Oh nice! I don’t have an unlocked one so I wasn’t sure if you could still get them like that or not (had assumed physical sims allowed unlocking.) Was it hard to go from sim to esim? Or was the process pretty easy?

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I do the same with my iPhone XR. I just run it under the tap with soap and water

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Alcohol wipes

Lot of upvotes for an answer that’s completely wrong. You can shut it off just not on that screen

I have 14 pro unlocked, purchased from Apple. I have 2 different carriers on 2 esims. Haven’t had any issues.

It works. These people saying otherwise don’t know what they’re talking about.

I keep mine clean always so I don’t have clean it only the front camera from dust with a microfiber and the screen from fingerprints lol no Cheeto fingers

Just buy from Apple direct. I always buy phones from the manufacturer because I swap sims often and travel so having a locked phone is not an option.

Very true

After purchasing the unlocked phones, did you use them in the US?

By paying for SIM services? Regardless, I'm talking about the extra control you give to these companies like locking your device and making it a complicate task to unlock or even shift carrier

You shouldn’t be having these issues with your XR. I have two family members using XRs and are on iOS 16.4 and they are running great. Carriers update their settings with each iOS update that makes sure your phone is connecting to their network properly with the most updated information. You don’t get these updates without updating the device’s iOS.

No problem 👍

That’s great thank you 👍

I’ve done it and nothing bad happened

Something is missing or doesn’t make senses in your story. I bought couple iPhones unlocked on Apple store, and I have never had this issue. Paying full for unlocked option isn’t the same at paying full for carrier option

Paragraphs would be nice

i just rinse my iPhone under the tap, and use the polishing stuff the apple store uses, it’s called WHOOSH!

When you purchase one make sure to specify that it’s not attached to a carrier/don’t answer or provide any info about your current carrier because they’ll try to get you to buy one that’s locked - they’ll advertise deals and everything but just ignore them 😂 they did that to me when I bought a MacBook trying to upsell me. Idk why tho cuz they don’t even get commission.

All true - but in all fairness, the EU has introduced rules regarding roaming, so as long as your home carrier is in the EU, the entire union is free to roam in. Same as you’d be in your home nation. One reason international usage skyrocketed after this came into play. Some carriers even extend this into the US.

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/internet-telecoms/mobile-roaming-costs/indexamp_en.htm

This answered my question on a few other comments - I wasn’t sure if you could buy esims unlocked or not because I thought the SIM card was what kept them from being locked (wasn’t sure about ease of esim transfer - or sim to esim if you were going from a physical sim model to an esim only model)

Don’t activate it with a carrier lol. They can sell you one without it activated and then you do it yourself.

Do you know if the 14 esim models can be purchased unlocked? I have a locked one so I’m not sure how esims work with being unlocked - my guess is OP is looking at getting a 14? The 13 was the last one with a SIM card tray unless you buy an EU model of the 14.