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What are the specs of the new iPhone 4s?

*sigh* wrote in post #13207026
In the specs it's stated as a world phone. Verizon and Sprint world phones ALL have Sim Card slots.

Can I reasonably rely on the words of the hardware master?

krepta wrote in post #13207031
Well, they stated capable of global roaming, so do they expect you to stay on the US carrier and pay huge roaming fees while abroad? It makes more sense if the 4S is not carrier locked, but then, I am not Apple or one of the U.S. carriers.

It will be carrier locked, most definitely.


Most US based "World Phones" are meant to travel on domestic networks, so like blackberries, you are "Roaming" when you are international on the Blackberries and such.

jdizzle wrote in post #13207035
What are the specs of the new iPhone 4s?

Here's a quick look at the specs versus the competition.
http://cache.gawkerass​ets.com …1-10-04_at_7.29.40_pm.png

krepta wrote in post #13207031
Well, they stated capable of global roaming, so do they expect you to stay on the US carrier and pay huge roaming fees while abroad? It makes more sense if the 4S is not carrier locked, but then, I am not Apple or one of the U.S. carriers.

They're all carrier locked, unless you pay the massive fees for an unlocked iphone. Or jailbreak.

jdizzle wrote in post #13207035
What are the specs of the new iPhone 4s?

New processor, same one as the iPad2, new antenna design, slightly better battery life, 8MP new camera sensor that's backlite that's about all that's new. The real news was Siri, the new voice interface for iOS.

themadman wrote in post #13207036
Can I reasonably rely on the words of the hardware master?

Of course... I deal with our Verizon account at work, we have like 70-80 lines. We will be moving over to the iPhone 4s from Blackberries for our international travelers.

Now... remember it will almost 100% positively be carrier locked, so like Moko said, it's very unlikely your parents can just toss a new sim card in when they are abroad, they will most likely be stuck using whatever carrier's international roaming options.

*sigh* wrote in post #13207037
It will be carrier locked, most definitely.


Most US based "World Phones" are meant to travel on domestic networks, so like blackberries, you are "Roaming" when you are international on the Blackberries and such.

It's logical. I guess that's how they take even more money from the customers...

I suppose all my friends who switch sims when traveling to Asia have jailbreaked iPhones. It's a lot cheaper this way, though.

MOkoFOko wrote in post #13207041
They're all carrier locked, unless you pay the massive fees for an unlocked iphone. Or jailbreak.

Could you even get unlocked iPhone 4's here? I know you couldn't for a very long time, I think I remember reading they were making them available, but it was only GSM, not CDMA.

krepta wrote in post #13207039
Here's a quick look at the specs versus the competition.
http://cache.gawkerass​ets.com …1-10-04_at_7.29.40_pm.png

Nice!! It can record 1080 and they have a 64 GB option now!! The big plus is dual processors!! That's a big win!

themadman wrote in post #13207044
New processor, same one as the iPad2, new antenna design, slightly better battery life, 8MP new camera sensor that's backlite that's about all that's new. The real news was Siri, the new voice interface for iOS.

I'm not feeling that. I would never use that voice-activated crap. I feel no need to upgrade. Happy with my old POS-iphone.

*sigh* wrote in post #13207046
Of course... I deal with our Verizon account at work, we have like 70-80 lines. We will be moving over to the iPhone 4s from Blackberries for our international travelers.

Now... remember it will almost 100% positively be carrier locked, so like Moko said, it's very unlikely your parents can just toss a new sim card in when they are abroad, they will most likely be stuck using whatever carrier's international roaming options.

I'll jailbreak it for them then...

themadman wrote in post #13207044
New processor, same one as the iPad2, new antenna design, slightly better battery life, 8MP new camera sensor that's backlite that's about all that's new. The real news was Siri, the new voice interface for iOS.

Thanks for the recap.

MOkoFOko wrote in post #13207041
They're all carrier locked, unless you pay the massive fees for an unlocked iphone. Or jailbreak.

Is it difficult to jailbreak? From what I've heard, there are apps that do it for you.

MOkoFOko wrote in post #13207051
I'm not feeling that. I would never use that voice-activated crap. I feel no need to upgrade. Happy with my old POS-iphone.

I feel the same way, but I want to try it first before I judge, Apple usually doesn't release junk, at least not recently.