gives iPhone Users security. This can be a defense from thieves, pickpockets, and would be hackers. With this, one thing is for sure, only I touch my iPhone 5S.

Android also had launched a fancy face unlock feature with the announcement of Galaxy Nexus and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Criticized over the lack of security, Google has improved it a lot over the time. It was very easy to fool the application by putting a photograph of the person how has locked the mobile. However, the latest release of Android Jelly Bean has addressed that problem by adding “Blink” option which is called “Liveness”. Which means once this option is enabled, you need to blink after your face is recognized by the phone. Only after you blink, the phone screen will unlock. Cool heh!!

Gimmicks apart, now the most important question, how secure these features are. Fingerprints, Retina Scans are unique to each individual. What about Face!!! Do you have duplicates, close resemblances!!!

 iPhone 5S’s fingerprint sensor does look bit secure given that it uses one of widely accepted bio-metric recognition methods. Though Apple needs to improve it further to enable it’s scanner to do a deep scan. A deep scan will make sure that wet, scared fingers do not affect the result.

Another relevant point – does your company offers a BYOD (Bring your own device) scheme and you intend to configure corporate email on your phone under any such scheme? Most of the companies does not recognize face unlock to be as secure as PIN/password lock. So chances are that face unlock functionality may be disabled by the installed security policy by your company’s network admin once you configure corporate email into your device. What about fingerprint scan then? Let’s wait and watch till it gets launched and we’ll come to know. You may let us know by leaving a comment here if your company’s security policy allows uses of face unlock.

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Apple launches iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C

True the humor, Apple today launched  iPhonoe 5S and a cheaper iPhone 5C. iPhone 5C has the same as specifications of the iPhone 5, jus that it’ll come in a plastic body. Which means the new iPhone 5C will feature a 4 inches retina display, A6 processor, 8MP back camera,  HD capable front camera and LTE support. It’ll be shipped with iOS7 pre-installed. iPhoone 5c will come in 5 different colours – Green, Blue, Yellow, Pink and White. iPhone 5C is priced at $99 for 16GB model and $199 for 32GB model in USA with contract. No price information is yet available for factory unlocked models.

Now, the much awaited iPhone 5S is priced as below with contract:

 16GB – $199

32GB – $299

64GB – $399

The new iPhone 5S is available in silver, gold, and space gray. iPhone 5s has a better A7 processor A7 chip with 64-bit architecture. It also features a M7 motion co-processor. The new noticeable feature is a Touch ID fingerprint identity sensor, which can be used to unlock the iPhone screen. You can store more than one finger prints in your device, which means you can store finger print of your spouse and kid in case they need to use the phone. Finger print sensor can also be used for in app purchase, you don’t need to type your user ID and password in iTunes everytime you make a purchase. Back camera is again 8MP only against the expectation of a better camera. However, it has a 15% larger image sensor which is supposed to be capturing larger mega pixels for better picture.

iOS 7 will be available for download from September 18th. It’ll be available to iPhone 4, and later models. It means iPhone 3Gs is now dropped from iOS upgrade list the same way iPhone 3G was stopped at iOS 4.2.1.

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Google's Nexus 4 price reduced by $100 to counter low cost iPhone

Google seems to be in some serious eye on mobile cell phone market. Google Nexus 4, which already created a buzz when released last year November is seeing more action. The prices of Google Nexus 4 are reduced by $100. It means the 8GB model is now available at $199 whereas the 16GB model is available at $249. Now these prices may not make sense to you if you are already used to buying smartphones at subsidized rate through your wireless carrier provider. But don’t forget that you are getting an unlocked phone at this price whereas the subsidized phone you got from your carrier is locked to your network provider.

While buying a locked phone, you are stuck with your network provider. Whereas, buying an unlocked phone gives you the freedom to use it with any carrier of your choice which is cheaper than your current service provider. An unlocked phone also enables you to take advantage of using a sim from low cost local carrier while travelling abroad instead of incurring high cost on international roaming.

Nexus 4 review was good and it got a very positive response when launched last year and sales figures to date is said to be impressive. It boasts of a 4.7 inches Corning Gorilla Glass 2 touchscreen (1280 x 768 pixel resolution), 1.5Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064 quad-core processor, 8 MP main camera, 1.3 MP front-camera, 3G connectivity, wifi and A-GPS navigation. It comes with latest android OS 4.2 (Jellybean). Nexus 4 also features Google Now which claims to bringing latest information like live score, weather, traffic, transit schedules etc. even before you ask it. The only drawback where it got criticism is that it doesn’t have 4G LTE. But then it does have 3G which majority of the countries still using. One heck of a phone for this price I must say.

The next phone in line, supposedly to be named Nexus 5 is rumored to be released soon. So, is this price reduction is to make room for newer Nexus 5 or to counter Apple’s cheaper iPhone version supposedly named iPhone 5C!!! Apple iPhone 5C also could be targeted at consumers looking for factory unlocked iPhones but don’t want to go for two year’s contract or spend that much of money. Let’s wait and watch for the battle, it’s getting interesting.