Possible to return iPhone 5s for a refund?

Coleman2010 said:

Both are unlocked.


The T-Mobile version is the exact same iPhone with the exact same unlock status as the SIM free version. The only difference is it ships with a T-Mobile SIM card inside.

Why would you return it for the exact same phone and waste your time?

They both are the same.

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THIS. Oh my god I'm so sick of these annoying threads with the same question over and over.

TC Why are you stressing about returning a phone only to exchange it for the EXACT SAME PHONE? Just toss the Tmobile sim card.

Maira10 said:

I know they r selling sim free 5s now.Thats what I wanna return my tmobile one & get a sim free one from apple.com as they r not in stock at retail stores yet. Not sure if it's worth all the trouble though.btw apple gonna open the phone even if it's still shrink wrapped?? That's sad! Maybe they should invest on a special iphone X-ray machine!

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They do this just in case some cleaver wacko tries to pull a fast one, and open the package, and remove something (iPhone), and replace it with a rock, re-package it, and get credit for it. YES, it can be done, and Apple will avoid this by opening the package, and see what's inside. You must be young, and have not been around much but this has happen. Even customers have received an empty iPhone box by UPS if you read up on this forum on a regular basis.

Google it and find some stories on this.

https://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-947348.html

Maira10 said:

I know they r unlocked but I heard uncomfortable stories! Like I heard if try to active your phone with the tmobile phone outside USA for the first time it becomes a brick & refuses to accept any SIM card!! Only apple could unlock it then but unfortunately I won't have access to apple in my country.i also heard if u active that sim with a plan in USA then Tmobile could lock it? R they just baseless rumors or should i be worried?

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Absolutely none of that is true. You will be fine activating the T-Mobile 5s outside of the U.S. because it is unlocked.