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Selling Verizon iPhone. Take SIM card out or leave in?

chrmjenkins

chrmjenkins

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I'm selling my Verizon iPhone. Since I've only dealt with AT&T before, I don't know whether I should remove the SIM card (IE will it be tied to my phone number or billing account). I noticed when I swapped the phone between numbers on my plan they didn't have to change the SIM, so I was thinking I may not have to take the SIM out. Anyone know?
 
chrmjenkins said:
I'm selling my Verizon iPhone. Since I've only dealt with AT&T before, I don't know whether I should remove the SIM card (IE will it be tied to my phone number or billing account). I noticed when I swapped the phone between numbers on my plan they didn't have to change the SIM, so I was thinking I may not have to take the SIM out. Anyone know?
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VZW iPhones do not have a SIM card :p
 
It certainly has a SIM card slot, but since it runs on a CDMA network, no physical SIM is included.
 
iFiend said:
It certainly has a SIM card slot, but since it runs on a CDMA network, no physical SIM is included.
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Wait until I get home and show you a picture of the SIM cards I pulled out of them yesterday.
 
The Sprint phones use SIM cards as well.

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iFiend said:
No need, I know when to eat my crow :)

It just doesn't seem to make any sense to me, I guess.

Are they VZW SIMs?
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Their purpose is to allow you to travel internationally, and automatically connect to a partner carrier, linked back to your home account, whenever you enter an overseas country where Verizon (or Sprint, as the case may be) has established a roaming partnership with a GSM carrier.

If you never set foot outside the USA, then the included Verizon (or Sprint) SIM cards will never be used. If you only travel internationally to the dozen or so countries where the established roaming partner is CDMA-based, then again, the included SIM card will never be used. However, if you travel to the 100+ countries where the established roaming partner is GSM-based, then the included SIM card will cause your account to automatically follow you as you travel.
 
Verizon "world capable" phones all have SIM cards. This has been for the longest time I can remember. Obviously Vodafone and Verizon are in it 49/51% together.

Plus all new Verizon LTE phones/devices have sims. Most newer models new microSIMs. (droid razr, Gnex etc).
 
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