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From: Paul Fuchs on 28 Mar 2010 15:22
I have a friend in France who is considering buying an iPhone. It is
her understanding that EU law prohibits locking phones to a particular
carrier. She is also almost definitely going to relocate to Canada in
perhaps a year.

I have an iPod Touch 2G but know very little about the telephone part of
the iPhone. Do they have SIM chips like other mobile phones? If yes,
how do you physically open them up to change them? I have opened iPod
classics (with some difficulty) to change the batteries, but my iPod
Touch looks totally daunting and I would image one would need a very
sophisticated tool. I can change the SIM chip in my Nokia in under 15
seconds. Would she have any trouble getting a service contract in
Canada with this French purchased iPhone? If yes, who gives the best
deal in Canada combining service and price. Are there commercial,
technical, or legal restrictions on her choice of carrier in Canada?
She will also probably be traveling around the USA quite a bit so this
would effect her choice of service plans as well.


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From: Larry Gusaas on 28 Mar 2010 16:29
On 2010/03/28 2:15 PM Colin Fox wrote:
> Rogers is run by the worst. The plans suck, the coverage is bad outside the
> cities and the customer service is the worst I have ever encountered.
>
> Bell and Telus are running on the HSPA network and the coverage maps show
> they are at least 8 times as good.
>

They have no HSPA service in Saskatchewan, Manitoba or NW Ontario. Can't
use iPhone on their networks in those provinces. That is far worse than
Rogers, not 8 times as good. Look at the coverage map for only the HSPA
network, not all their networks.

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Larry I. Gusaas
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada
Website: http://larry-gusaas.com
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From: nospam on 28 Mar 2010 17:28
In article <1jg2hv5.l7vqejniymiuN%pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink>, Paul Fuchs
<pf(a)porkain'tkosher.oink> wrote:

> Do they have SIM chips like other mobile phones? If yes,
> how do you physically open them up to change them?

they have a sim. just use a paper clip or the included sim tool and pop
out the sim tray.

> Would she have any trouble getting a service contract in
> Canada with this French purchased iPhone?

possibly. it first needs to be unlocked from her carrier in france, and
she might even need to be a customer there for a certain period of time
before they'll do that. it may or may not be free.
From: JF Mezei on 28 Mar 2010 17:37
Paul Fuchs wrote:
> I have a friend in France who is considering buying an iPhone. It is
> her understanding that EU law prohibits locking phones to a particular
> carrier.

Germany and Italy have such rules that force networks to make unlocked
phones available. But locked iphones are still the rule since the
unlocked ones are so much more expensive.

Not sure about france. You better make sure you phone is unlocked
otherwise it will be useless outside of france unless you are willingto
pay exhorbitant roaming charges and forces locals to dial to france to
reach you across the city.
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