Have a chance to get the SE (some extra spending money laying around and looking to ditch my Note 5). Was wondering if the unlocked SE will work good on Verizon (not the sim free one) and furthermore will I be able to drop down to 3G on VZW with the unlocked version? Thanks.
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Unlocked SE work on Verizon?
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did you even bother to read up apple's offical page? what you're asking and much more is all here: http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-sehttp://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-se
Smart asses need not apply to this thread. And yes, and next time why don't you link to the Apple page that actually shows the bands of each phone model...
But as you were, there is this tidbit on the page you linked asking whether the VZW/Sprint phones differ from AT&T/TMO phones and the response is this
Which doesn't really answer, whether an unlocked no carrier specified SE will work on VZW and still drop to 3G/CDMA...
Yeah, the Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile model is the same as the SIM-free model, while the Sprint one is the odd one out. In some ways, this is nice, since you can get the SIM-free model and use it on most carriers and not jump through hoops. I know in the past the Verizon/Sprint models used to be the only ones with CDMA, but now it seems that they all can handle that—the LTE bands are more important.
I was confused. If what I am reading correctly, the "SIM Free version" is the unlocked version. Meaning you can use any SIM you want, minus Sprint. When I read SIM Free, I was thinking like old phones where you did not insert a SIM card, and there in lies my confusion.
Ah - that makes sense. Yeah, basically these days almost every phone can take a SIM card (since LTE is SIM-based), so Apple's awkward "branding" as SIM-free just means that the slot isn't occupied with an existing SIM card and the phone is sold as unlocked. You'd need to jus transfer it from your old phone. As for the AT&T/Verizon/T-Mobile versions, it's the same model number, but they come with new SIM cards for the respective carriers (and the AT&T/T-Mobile ones are sold locked). Due to an agreement with the FCC (I think is who it was), Verizon sells their phones with the SIM slot unlocked (which can further add to the confusion).
