Can someone explain why Apple still bothers to manufacture A1905/A1897 that are identical to the other two phones, but without CDMA support? Why not just make one phone, then use carrier locking? Are the GSM-only phones that much cheaper to make?
The iPhone 6S had CDMA radios in the GSM(AT&T) version. I ordered it at first but when I went to pick it up, I checked Verizon's whitelist and the IMEI wasn't in there. Since I knew that meant it couldn't provision a new VZW SIM card, I didn't take the phone, and got a VZW version instead.
Edit: Yep I remembered correctly:
From Apple.com:
Model A1633* 6S
Model A1634* 6S+
LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29,
30)
TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
Model A1688* 6S
Model A1687* 6S+
LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
TD-LTE (Bands 38, 39, 40, 41)
TD-SCDMA 1900 (F), 2000 (A)
CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)