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  • Verizon iPhone 5 is being sold with an unlocked SIM slot [telecom]

    From Moderator@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 13 18:14:53 2021
    Last week it was reported that the Verizon iPhone 5 is being sold with
    an unlocked SIM slot, allowing users with a nano-SIM or a trimmed
    micro-SIM from a GSM carrier such as AT&T to use the device on their
    networks. The Associated Press confirmed with Verizon that it will not
    remotely relock their iPhone 5 models. Last year, Verizon would only
    unlock their iPhone 4S models after 60 days.

    It's worth noting that though the Verizon iPhone 5 will work on AT&T
    and T-Mobile's 3G network for voice and data, the phone will not work
    on AT&T's LTE data network. It will work on a number of international
    LTE networks. Apple's LTE information page details the bands that each
    specific model of iPhone 5 supports.

    https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/7022023963.pdf

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to Moderator on Mon Sep 20 14:12:46 2021
    On 8/13/2021 2:14 PM, Moderator wrote:
    Last week it was reported that the Verizon iPhone 5 is being sold with
    an unlocked SIM slot, allowing users with a nano-SIM or a trimmed
    micro-SIM from a GSM carrier such as AT&T to use the device on their networks. The Associated Press confirmed with Verizon that it will not remotely relock their iPhone 5 models. Last year, Verizon would only
    unlock their iPhone 4S models after 60 days.

    It's worth noting that though the Verizon iPhone 5 will work on AT&T
    and T-Mobile's 3G network for voice and data, the phone will not work
    on AT&T's LTE data network. It will work on a number of international
    LTE networks. Apple's LTE information page details the bands that each specific model of iPhone 5 supports.

    https://ecfsapi.fcc.gov/file/7022023963.pdf

    The iPhone 5 will soon be useless on all carriers. T-Mobile is no longer activating phones that don't support VoLTE technology. The iPhone SE
    (original) from 2016 is the oldest iPhone that now supports VoLTE.
    T-Mobile and AT&T 3G will be both be shut down this year.

    https://www.xda-developers.com/t-mobile-att-require-volte-phone-calls-shut-down-3g/

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  • From John Levine@21:1/5 to michael.trew@att.net on Wed Sep 22 00:32:45 2021
    It appears that Michael Trew <michael.trew@att.net> said:
    On 8/13/2021 2:14 PM, Moderator wrote:
    Last week it was reported that the Verizon iPhone 5 is being sold with
    an unlocked SIM slot, ...

    All of the phones that Verizon sells are unlocked, due to an agreement they made with
    the FCC as part of a spectrum deal some years ago.

    They used to be unlocked when you bought them. Since 2019 they've been
    shipped locked and will unlock on request after 60 days. I gather that
    is because they had probiems with phones being stolen from the stores.

    I learned the hard way that this only applies to phones you get directly from Verizon, not ones from Verizon MVNO's like Comcast.

    R's,
    John

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