But they still need to activate it with a number so you can't use a T-Mobile one to do IUP if you're on Verizon and vice versa if you're on T-Mobile you can't use a Verizon to do IUP
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Are all 7's & 7 Plus' unlocked?
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But they still need to activate it with a number so you can't use a T-Mobile one to do IUP if you're on Verizon and vice versa if you're on T-Mobile you can't use a Verizon to do IUP
Which basically means it will support Brazil and maybe Japan. Japan is getting their own model thouhh
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Heh on here it says Vodafone is 3, so he's good.
Thank you for the additional resource!
Thank you Tallazzpilipino i checked out the back of my iPhone and its indeed A1661 did run thru the link above and it all matched.. hope the website is accurate
Once it's activated you can switch to any carrier with it. Though you would still not be able to use the ATT or T-Mobile version with a cdma network.But they still need to activate it with a number so you can't use a T-Mobile one to do IUP if you're on Verizon and vice versa if you're on T-Mobile you can't use a Verizon to do IUP
But you have to activate with a number on it meaning you have to have an account with that carrier to begin with.
I guess this is more of, that thread where someone had a Tmoblie account and ranted about how his phone wouldn't be really a world phone and therefore "unlocked" because it is only GSM. To get a GSM/CDMA phone, he would have to sign up for sprint/Verizon, purchase the phone, and then cancel on them once the IUP is done, and pop his tmoblie SIM card in.
So theoretically you're correct. If one chooses to take the extra steps, they can ensure they have an "unlocked phone" that can work with any carrier; and still be on an installment plan (IUP).
He has to activate on a phone number. Once it's activated on that carrier all you have to do is use a sim from a different carrier and it would work perfectly. Did that a couple of times last year with the 6s+. Of course it supported both cdma and GSM though.
I know,
I'm not arguing with that, I stated that
The problem is he has to get a number to begin with, with that carrier...did you read my reply throughly?
I suppose if he wants to pay for a number temporarily with another carrier, be it a regular line that's cut short or prepaid (if prepaid works) then yes, I acknowledge that works. It's extra work. Not everyone wants the hassle.
So what if I am traveling to other countries like Thailand Hong Kong etc. which i do often for business and change my sim card upon arrival any particular service providers i need to look out for ? or this phone will run on any network also what if i come back to the US do i need to get a pay as you card of sprint only ?
Sprint is actually the best one.
I still don't understand why Apple didn't make the 7 a world phone...but usually sprint is the model apple employees recommend to any tourists.
It pretty much covers all the LTE bands so you're good.
Lots of tourists from China and HK buy the sprint model...same for the Europeans, that's why when the SE was first released, the sprint version was always out of stock.
*ETA, When you come back to the US, you should be fine with any of the prepaids...I've seen them with even cricket in it and it works.
The 4s is not LTE capable. Thus it was not unlocked.
Verzion went back a while ago and unlocked all the iPhones before the 5 however.
And it would have mattered if you had an unlocked iPhone 5 and wanted to go to Sprint.
If you had an unlocked iPhone 5 on Verizon the only other carrier you could use was Sprint and Sprint at that time would never allow any phone that wasn't bought from Sprint on their network. The difference with the 7 is that the Verizon and Sprint have both GSM and CDMA radios the ATT and T-Mobile don't.
Having been a Sprint customer for 16 years and investigating what I could about unlocking - you're right.
My point was that the whole unlock thing with the FCC started much earlier than the poster I responded to implied.
I would argue now however, that an unlocked iPhone 5 could be used on Sprint, but I'm probably wrong on that.
I bought a sprint phone full price from my local apple store.
The phone is 100% unlocked. I activated it using my att sim.
I wonder if the Sprint iPhones bought at Sprint stores are also unlocked. They *should* be, but this is Sprint we're talking about.