Exchanged T-Mobile Contract-Free/Unlocked for the Sim-Free Factory Unlocked.

[Paco II]

But that's my point. People are talking about exchanging for this phone and don't even know why. So is it really about needing those extra bands, worrying about resale, or just a weird need to have an iPhone with more bands than other people's iPhones?

It has 4 additional LTE bands so it can fully work with carriers located in Europe and Asia. If you don't travel frequently to those countries listed then it won't matter to you.

 

[Apple Trees]

It's pretty silly. Exchanging a phone for one with LTE bands that you'll never use or for an extra $5 in resale value. It's a waste of time. If you plan to use AT&T/VZW/T-Mobile, then the old unlocked model is fine.

Plus it's not like you can't still use 3G in those countries that actually have the TD-LTE bands.

 

[617aircav]

I read up on this whole wi-fi calling thing and realize the benefit is really only for those that travel international and want to call home, USA, for free. Or if you have a friend who may be traveling with you internationally and has a USA cell number that you'd like to call. The negative is you have to swap sims if you need to make local calls in the country you're visiting. And if you neglect to remove that international sim and insert the T-Mobile Sim and someone from home, USA, tries and calls you, they won't be able to connect. There's a lot of managing of sims to make these calls. Viber, for me, is still the way to go, but that too is hit and miss. Essentially, wi-fi calling is beneficial from one USA number to another USA number wherever you may be in the world.

If you have the T-Mobile sim in the phone while abroad you can make local calls, it's just not free. Tmobile has free roaming internationally with slow speeds. I'm currently in London to watch a game. I have a cheap phone with a local sim for local phone calls.

 

[ET iPhone Home]

If you have the T-Mobile sim in the phone while abroad you can make local calls, it's just not free. Tmobile has free roaming internationally with slow speeds. I'm currently in London to watch a game. I have a cheap phone with a local sim for local phone calls.

I understand it to be free as long as you connect to wi-fi. Also, I went to T-Mobile to inquire about this. One guy there said, the wi-fi calling app is a feature only on T-Mobile phones embedded within the operating system. However, Apple allowed all iOS8 to have this wi-fi calling feature. I'm assuming he thought I had either an android phone or non upgraded iOS8 iPhone.

I'm switching to T-Mobile this Sunday. I hope once I insert their sim, the wi-fi calling features appears. For now, it doesn't. I have a sim-free 6+. I wonder if that matters and only the iPhone T-Mobile contract free has it, but then again, according to Apple Support, all iOS8 has it.

 

[lakaiordie]

I WAS right. As always.

No you're wrong. You can barely afford anything anyway you said it yourself. You'll never go to China or Japan.

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And got another one a couple hours later...


Seriously my insurance was like the SWAT team



That ain't no excuse. It was supposed to come out in November!

Oh. You got a phone replaced under insurance. You're out of luck now. You're stuck with it. No exchanges for you

 

[bunnicula]

It's pretty silly. Exchanging a phone for one with LTE bands that you'll never use or for an extra $5 in resale value. It's a waste of time. If you plan to use AT&T/VZW/T-Mobile, then the old unlocked model is fine.

Plus it's not like you can't still use 3G in those countries that actually have the TD-LTE bands.

If you're still within your 14-day return window, why not? It would amount to more than 5 bucks extra in resale to the right person. And, you could indeed use it in more countries if you travel.

 

[burgman]

If you're still within your 14-day return window, why not? It would amount to more than 5 bucks extra in resale to the right person. And, you could indeed use it in more countries if you travel.

Exactly, posters who slam this exchange have misdirected their geek rage. Apple could say no, since they don't...

 

[Electroni]

It has 4 additional LTE bands so it can fully work with carriers located in Europe and Asia. If you don't travel frequently to those countries listed then it won't matter to you.

In addition to the additional international support and higher resale value, this device gives you one more carrier choice in the US in case you want at some point in to get service with Sprint with a 6 or 6+. You can't unless your device is a Sprint branded iPhone or this SIM-FREE model. As of now, Sprint will not allow you to activate any other model of the 6 or 6+. Also, with Sprint this model also has access to band 41, which the other US variant doesn't support.

 

[Paco II]

That's the most pro Sprint posting I've ever read on this forum

In addition to the additional international support and higher resale value, this device gives you one more carrier choice in the US in case you want at some point in to get service with Sprint with a 6 or 6+. You can't unless your device is a Sprint branded iPhone or this SIM-FREE model. As of now, Sprint will not allow you to activate any other model of the 6 or 6+. Also, with Sprint this model also has access to band 41, which the other US variant doesn't support.

 

[ET iPhone Home]

Yeah!! I can now wi-fi call. Switching from Sprint to T-Mobile made my voice signal worse, but have LTE signal at home. Before the switch, I had great signal with Sprint and poor 3G data on 4S. Thanks to wi-fi calling, I have the best of both on my 6+. Not sure if that was a fair comparison.