And it is that in the United States you could not buy the devices as we do here in Europe, totally free. It is true that some operators allow people to change the SIM for another from a rival operator, but in most cases AT&T and the rest of the operators do not allow it.
As of today, the iPhone X is available in Apple stores with SIM free and unlocked directly by Apple, as iPhones are usually sold outside the United States. These iPhone X are on a different line from that of Apple in the US, so all those users who want to buy these free iPhones can do so from now on.
Regarding the delivery times that these free terminals have, we can say that they are very similar to those obtained with the purchase of an iPhone through operator financing, deadlines are for December 12 for those who buy them today, so we are facing a fairly large stock of iPhones.
The unlocked iPhone X is an interesting option for users who want to switch between operators without being tied to one of them for two years, it also allows the option of adding cards from other countries, something that is undoubtedly very interesting for those who usually travel often. . This is something we have in Spain since the iPhone 4 arrived, since previously the only operator that sold iPhones was Movistar.
The iPhone X with SIM free and unlocked starts at $ 999 (without tax) for the 64 GB internal storage model and goes up to $ 1.149 (excluding tax) for the 256GB storage model.
It is very good news to be able to acquire them.
What you say is not entirely true.
Verizon sells the terminal always free.
Operators such as AT&T and T-Mobile provide the iPhone free if you make the purchase in "full pay" in an Apple Store, that is, if you do not finance it based on an operator contract.
I don't say anything about Sprint, because I'm not sure.
In the United States, the first iPhones are sold in association with operator contracts. Only after a few weeks can they be purchased without any type of contract with any operator. This is what the article refers to.
Do you know how much taxes can be approx?
It depends on the state in which you buy it, but it moves between 8 and 14%
So the price is similar to here if you add shipping