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Carrier T-Mobile to Sprint

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Hello! I preordered an iPhone 6S Plus from T-Mobile but now, we might be switching over to Sprint. Will it work? I heard that Sprint uses a different model of iPhones... Thanks!
 
ZmarkJ said:
Hello! I preordered an iPhone 6S Plus from T-Mobile but now, we might be switching over to Sprint. Will it work? I heard that Sprint uses a different model of iPhones... Thanks!
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It will not. The T-Mobile chipset doesn't contain the CDMA chip needed for access to sprints 2 and 3G networks.
That being said, switching from
T-Mobile to sprint is a bad idea to me personally
 
It has all the hardware to work. I know for a very long time sprint was very particular over what phones they allowed on their network regardless of whether they technically work. I THINK that policy may have changed. Either eay, this is a good question for sprint.

Keep in mind that if you did a lease wth T-Mobile you will need to pay off the phone and wait for them to unlock it. The only way for an unlocked T-Mobile phone out of the box right now, at least as far as I know, is through the Apple Store.
 
ParDigital said:
It will not. The T-Mobile chipset doesn't contain the CDMA chip needed for access to sprints 2 and 3G networks.
That being said, switching from
T-Mobile to sprint is a bad idea to me personally
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Are you certain of this? In pretty certain there are only two models of each device in the us now, the only difference being a band 30 lte (for att)
 
lordofthereef said:
Are you certain of this? In pretty certain there are only two models of each device in the us now, the only difference being a band 30 lte (for att)
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I'm fairly certain. I believe there are two models as well, one that will work with Verizon and Sprint, and the other that works with ATT and Tmobile
 
ParDigital said:
I'm fairly certain. I believe there are two models as well, one that will work with Verizon and Sprint, and the other that works with ATT and Tmobile
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That wasn't my understanding at all. Let me see if I can find the specifications. I believe they're on Apple.com
 
Akack said:
T mobile, Verizon, Sprint are all the same model for the 6S and 6S+ according to Apple.com.

Question is if Sprint will activate it.


http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/
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That page doesn't load for me, however the link I posted seems to imply something else. I was under the impression they would all work on all networks, until I found that.

Edit: I was looking at iPhone 6. What a tool lol. Give me a sec.
 
Here we go. Scratch what I said before. There ARE only two models and both should technically be fully compatible.

http://www.apple.com/iphone-6s/specs/



Model A1633*

Model A1634*

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)

UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

CDMA EV-DO Rev. A (800, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

Model A1688*

Model A1687*

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)

All models

802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi‑Fi with MIMO

Bluetooth 4.2 wireless technology

NFC
 
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