Iphone 5, carrier choosing confusing

Hi, Im from maldives ! im planing on buying an iphone 5 from the u.s apple site and ship it to me through MYUS, my question is if i choose verizone,At&t or sprint..will i be able to use the phone i bring with my maldivian sim card ??
Because there is no way i can just buy an iphone without choosing a carrier or some plans that i dont understand at all :/ Any help would be much appreciated
thanx

Okay, firstly, if you live in the Maldives, then you WON'T be able to order an iPhone 5 from the Apple store US. To be able to do this, you need an American registered credit card and an American address, there is no international shipping available, so you won't be able to order in the first place.
Also, yes correct, all US iPhone's need to be purchased with a contract from either of the 3 carriers for 2 years - there are NO unlocked iPhone 5's available, so NO, you can't do any of what you are asking and all answers to your questions are NO.
You also need to remember that there is no international warranty on the iPhone either and there are also LTE compatibility issues between countries.
Be patient and wait until the iPhone 5 is available in the Maldives and buy it there.

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