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Is it possible to buy the iPhone 17 without a contract? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by TastehWaffleZ@lemmy.world to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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Edit: Picking the financing option forces you to pick a carrier but buying it lets you get the phone without locking a carrier in

I despise being on a contract. I heard that the new iPhones are all going to have eSims so it should be easy to hang them unlocked but when I looked at the preorder it made me choose a carrier.

I'd like to have Google Fi, does picking one of the carriers lock me into a contract?

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[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

I had an iPhone 3, then went android until I got an iPhone 14 two years ago. I drove the 85 miles to one so I could hold it in my hand and see which version I wanted. For me the drive was well worth IT and keeps e from thinking what if that other model would have fit better.

[–] ByteMe@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

You just can't beat shop experience. You go there, all excited, look around the store, look at the phones, choose yours, discuss with the experts there, get it in a back, go home all excited. It's just better than online

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Having been an Android guy for so long I was worried about going into the shop and being surrounded by smug Apple users, but it really was pleasant.

[–] YetAnotherNerd@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So a bad time to start chanting “One Of Us! One Of Us”, eh? ;)

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

All of the Android koolaid is out of my system now, I am fully immersed in the Apple ecosystem.