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>For many years, we were locked into brand-only phones because they were the only ones in the "allowed" database. That is still the case. Verizon and Sprint wi
by recoiledsnake 14y ago
>For many years, we were locked into brand-only phones because they were the only ones in the "allowed" database.
That is still the case. Verizon and Sprint will not activate any phone that they haven't previously sold.
- bonyt 14y agoVerizon's new LTE phones have sim cards, although I'm not sure if they are for the phone's LTE radio only - I just got a warranty replacement phone and the activation process was simply switching the sim card.
- martey 14y agoVerizon's LTE phones do use SIM cards, but it would probably be futile to try to use them on Sprint or AT&T's LTE networks, since they run on different frequencies, and you wouldn't get standard voice or 3G data coverage.