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Not offered there. You have to be a current Verizon, Att, etc. customer (or sign up for new plan). I've tried.
by PKop 10y ago
Not offered there. You have to be a current Verizon, Att, etc. customer (or sign up for new plan). I've tried.
- chadgeidel 10y agoOn the contrary - I just did this. I'm a current AT&T customer and ordered a bare phone for my eventual transition to Verizon. I'm in the US - maybe this is not available in your region.
- seltzered_ 10y agoIf you ordered an at&t iphone 7 that way, it won't work because the intel modem chip in the att/tmobile versions doesn't support cdma bands: http://www.recode.net/2016/9/9/12863302/apple-iphone-7-intel-qualcomm http://www.recode.net/2016/9/9/12863302/apple-iphone-7-intel...
- hx87 10y agoIf you're an AT&T customer looking to switch to Verizon, you order a Verizon phone, not an AT&T phone.
- chadgeidel 10y agoYep, that's what they told me at the store, so I ordered a Verizon phone. To the parent's point, I had no problem doing this, I am not currently a Verizon customer and they sold me a bare phone without a contract.
- Cyph0n 10y agoLooks like you're right. For some reason I thought they started selling unlocked iPhones a few years back.
- twoodfin 10y agoThey do sell iPhones in the US not tied to a carrier, but usually not until a few weeks/months after the release.
- jitl 10y agoAll phones sold on Apple's online store are unlocked, but they come with an unactivated carrier SIM. I purchased an iPhone 7 (t-mobile), then popped out the SIM and put in my old AT&T sim. No problem. I suggest just buying the t-mobile device and doing the same, if you're looking for a GSM device.
- artimaeis 10y agoYou simply choose your current carrier so they know which brand of SIM to put in afaik. When you get to the final page choose "Pay in full" and you get the unlocked version. Maybe not the greatest UI decision - but it's hard to imagine someone who isn't already on a carrier.
- PKop 10y agoI have a business account and that didn't work. Haven't tried since, just going to wait for unlocked.