Yes it will work on any World Wide GSM or the valid LTE bands listed for the A1429 Model. Only the CDMA portion is unsupported by most if not all carriers if you purchased the Verizon unit.
Dave
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Yes it will work on any World Wide GSM or the valid LTE bands listed for the A1429 Model. Only the CDMA portion is unsupported by most if not all carriers if you purchased the Verizon unit.
Dave
Yes it will work on any World Wide GSM or the valid LTE bands listed for the A1429 Model. Only the CDMA portion is unsupported by most if not all carriers if you purchased the Verizon unit.
Dave
Are you sure it will work on LTE networks (yes, the ones on chennels 1,3,5)around the world?
Do you think there'd be any problems by buying an unactivated Verizon iphone from bestbuy and never activate it?
The Verizon iPhone 5 is a model 1429 for the USA market that is configured to allow the use of any GSM Nano-SIM due to a FCC requirement with Verizon's purchase of a specific spectrum. This means that a Verizon model A1429 purchased from BestBuy will support LTE bands: 1, 3, 5, 13 and 25 in the USA or anywhere these 5 bands are supported. In other countries your model A1429 USA Verizon purchaed iPhone 5 will support LTE bands: 1, 3, 5. You will need to verify with the carrier any restrictions they may have on LTE support.
So in the USA, if you purchase a model 1429 iPhone 5 make sure that you understand how it was initially purchased! There is no magic hardware, the control of the Nano-SIM slot is controlled by how the device is registered at point of sale or device replacement in the Apple servers. If it is ever registered as a Sprint iPhone 5 then the Nano-SIM slot will be locked in the USA and no other GSM carrier or MVNO will work. Sprint will only unlock the Nano-SIM slot for International GSM carriers if you meet the Sprint usage requirements.
Currently in the USA, the new unlocked iPhone 5 that was just announced by Apple for sale in the USA is the model A1428 and not the model 1429! The model A1428 only supports the following LTE bands: 4 and 17. Note the FCC specs indicate that it also supports LTE bands: 2 and 5.
Note: The unlocked iPhone 5 in the USA is model A1428. For details on LTE support see http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE. If you want to use LTE bands in any country make sure that model you purchase supports the LTE bands available or planned to be available in the future.
The unlocked USA iPhone 5 model 1428 will not work with CDMA carriers such as Verizon Wireless or Sprint. Learn more about the unlocked iPhone 5 in the USA.
source: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/hom...family/iphone5
Open the "Or get iPhone unlocked and contract-free" section.
Dave
Last night I talked with a Verizon assitant on their site and he said that their phone is only going to work on their 4G network only. I don't know if he told me this because he "has to" or if it's the truth.
I didn't know this thing about the 1428 model, thanks for clearing this out. Band 5 should be 2100mhz, right? This one might be good for Europe LTE as well perhaps...
Ok Dave. The thing is that I found an unactivated iphone5 at best buy and would like to buy it (as stated in another thread on this forum). I don't know if it will turn into an "ibrick" by having that unactivated phone in Europe or if it'll work normally. Anybody's got an idea?
If I buy an Factory unlocked iPhone 5 from ebay -- can I use the device on networks that don't have mini sim cards ?
My sister who stays is US purchased a Verizon iPhone 5 (Model-A1429 CDMA) off contract(by paying the full price). So will it work on gsm lte bands (1,3,5) or I can say outside US. More specifically I want to say that all the countries which are shown in A1429 gsm unlocked one(Countries from Asia,Europe).
My friend bring me one unlocked iP5 from Apple Store in USA. Works fine with local GSM operator.
Just to clarify. Was it the CDMA model?
Anybody who is paying $650 for a 16GB iPhone is nuts. Worth it on an upgrade, definitely not without one.
Anybody who is paying $650 for a 16GB iPhone is nuts. Worth it on an upgrade, definitely not without one.