Looking for a used iPhone for my dad. He has tmobile, but that narrows my search. I know AT&T will work if it's unlocked, but what about Verizon? If so, will vzw have to be unlocked too?
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Will a Verizon iPhone work on T-Mobile?
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Exactly.
4S will not.
iPhone 5 and newer will work with tmobile and all gsm carriers in the world.
Two folks in my family that have a Verizon iPhone 5 and later switched to AT&T don't get LTE on AT&T, .. 4G is as fast as it goes with the iPhone 5. Not sure if T-Mobile is the same.
Yes, it will work, but the iPhone 5 for Verizon doesn't have T-Mobile's HSPA+ (4G) network bands to work, and it'll only work on the refarmed 1900MHz 4G, which is typically only in metro areas, big cities (New York, San Francisco, Philadelphia, etc) and suburbs. Also, the Verizon iPhone 5 would work on the EDGE (2G) network out of those heavily populated areas. LTE will not work. I would suggest picking up a T-Mobile iPhone 5c, as it supports T-Mobile's full network capabilities and they typically sell for around the same price point.