Apple will self-sell "SIM lock free version iPhone 4" to market, increase the share to full swing

Apple began selling the SIM lock free version iPhone 4 in the US.

AlreadyAll exclusive sales contracts of iPhone which had been connected between Apple and each mobile phone company were completed in January this yearIt seems that we can think that Apple has started a full shift toward further expansion of market share.

Details are as below.
IPhone 4 - Unlocked (GSM) - 16 GB Black - Apple Store (U. S.)


According to the official Apple Store page in the US, the 16 GB type of the SIM lock free version of the GSM model iPhone 4 is sold for $ 649 (about 52,000 yen) and the 32 GB type is $ 749 (about 60,000 yen). There are two types of coloring, black and white, and dispatch to the outside of the United States is not done.

In addition, GSM is a communication method of mobile phones used in the majority of the world, and the communication method supported by iPhone 4 of GSM model also includes HSDPA and HSUPA methods used in NTT DoCoMo and Softbank Mobile in Japan It contains.

Apple - iPhone 4 - Size, weight, battery life, and other specs

GSM model: UMTS / HSDPA / HSUPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM / EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Apple has said that it is intended for selling the SIM lock free version of iPhone 4 on the official website for users who do not need a multi-year contract, users who want to use them overseas mobile phone companies, etc. This time it is released SIM lock free version iPhone 4 can be used just by inserting the microSIM card of the cell phone company you want to use.

Incidentally, Apple's fourth quarter 2010 (October - December 2010) announced on January 18th this year, COO (Chief Operating Officer) Tim Cook said iPhone's exclusive sale agreement In the iPhone business in the future after revealing that it was finished around the world, he said that "I plan to do as much as possible so that as many users can get an iPhone as possible" .

Already selling the SIM lock free version iPhone 4 in some parts of the world such as Hong Kong, but in the United States where the exclusive sales contract with AT & T had been the longest last, SIM himself selling the SIM lock free version iPhone 4 The addition of a model compatible with the CDMA 2000 system to the lineup in January of this year and the supply to Verizon, which is the No. 1 share in the same country, in January this year, together with a significant meaning in the company's future market share expansion route I think that it has.