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Can an unlocked ATT iPhone 4 be used on Verizon?
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No.
Unlike the iPhone 4S, the iPhone 4 had two models, a GSM model and a CDMA model.
AT&T uses the GSM standard, and an unlocked AT&T phone will work on any GSM network worldwide, which includes T-Mobile and nearly every carrier worldwide except Sprint, Verizon, and one Japanese carrier.
The iPhone 4S has a dual GSM/CDMA chip in it, so one model works on all networks. However, if you activate it on Sprint or Verizon, you are stuck with that carrier in the USA. Sprint or Verizon will unlock the SIM slot for you to use international GSM carriers though, so you can travel and avoid expensive international roaming charges. AT&T 4S's don't have the CDMA side active, so an unlocked version still won't work with Verizon, though, like the iPhone 4, will work with just about any network worldwide.
Unlike the iPhone 4S, the iPhone 4 had two models, a GSM model and a CDMA model.
AT&T uses the GSM standard, and an unlocked AT&T phone will work on any GSM network worldwide, which includes T-Mobile and nearly every carrier worldwide except Sprint, Verizon, and one Japanese carrier.
The iPhone 4S has a dual GSM/CDMA chip in it, so one model works on all networks. However, if you activate it on Sprint or Verizon, you are stuck with that carrier in the USA. Sprint or Verizon will unlock the SIM slot for you to use international GSM carriers though, so you can travel and avoid expensive international roaming charges. AT&T 4S's don't have the CDMA side active, so an unlocked version still won't work with Verizon, though, like the iPhone 4, will work with just about any network worldwide.
used on Verizon's U.S. network?
so can an unlocked Verizon iphone 4s be used in the U.S. on Verizon's network? I would like to use the iPhone as a cellphone and use wifi only, without getting a data plan. (we already pay enough in data fees for my husband and son! =-) I do NOT want their data share plan. )
so can an unlocked Verizon iphone 4s be used in the U.S. on Verizon's network? I would like to use the iPhone as a cellphone and use wifi only, without getting a data plan. (we already pay enough in data fees for my husband and son! =-) I do NOT want their data share plan. )
There's no such thing as an unlocked verizon 4S. All verizon 4S iphones are locked to verizon. If you get an iphone any iphone and try to activate it on verizon the data plan is mandatory. Even though you might not want it or need it they will make you pay for one or you wont be able to activate it on your verizon account.
Two problems:
1. The iPhone 4 came in CDMA-only and GSM-only variants. So even unlocked, an AT&T iPhone 4 won't work on any CDMA network.
2. Verizon will not, as a rule, activate a phone if its MEID is not in their inventory.
1. The iPhone 4 came in CDMA-only and GSM-only variants. So even unlocked, an AT&T iPhone 4 won't work on any CDMA network.
2. Verizon will not, as a rule, activate a phone if its MEID is not in their inventory.
Muchos Gracias!
Thank you, will have to advise them to eBay that iPhone 4 or dump verizon.
Thank you, will have to advise them to eBay that iPhone 4 or dump verizon.