January 6, 2015 3:03 PM EST
Apple’s SIM-free versions of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are finally here.
The iPhone 6 without a SIM card—an unlocked iPhone 6—allows users to activate their devices on the carrier of their choice, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon or T-Mobile, 9to5Mac reported Tuesday. Apple normally releases unlocked versions of the latest iPhone a few months after launch, but the iPhone 6’s unlocked version was delayed, presumably due to high demand for the devices.
See the World Await and Celebrate Apple's iPhone 6 People pass time as they wait outside an Apple store for the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in London on Sept. 17, 2014. Lefteris Pitarakis—AP People wait in line in front of the Apple Store in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2014. Yuya Shino—Reuters A man sleeps in a tent in the queue outside an Apple store in London on Sept. 18, 2014. Justin Tallis—AFP/Getty Images A man wearing a replica of an iPhone 6 Plus model on his head yawns while waiting in front of an Apple Store in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014. Yuya Shino—Reuters A woman sleeps in a chair as she waits in queue outside the Apple store in London on Sept. 18, 2014. Justin Tallis—AFP/Getty Images A staff member removes a display poster of iPhone 5S at an Apple store in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2014,. Yuya Shino—Reuters Customers queue outside an Apple store in Hong Kong on Sept. 19, 2014. Xaume Ollerose—AFP/Getty Images Ken Miyauchi Vice President of Softbank, Japanese mobile phone company and actress Sayaka Kanda, in a pink dress, react during a ceremony to mark the first day of sales of the latest iPhone 6 and 6 Plus at a store in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014. Shizuo Kambayashi—AP After being first in line for 19 days, Moon Ray, from Jackson, Miss. runs the gauntlet of Apple store workers as she enters the Fifth Avenue Apple store in New York on Sept. 19, 2014. Peter Foley—EPA Apple store staff high five customers as they enter an store in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2014. Chris McGrath—Getty Images A man wearing a mask depicting Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs holds up a cardboard cut-out of Apple's new iPhone 6, as he walks into an Apple Store in Tokyo on Sept. 18, 2014. Yuya Shino—Reuters Andreas Gibson celebrates as he exits an Apple store in New York after being the first to purchase an iPhone 6 Plus on Sept. 19, 2014. Julie Jacobson—AP Jamael Ahmed jumps in the air as he leaves the store after being the first to purchase the iPhone 6 at Apple Covent Gardens in London on Sept. 19, 2014. Ben A. Pruchnie—Getty Images A SIM-free 16 GB iPhone 6 and 6 Plus start at $649 and $749 respectively, and are available in-store and online.
[9to5Mac ]
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