Locked iphone 5S invalid sim

hello
recently while in was dubai for a small vaccation i bought iphone 5s (32GB 818USD) from a apple premium seller ISTYLE store and used a sim card i bought from a carrier name etisalat dubai and everything went smooth. however when i returend back my country and tried to use my local sim it didnot work. message shows invalid sim. i had a chat with apple online they instructed me to conatact ISTYLE and etisalat. as per itstyle (apple premium seller) they dont sell locked phone and and as per etisalat they dont lock phones for using there sim. also as im living in my country its not easy contact dubai these places. is there any solution for this.

Glad that worked for you.
VZN activated two sims for me via phone. It showed all systems were go on their end, but it just won't happen.
People are starting to take to the internet with the same problem. Apple know what's going on, I just hope it's resolved asap.
Though, what's a launch day without a little drama?

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