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I am buying an Iphone 4S in the U.S. from verizon. If i officially unlock the phone here, and if i have to move to a different country can i use the phone there since its unlocked? All i have to do is go to the countries local SIM provider and install it to the iPhone 4s? AHHH i can't figure this out!!!

Au contraire.  The Verizon iPhone 4s can be unlocked and if you are a Verizon Wireless customer they will unlock it for you at no charge.  There are some minor conditions (you have to be a customer in good standing, they will only unlock one iPhone per customer in any 10 month period, etc).  Verizon has unlocked my iPhone 4s and I have used it with a foreign SIM outside the US.  One of the interesting twists is that with a foreign SIM installed in an unlocked iPhone 4s you can actually be GSM roaming in the US, but of course it will be at international roaming rates because you would be roaming on a foreign SIM in the US.
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Third, Verizon can also enable the Verizon SIM itself for international use.  So, you can use your iPhone 4s in other countries on Verizon partner  networks without having to fool with foreign SIM card providers (which, honestly, sometimes is a really frustrating experience).  I have also done this with my iPhone 4s, so I have both options (Verizon SIM & foreign SIM) when I travel abroad.  With the globally-enabled Verizon SIM, you retain your US phone number while abroad.  Calls are expensive and data use is really really expensive this way ($1.29/minute + $20/MB .. yes, you read that correctly ... per MB).  They do offer a 'value plan' for the period of time you are abroad at $4.99/month, which they will pro-rate based on the actual lenghth of your trip; it reduces rates to $0.99/min and $30/50MB.  Still not cheap, but you can just do the calls part for $4.99 and then turn off cellular data in your iPhone 4s settings and just use WiFi for data.

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