Reserved Verizon 7 Plus on AT&T but...

[coolsean20]

Under the IUP, I reserved a black Verizon iPhone 7 Plus the other day, but I have AT&T. For some reason, they could not activate the iPhone on AT&T because the Serial number was registered under Verizon. The iPhone they used to scan the barcodes kept asking me to sign in with Verizon. So, unfortunately, I walked out empty handed even though it would have worked if I put my sim card in it. I was so bummed. The Verizon versions are capable with both CDMA and GSM carriers.. so I don't understand.

 

[aggie99]

Strange. I had no issue walking in, paying full price for my Verizon model, and popping in my AT&T sim. The Apple representative did state that I would have to pay full price and there would be no option for IUP or carrier financing.

 

[coolsean20]

Strange. I had no issue walking in, paying full price for my Verizon model, and popping in my AT&T sim. The Apple representative did state that I would have to pay full price and there would be no option for IUP or carrier financing.

That's makes sense. I tried to do it through the upgrade program..

 

[Shadowbech]

The part where you wrote

The iPhone they used to scan the barcodes kept asking me to sight it with Verizon

lead me to believe that the sales person has no idea what they were doing. I wonder if they didn't select "Device Only" on their point of sales device. If they selected deve only then they should not be asking for carrier account info.

If you try to enroll iUP, you must have Verizon account to enroll for the verizon model. Same goes for att model, you need att account and same for t mobile and sprint. Once you leave the store you can then insert your att SIM card and should work.

 

[deeddawg]

I wonder if they didn't select "Device Only" on their point of sales device. If they selected deve only then they should not be asking for carrier account info.

If you try to enroll iUP, you must have Verizon account to enroll for the verizon model.

OP was trying to do this via IUP and not a full-price purchase. As you note, it doesn't work that way.