Verizon to T-Mobile with iPhone 5s

[kvnfo]

Hey,

I currently own an iPhone 5 on Verizon, I went with Verizon because t-mobile didn't have LTE on launch.

Now I'm wanting to get the 5s on T-Mobile, my plan is as follows:
-Show up Friday at a retail T-Mobile store and port my number from Verizon (sign up for 5s plan)
-Pay Verizon ETF fee
-Sell iPhone 5 on CL or Ebay (this would be a clean esn right?)

Or would I need to do something on the Verizon side before Friday?

 

[CEmajr]

Hey,

I currently own an iPhone 5 on Verizon, I went with Verizon because t-mobile didn't have LTE on launch.

Now I'm wanting to get the 5s on T-Mobile, my plan is as follows:
-Show up Friday at a retail T-Mobile store and port my number from Verizon (sign up for 5s plan)
-Pay Verizon ETF fee
-Sell iPhone 5 on CL or Ebay (this would be a clean esn right?)

Or would I need to do something on the Verizon side before Friday?

Don't have to do anything on the Verizon side. Porting your number automatically cancels your Verizon account and the ESN remains clean as long as you pay your ETF.

 

[kvnfo]

Don't have to do anything on the Verizon side. Porting your number automatically cancels your Verizon account and the ESN remains clean as long as you pay your ETF.

Perfect, thanks for the quick answer!

 

[iSocialista]

Just curious why you want to leave Verizon for T-Mobile?

I'm leaving Sprint and those were the carriers I was choosing between and had ultimately decided on Verizon.

 

[aka777]

Just curious why you want to leave Verizon for T-Mobile?

I'm leaving Sprint and those were the carriers I was choosing between and had ultimately decided on Verizon.

Verizon is excellent but you are going to pay out of the wazoo to use them.

 

[JodyK]

Just curious why you want to leave Verizon for T-Mobile?

I'm leaving Sprint and those were the carriers I was choosing between and had ultimately decided on Verizon.

Tmobile has cheapest plans ... Plain and simple it's about the $$$

 

[iSocialista]

Verizon is excellent but you are going to pay out of the wazoo to use them.

Yeah lol

I had Verizon pre-iPhone and it was the best service I ever had. I used to get texts and calls in the freaking subway.

Leaving AT&T with unlimited data I found Sprint's unlimited data and cheap prices just too enticing to pass up. I quickly learned that you get what you pay for. After two years of misery, back to Verizon I go.

 

[kvnfo]

Verizon is excellent but you are going to pay out of the wazoo to use them.

Basically this, I'm on Verizon paying close to $115 monthly for unlimited talk/text with 2gb of data.

T-mobile all said and done turns up to be roughly $85 monthly. I've had side by side comparisons of the LTE speeds and they are identical.