Unlocked iPhone 4S out Earlier than Expected – International Business Times

Should this report be true, it could be good news for those who spend excessively on international roaming charges and are tied down to AT&T's World Traveler Service, priced at $6 per month. 

Meanwhile, Sprint has shipped the first batch of its iPhone 4S unlocked. “The Sprint iPhone 4S will ship with its micro-SIM slot unlocked. however, it'll be locking that slot “shortly after launch” via an update pushed to those devices. after the slot has been locked, Sprint says that it'll allow customers in good standing to unlock the SIM for international use in the future, Sprint spokeswoman Michelle Leff Mermelstein said in a statement.

Sprint offers two international voice plans for their customers who are roaming abroad. the Canada Roaming add-on is $2.99 per month and all calls placed from Canada are only 20 cents per minute. without this add-on, calls from Canada are 59 cents per minute. the Sprint Worldwide Voice add-on is $4.99 per month and offers discounted rates in countries around the world. For example, calls from Italy are $1.69 per minute with this add-on or $1.99 per minute without the add-on; calls from Peru are $2.29 per minute with the add-on or $2.49 per minute without it.

As the iPhone 4S launched on Friday The Dev-Team Blog announced the release of tethered redsn0w jailbreak for iOS 5, supported for the – iPod touch 3G, iPod touch 4G, iPad 1 and iPhone3GS. Jailbreaking allows users to fully customize and alter their OS to run software and functions that aren't sanctioned by Apple.  after jail breaking you can also have full access to app's that are not supported on the official Apple Store.