Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Unlocked iPhone 7?
- Thread starter hcemin
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
That's interesting. If I buy a Verizon model I am by no means attached to the carrier? I can simply put my AT&T SIM and start using the phone?
ALL Verizon LTE capable devices come unlocked. Period.
No matter how much or how little you pay.
I was just referring that you will have to pay full price at the apple store for a verizon model if you aren't a verizon customer.
Yeah but if you buy a "verizon" iP7/7+ from BB, Target or Walmart, it will only be unlocked if you use a Verizon SIM to do the initial activation.
That is true, but the OP is specifically asking buying in the Apple Store.
So basically:
1) Buy Verizon iPhone 7 in Apple Store and you are good to go.
2) Buy Verizon iPhone 7 in any other store, activate it with a Verizon SIM and you are good to go.
Thanks guys
1) Buy Verizon iPhone 7 in Apple Store and you are good to go.
2) Buy Verizon iPhone 7 in any other store, activate it with a Verizon SIM and you are good to go.
Thanks guys
Both Apple and Verizon sell the carrier models. So if you buy from either Apple or Verizon the Verizon iPhone 7/7+ is unlocked. I think that is true if you buy from the Verizon franchises (VARs) too.
I am not sure about buying from Costco.
In the past, the Verizon model was not always the same as the SIM free model. For instance, for the iP6/6+, the Verizon model lacks Sprint's Spark Band 41 but the SIM free model has it. For the iP6s/6s+ the Verizon model lacks AT&T's Band 30 but the SIM free model has it.
This year the Verizon model has all of the LTE bands.
http://www.apple.com/iphone-7/specs/
So does the Sprint model since they are the same hardware wise. It is just that the Sprint model is locked to Sprint unless you use it on Sprint for at least 50 days and get Sprint to unlock it for you.
This year there is no difference b/t the Verizon model and the SIM free model. That wasn't true for the previous 2 years.
As it turns out, the official sim-free model is available as of today.
https://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/13/apple-selling-sim-free-iphone-7/
It's the same as the Sprint/Verizon model though, so you really just get the sim eject tool as well.
Sadly its for online orders only at the moment but maybe in the near future when Apple gets shipments in, may have the in-store pick up option.