Buy 3G in US activate in SPAIN?

[discostar]

I want to buy my boyfriend an iPhone. He lives in Spain, I was wondering if I bought it from AT&T in the US and gave it to him would he be able to activate it with Movistar in Spain, at home? Or at the least in a Movistar shop in Spain?

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

[cpjr]

It would have to be unlocked. And the ONLY way to do that would be to use a sim-adapter. And if its running 2.2 FW you may have a problem doing that.

[reeko]

movistar is the official carrier of the iPhone in spain, so, if he got hold of a movistar sim, plugged into itunes with that sim card inside the phone will activate with no problems.

the iphone is not region locked.

[discostar]

Yeah, he's with Movistar in Spain. He has a Movistar sim. natch. But I'm questioning as I don't know if there's issue with buying the 3G in the US and actually activating it in Spain. I don't know if Spain offers at home activation or if there will be issues taking an iPhone into a Movistar shop and stuff and activating it. But probably not, right?

[reeko]

A legitimate carriers sim card should activate the phone in itunes. It works like that in the US and UK. I think its a global thing. It used to be a legitimate iPhone contract that would activate the phone, but after 2.x it changed to ANY sim card from the iphone carrying carrier.

In a nutshell, there shouldnt be a problem as the iphone is not region locked, only problem will be if movistar in spain have got some special restriction that the uk and us dont, which i highly doubt