Orange lock-in questions continue

OrangeOh, phone unlocking: why must you be so contentious? Last week, we caught whiff of a suggestion that the unlocked iPhones being sold in France, while able to accept any French provider SIM card, might be locked to only cards from that country, and thus wouldn’t work with providers elsewhere in the world.

Now we’re hearing contradicting reports; iLounge says they’ve got word from Orange spokesman Louis-Michel Aymard rubbishing the earlier news.

“Once legally (through Orange Customer Service) unlocked, the iPhone will operate with any SIM card, including foreign ones. But some applications like ‘Visual Voice Mail’ may not work abroad,” [Aymard said].
It’s shaping up to be a case of il a dit, elle a dit, n’est-ce pas? If any of our readers have experiences trying unlocked French iPhones elsewhere, let us know what you’ve found.

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