Vodafone Romania sells a decoded iPhone with a subscription, the mobile phone operator discreetly offering these terminals to users since last December. iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, probably iPhone 5 si iPhone 4S decoded are sold by Vodafone starting with December last year, the terminals being put up for sale without the operator publicly announcing this or promoting the change in any way. The same is true for other mobile phones, decoded Android smartphones are sold at Vodafone together with subscriptions.
I received the information from a Vodafone employee, I confirmed it with a little insistence at their customer relations service, so it is safe. Although any iPhone bought at standard price can be decoded for free, Vodafone sells the decoded iPhone even with a subscription, so no matter how you purchase a iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPhone 4S and probably iPhone 5 from the operator, the terminal will be decoded right from the moment of purchase.
With this change Vodafone joins To the Cosmote that sells all the decoded phones right from the start, and the ball is in Orange's court. Orange Romania sells only coded terminals and this could change extremely quickly in the near future considering the modification of Vodafone's sales policy.
Considering this policy change, you can try to check if you can decode for free at Vodafone any iPhone or coded phone.
