Carlo2: that's not exactly true. There will be 3 versions of the E71:
1) for the Euro-Asian WCDMA band (2100MHz, I think?)
2) for the AT&T WCDMA band (1900MHz?)
3) for the T-Mobile-USA WCDMA band (1700MHz)
So while it wont be locked nor branded to any carrier, and you could technically use any one of the phones with GSM carrier (I believe they're all quad-band GSM, just not tri-band WCDMA) ... they are affectively tied to a given carrier for WCDMA/UMTS/HSPA use.
(though, the AT&T one I think is also usable with a carrier in Canada)
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Carlo2: that's not exactly true. There will be 3 versions of the E71:
1) for the Euro-Asian WCDMA band (2100MHz, I think?)
2) for the AT&T WCDMA band (1900MHz?)
3) for the T-Mobile-USA WCDMA band (1700MHz)
So while it wont be locked nor branded to any carrier, and you could technically use any one of the phones with GSM carrier (I believe they're all quad-band GSM, just not tri-band WCDMA) ... they are affectively tied to a given carrier for WCDMA/UMTS/HSPA use.
(though, the AT&T one I think is also usable with a carrier in Canada)