Which model should I get?

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  1. nnvt, Sep 28, 2017

    nnvt macrumors newbie

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    Hi!

    Going to buy an iPhone 8+ (64gb, silver) in the US next week. I myself live in Belgium and the iPhones in the US are much cheaper than over here.

    I'm currently a little confused as there are two relevant iPhone models: A1864 and A1897. My country and carrier is listed under the A1897 model (AT&T/T-Mobile model) but it seems like it has exactly the same bands as the A1864 model (simfree model in the US).

    Should I be getting the AT&T/T-Mobile version or the simfree version?

    Thanks
     
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  2. Phasism, Sep 28, 2017

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    Sim free if it has all your bands
     
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  3. nnvt, Sep 28, 2017

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    According to the official apple site https://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/#iphone-8-iphone-8-plus the bands for both models are 100% identical but I've heard that the AT&T/T-Mobile model is missing something to work on the other networks in the US but that shouldn't be an issue as I'm doing it the other way around right?
     
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  4. Phasism, Sep 28, 2017

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    It's missing the bands to work on cdma networks. You are fine.
     
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  5. basti_no, Sep 28, 2017

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    I would not recommend to buy an iPhone in the US unless you go there quite frequently. If you have a warranty issue nobody will help you in Europe. I bought once one in the US and my power button broke. Luckiliy a friend of mine went to the US and exchanged it for me.
     
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  6. nnvt, Sep 28, 2017

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    There are really no apple stores here in Belgium just authorised resellers/service centers (called switch). I contacted them and they said that they would repair it under warranty no problem.
     
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  7. basti_no, Sep 28, 2017

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    That surpises me but may be Belgium is different. That time I only tried Germany and Luxembourg.
     
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  8. PBz, Sep 28, 2017

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    Sim-free A1864
     
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  9. Dirtydutch, Sep 28, 2017

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    If you are buying outright definitely go sim free, you will never have to worry about compatibility no matter where you travel, it'll be nice to have that piece of mind, and the modem is slightly better in it.
     
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