Switch out iPhone 6 model A1549 to A1586?

[T5BRICK]

This has been very helpful everyone. Thank you for sharing. Has anyone used the A1856 or A1524 on AT&T. Can you confirm that LTE works? I know that it should but I just want to make sure!

Thank you!

They have all the same bands as the A1549/A1522, and then a few extra. Why wouldn't it work on AT&T LTE?

I can confirm that the A1524 does.

 

[infantrytrophy]

This has been very helpful everyone. Thank you for sharing. Has anyone used the A1856 or A1524 on AT&T. Can you confirm that LTE works? I know that it should but I just want to make sure!

Thank you!

YES. I have the A1524 (6+, SIM-free), purchased at retail Apple Store on 1/7/2015. AT&T LTE works in the 3 metropolitan areas that I have checked so far.

Can't tell any difference from the the A1549 (iPhone 6, GSM version), purchased online at Apple.com on 9/12/2014.

I am using the 6+ (A1524) and my wife is using the 6 (A1549). The signal received on both phones is identical, LTE indicator identical. Ditto for our 2 iPads (iPad Air) on AT&T cellular network.

 

[jw6961]

I went into an Apple store this afternoon & had one of the sales people bring out a SIM free phone. I checked the IMEI number here and it said "Your Device is compatible with the Verizon Wireless Network.":

www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/nso/enterDeviceId.do

So, it seems as though the SIM free versions are indeed whitelisted for Verizon.

 

[rui no onna]

True, but which carriers? AT&T and Verizon don't use compatible LTE bands, but they get iPhones that are compatible with both carriers. Was it Sprint who didn't want AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile to get an iPhone that was compatible with the 4 extra LTE bands, or did those carriers not want those bands in their phones? I can't see why it makes any difference to them? After all, Verizon uses 3 LTE bands in the US, but get an iPhone compatible with over 20.

Sprint, obviously. I mean, the 3 other major carriers are already using the same models. I'm guessing the reason for this is the $15 billion purchase agreement between Apple and Sprint which expired/s I believe last year or sometime this year. Right now, Sprint is citing "technical issues" for not unlocking Sprint iPhones for domestic use. We all know that's bull crap but thankfully, they can't use that same excuse for phones released after February.

One thing I definitely appreciate about Apple is they tend to "bully" carriers to adopt more customer-friendly practices. I expected something like this to happen after they released the universal iPad mini 3 and iPad Air 2 with Apple SIM. I just expected it sometime later down the line (for iPhone 6s around Q3'15).

 

[T5BRICK]

I went into an Apple store this afternoon & had one of the sales people bring out a SIM free phone. I checked the IMEI number here and it said "Your Device is compatible with the Verizon Wireless Network.":

www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/nso/enterDeviceId.do

So, it seems as though the SIM free versions are indeed whitelisted for Verizon.

I posted this 3 times in this thread and you continued to argue with me.

 

[jw6961]

I posted this 3 times in this thread and you continued to argue with me.

I wasn't arguing with you, I was only telling you what Verizon was telling me on the phone.

 

[KPOM]

One thing I definitely appreciate about Apple is they tend to "bully" carriers to adopt more customer-friendly practices. I expected something like this to happen after they released the universal iPad mini 3 and iPad Air 2 with Apple SIM. I just expected it sometime later down the line (for iPhone 6s around Q3'15).

Perhaps. Verizon didn't buy into the Apple SIM concept, and AT&T will lock the SIM if you sign up for one of their data plans, so it's not entirely universal. That said, it's a step in the right direction, and I would not be surprised to see an Apple SIM in a future iPhone. It might not be the iPhone 6s, but I expect it within a few years.

 

[colindc.dev]

Has anyone confirmed the iPhone 6 Model a1549 sim unlocked (previously under AT&T) to work with bMobile data sim cards in Japan? I've researched the heck out of this one but get mixed reviews... bMobile's site furthermore doesn't list the a1549 model but they also say the list is not complete...
Thanks so much for any advice!