btw, you can usually get these "discount"/(stolen) phones on ebay from places like dubai and china
I'm not talking about anything stolen

You go there, buy it legally from an electronics shop and return home with it

Actually, you have to sign some paper before entering Turkey (in the Airport). I don't know the procedure in the U.S., but in here, you have to register the phone with a telecom company in order to use it

Btw, I heard that from a Associate Prof. in my Uni.