iPhone Delimma

We welcomed an Exchange Student from Berlin. She had an HTC phone that she dropped in water and fried. She wants to get an iPhone 4s or 5 but I think she would be required to purchase a 2-year Plan. She may be willing to just purchase the phone at full price and get a month to month or prepaid plan. She needs it to work in the US until July 1, 2013, at which point she will need it to work with a DE provider. What are her best options or what is even available to help her get up and running for now and down the road?

^^. Bump. ^^

Visit your local Apple store and ask them that you are interested in purchasing the iPhone 5 as a "device only" and they will get you an unlocked iPhone 5 at the full retail price. I don't believe the iPhones are both CDMA/GSM capable, so you'll want to purchase the GSM model and then get a AT&T plan for it in the US and then a German provider later on..

Depending on the size of the iPhone 5 she chooses, it'll start from about $650 and go to close to $900 or so..