Carrier Activating iPhone overseas (TMobile)

[Le Big Mac]

We're buying our child an iPhone for her birthday - she's overseas studying this Fall and we'll give to her when we visit. Will she have any problems activating phone with TMobile? (Her current phone is with TMobile - so it's not really "activating" just putting new phone on same number.

 

[dave006]

We're buying our child an iPhone for her birthday - she's overseas studying this Fall and we'll give to her when we visit. Will she have any problems activating phone with TMobile?

Maybe but we need to know where and how you are purchasing this new iPhone. Are you purchasing directly from T-Mobile directly or from Apple?

If from Apple are you purchasing it with T-Mobile (Carrier) financing, Apple Upgrade program or full retail pricing?

Dave

 

[Nahmeanz]

I just transferred from my 14 Pro Max to a 16 Pro Max with T-Mobile eSIM while I was on a work trip in Korea. It asks you which eSIMs you want to transfer during the process. No issues with my T-Mobile line. Every other eSIM I had on the 14 Pro Max didn’t transfer over.

If you have an issue doing the direct transfer, I have also added a T-Mobile eSIM using a QR code T-Mobile sent me while I was in Vietnam.

 

[Le Big Mac]

Purchasing from Apple - full retail (with trade in).

 

[Le Big Mac]

I just transferred from my 14 Pro Max to a 16 Pro Max with T-Mobile eSIM while I was on a work trip in Korea. It asks you which eSIMs you want to transfer during the process. No issues with my T-Mobile line. Every other eSIM I had on the 14 Pro Max didn’t transfer over.

If you have an issue doing the direct transfer, I have also added a T-Mobile eSIM using a QR code T-Mobile sent me while I was in Vietnam.

Thanks for sharing your experience - sounds like there are options if it doesn't work right off . . . this is Europe so even less likely to raise scam concerns than Vietnam (although Korea should be cool like Europe).

FWIW this is iPhone 13, which I believe has physical SIM still.

 

[dave006]

Purchasing from Apple - full retail (with trade in).

OK no issue with the new iPhone being Carrier locked.

FWIW this is iPhone 13, which I believe has physical SIM still.

Which iPhone is an iPhone 13?

Yes an iPhone 13 still has a physical SIM tray but it can use physical SIM cards and also multiple eSIM. Is your daughter actually using a physical T-Mobile SIM today?

Dave

 

[Le Big Mac]

1) old phone is 13 - yes with SIM
2) activation worked without issue.