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Is Verizon nano sim attached to phone?

mohsy90

mohsy90

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Feb 4, 2011
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I'm trying to buy a Verizon iPhone 5 from some guy and he repeatedly tells me that he will remove the sim card before selling it to me. And that Verizon iPhone 5 uses only sim no CDMA. I assumed all he had to do was inactivate his iPhone 5 and then give it to me with the sim and I would just activate it on my account?

Can someone clear this up for me. Should he be supplying me the sim? If he doesn't, can I obtain one from Verizon?
 
mohsy90 said:
I'm trying to buy a Verizon iPhone 5 from some guy and he repeatedly tells me that he will remove the sim card before selling it to me. And that Verizon iPhone 5 uses only sim no CDMA. I assumed all he had to do was inactivate his iPhone 5 and then give it to me with the sim and I would just activate it on my account?

Can someone clear this up for me. Should he be supplying me the sim? If he doesn't, can I obtain one from Verizon?
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verizon uses sim card's for the iphone 5 now, or for LTE. One of those. so you would need a SIM from Verizon anyway
 
No. Not attached. And the phone is unlocked from the factory. Can put in any sim that you want. Just stop by a corp store and get one. :D
 
Thanks for the replies. I'm curious, can I just use the sim that he has after he inactivates it? Or do I need to get my own nano sim from Verizon?
 
mohsy90 said:
Thanks for the replies. I'm curious, can I just use the sim that he has after he inactivates it? Or do I need to get my own nano sim from Verizon?
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You won't be able to use it for anything cellular until you get your own SIM with service.
 
K, thank you for clearing that up for me guys. Called Apple store, looks like they carry them, just gotta go pick it up
 
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