Will Canada's iPhone be unlocked?

So was it locked can you still get European apps for it?

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Fido is owned by Rogers, so it's really only three cariers. I wouldn't call this cabal of thugs "competition" though.

17˝ or even 15˝ MBP can be a little tight on a plane or a bus. Keep it under your chair or tuck it into the seat pocket in front and use the Mimo to watch videos.

Hopefully Canada can follow Australia's lead in iPhone deployments.
Here the iPhone is available on all 4 of our major carriers (Telstra, Optus, Vodafone, Three), and one MVNO carrier (Virgin Mobile, uses Optus network).
The iPhone is available locked on these carriers on various pricing plans and contracts, as well as outright (but still locked). They offer unlock for a fee or free as part of a contract.

But the best thing is the iPhone is also available outright and unlocked from the Apple Online Store and Retail Stores.

This is how it should be in every country.

I got my iPhone 3G S from ROGERS and I am not having any problems since I live in Montreal, but sometimes I leave for a few weeks and I am required to install Cydia/Yellowsn0w to have the "freedom" to use my iPhone without paying an arm and a leg... I think this will be very nice if we could use iPhones anywhere in the world, on any sim...

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Actually there were at least two providers who bought canadian licenses in 2008 which are not yet up and running: http://www.macnn.com/news/55409.

It would be interesting if you could slip a $50 or $100 to an Apple employee "for more freedom".

it probably works like it does in any apple retail store that offers multiple carriers like mine in my country.
when the phone gets processed through the system, the specialist checks the carrier options that allow them to either give you a discount on the iphone (if you sign up with a plan) or make you pay the full price (as it is available unlocked here). the imei number is then registered with itunes, and when you first activate it, the device is locked/unlocked depending on your agreement.
the specialist should activate the phone for you before you leave the store if you sign up to a contract to make sure that the sim card is activated and paired with your phone. if they don't, you can activate the phone yourself but only in your local country with a local sim card eg. buy in canada, activate in canada on canadian itunes with canadian sim card OR buy in canada, activate in US on US itunes with US sim card.
if your imei number is registered with itunes as locked, then the phone will be locked to the first sim card you activate with.
all iphones distributed to retailers other than apple are locked.
thats how i understood it to work anyway...

I don't think there are any other carriers in Canada. There are a few rogers resellers but Rogers/Fido and Bell/Telus have the only GSM networks AFAIK.

iphoneincanada are very unreliable and they edit their posts afterward without making *edit comments* to make it seem like they are always right. In fact, Apple Canada has been doing this for a long time now. When I bought my 3GS and asked if I could activate at home, they told me to make sure I use the sim card I want to use with the phone because it will lock the phone to that carrier. It's not something new.