Phone Question

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
11/21/2017 at 20:10 • Filed to: None

Target is having the 32GB iPhone SE on sale for Black Friday for $99. It says that it’s for Total Wireless, but I’m wondering if it’s possible to buy this and just use it on AT&T. My parents are both using iPhone 5s (not 5Ss, but the original iPhone 5) and like the size, and this seems like it might be a good upgrade for them.

DISCUSSION (9)

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/21/2017 at 20:14

Carrier iPhones come locked to a network and can only be used on that network.

CaptDale - is secretly British > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
11/21/2017 at 20:15

This

No Prius Needed > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/21/2017 at 20:22

Can you link me pls?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > No Prius Needed
11/21/2017 at 20:31

https://weeklyad.target.com/promotions?code=Target-20171118&page=1&lnk=Wejustcouldntwa

404 - User No Longer Available > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
11/21/2017 at 20:32

Looks like it’s TracFone. They are known to lock their phones AND their SIM cards. I remember chatter about how you can’t even take the SIM and put that into another unlocked phone.

Thank goodness SIM locks are history in December in Canada.

Wacko > 404 - User No Longer Available
11/21/2017 at 20:48

That just means they will charge us more for the phone.

404 - User No Longer Available > Wacko
11/21/2017 at 20:52

Possibly, but if they do that buying outright would start to become more attractive. Whatever it takes for people to start doing math is a good thing.

Ash78, voting early and often > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/21/2017 at 21:20

you can almost always cancel after 30-60 days without further penalty, but yes — you’ll have to get a Total Wireless account and suffer through it. $199 deals for the SE come up all the time with only modest restrictions. FatWallet is the best source for tracking these deals.

No Prius Needed > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/21/2017 at 21:40

Just read it’s locked to total wireless. Oh well.