HT4993 Moving abroad and would like to take my Sprint iPhone 4S.

I'm moving abroad and would like to take my Sprint iPhone 4S.
My wife is already in the foreign country and using the phone with a prepaid card from a local carrier.
Sprint said that the phones will be shut down once they deactivate our accounts.
What can or should we do ? Is there a way to get the phones to work overseas ?
Thanks in advance !

KiltedTim wrote:
Sprint is a CDMA carrier. You can't take a Sprint (or Verizon) iPhone to another carrier. The SIM slot can be unlocked for International travel, but that's it. Without Sprint service, it's an iPod. Nothing more.
For what it's worth, that is not what Verizon said when I asked them this very question. According to the Global Support Team, once the Verizon phone is unlocked, it will continue to be unlocked and will continue to work on GSM networks outside of the U.S. even if the Verizon service is discontinued. I have no way of testing this as I do not plan on discontinuing my Verizon service at any time in the near future. I realize this is not useful information for the OP but it might be of interest to someone. 

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