Hi, For us, in Israel, we have to pearchase unlocked phones. We don't have other options. And keep in mind that in our country the phones are far more expensive as they are in the unlocked phones in the US. I'm excited for the 5s also, I had the 5 until it had a very big accident and I'm now using my parent's 4S so I have to switch. I thought about the 5C, but I will pay extra for a better phone that will serv me for a lot of years to come. I hope I'll be able to afford it, because I need to return them there 4S soon! And, another question - maybe somebuddy will know: The iPhone 5 has 2 moddels, A1428 and A1429, which both have different LTE bands, and the A1429 is the version that verayzen ships in the US, and the A1428 is the version you all get with ATNT. For us in Israel, the afficial Apple distributer cells the A1429 moddel because this is the one we need to support LTE on our GSM networks, and some private store cell the iPhone cheepper because they cell the A1428 and for most people it's good because there is only one carier that supports LTE here. I went with the A1429. But for the iPhone 5s, it seams that there are 7 or 8 different models, and not 2. So which is the A1429 qquivelent?
Thanks! Adi. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 6:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: where will you purchase the iPhone 5s Hi Ricardo, The advantage is that you don't have to stick with a main carrier. Here in Canada Telus which is one of the big 3 carriers (Telus, Bell and Rogers) also owns another provider called Koodo which is an MVNO using the exact same network. However, I am paying $56 for unlimited nation wide calling, unlimited texting, call display, voice mail and 2 Gb of data. The exact same thing from Telus would cost me $85, which is $29 more a month. Over 2 years this means I am paying $696 more, add to that the $399 for a 64 Gb iPhone and I would pay $1,095 for a phone which I can buy for $880 (it's $30 more in Canadian as in the States if you buy the phone outright and unlocked). On top of that I am on a month-to-month plan with Koodo and 10% of my monthly bill goes on a tab which at some point later I can apply against a new phone. I have been with Koodo for almost 2 years and as I only got on this promotion a bit into my initial contract which was about $10 more, I already have about $150 I can use against buying a phone and I get another $150 from Koodo against staying with them (if I left before this amount was paid back I'd have to pay it back, but at this point I see no reason why I should leave). If they come up ith a better promotion again this year before Christmas I can just call them up and they will put me on it. I am sure there must be MVNO's like that in the States where it does pay to bring your own phone. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 8:21 AM To: viphone Subject: Re: where will you purchase the iPhone 5s Hi, Unless you plan on switching networks in a 2 year span, how do you save money? I'm just assuming the majority of people in the U.S. with an iPhone are on the 4 big carriers. So, lets say I buy my phone off contract, I don't get a discount on my bill for using my phone on any of these networks so, where is the advantage? Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 16, 2013, at 10:29 AM, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: > Not sure if I will get it, if I do it certainly will not be right away since I just got the 5 a few months ago. But, for me, the only way to go is to get an unlocked phone. Phones that are tied to a carrier are far too restrictive, you pay a bit more for a phone that is unlocked but it's well worth it. If you add up the cost of your monthly bill with a 2 year contract, it's actually higher. > Original message: >> Hi all. Just curious about what different people will do when it >> comes time to purchasing the iPhone 5s. Oh, and before I go on, just >> a point to note, the s in the name 5s is lower-case because if it's a >> capital S it looks too much like the number 5 visually, so Apple made >> it a small s on purpose. So, the correct way of writing it is iPhone >> 5s. Anyway, since you cannot pre-order the 5s, will you go to your >> local phone carrier store, or to the Apple store? I'm just curious as >> to whether people will go this Friday and wait long lines like Black >> Friday in the US, or if they will wait a few days until the lines get less. > >> I'm pretty excited myself because this will be my first time getting >> a new phone the day it comes out. In the past I've gotten it when it >> was an afterthought, or in the case of the 4s, when it had been out >> for about 4 months already. usually I wait in case there are initial >> problems found with the first batch of hardware, but this time around >> I'm diving in with my eyes closed as the saying goes. > >> Although all members are welcome to respond, I'm hoping that only >> people who are getting the 5s will respond to this thread since I'm >> not asking about whether it's a good idea, or if the 4s is better, or >> if we should stay with what we have. This is because there are other >> viphone threads which have already covered this. > >> Cheers. > >> -- >> Raul A. 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