Using a microsim in an unlocked iPhone in the US

I'm looking to find a way of using an unlocked iPhone in the US. However, none of the providers in the US that I've spoken to offer a microsim-only deal. Has anyone managed to use a non-US iPhone 4S in the US on a US provider?

T-Mobile sells micro sims...your only other choice is AT&T.

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Hi I want to buy an unlocked iPhone 5 in the Middle East. I want to know if I will be able to use my iPhone and all its applications when we go back to live in the US for long term.
Thank you

Apple Online Store sells unlocked iPhone in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium (French, Dutch), Brazil, Canada (English, French), China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong (English, Chinese), Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (French, German), Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and United States.
You can probably be absolutely sure any other source will be carrier locked
It also appears that only Zain offer unlocking (of all the ME carriers ) in Jordan and Bahrain
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I plan to buy an iphone 6 from New York. I am from India and shall be using the phone in India. Is it possible to get an unlocked iphone from the store? If yes, how much would it cost?

I plan to buy an iphone 6 from New York. I am from India and shall be using the phone in India. Is it possible to get an unlocked iphone from the store? If yes, how much would it cost?

It is going to be months before any unlocked iPhone 6s will be available.
Also be aware that the iPhone purchased in the USA will only have warranty service in the USA. Any warranty service will require you to bring it back to USA.

If I buy an unlocked iphone from the usa, will it be compatable in the uk?

I would like to buy an Iphone from the USA but am concerned that I will not be able to use it in the UK. Can anyone confirm if this is possible and if there is anything I will need to do?

The officially unlocked GSM version will work fine. But why on earth do you want to do this? The iPhone warranty is not a true international warranty, thus you most likely won't have any warranty & support in the UK for a US purchased iPhone. Not to mention you can purchase officially unlocked iPhones in the UK. Your money, do what you want.

Can you service a factory unlocked iphone in the USA?

Can i service a factory unlocked Iphone in the USA? I just serviced it in canada, and it came back unlocked, but the home button is hard to use (its a refurb). i travel between canada and usa and now i would like to service it here in the US.

maconomics wrote:
Can i service a factory unlocked Iphone in the USA? I just serviced it in canada, and it came back unlocked, but the home button is hard to use (its a refurb). i travel between canada and usa and now i would like to service it here in the US.
I wouldn't even take a chance at getting it serviced in the US.
If you did happen to find a store willing to service it under warranty, they would most likely replace the device. That means you would end up with a US iPhone locked to AT&T.
Do you really want to run that risk?
Take the device to the country of origin and have it serviced there.

Can I purchase an unlocked iPhone in the US and use it in Malta?

Hi all
I'll be visiting NYC in the coming months and I would love to own an iPhone 4s! I am interested in buying an unlocked iPhone 4s from an authorised Apple store in NYC as the current prices in my country, Malta for an iPhone 4s is $800 with one of our service providers and its quite expensive :/. Would I have any problems if I use my local SIM card on it in Malta?

The only issue you need to be aware of is warranty/support. Yours will only be valid in the US. Any issues, and you'll have to figure out how to physically return the phone, to the US, for all warranty issues...you can't mail it back.
1 reason too buy apple product's ! its didnt get any hardware issue Normally !

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Last year, I bought an unlocked iPhone, so I could use it in Brazil. This year I am moving to the States and would like to keep my phone - what should I do?
Thanks!

Nothing. When you move to the US, you can sign up for service with any GSM carrier. One you sign up for an account you will be provided with the appropriate SIM for your phone.

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I'm sorry if this has been asked before. I am thinking of buying a no-contract unlocked iPhone from Apple.
I currently have a no-contract iPhone 4s on Virgin Mobile (USA). My plan is 30$ for 300 minutes, unlimited text and unlimited data. Since VirginMobile is CDMA, I'm guessing they don't unlock their iPhones or let other SIM cards work on the iPhones issued through them (this is assuming the 4s has the GSM capability).
I want a no-contract unlocked iPhone just so I will have the flexiblity of using it overseas since I'm usually making a trip once a year.
My questions are:
If I buy an unlocked iPhone from Apple (thinking of getting a 5S, 32 GB in white and silver), are there any plans that I can use that are as cheap as VirginMobile's?
I have heard that Verizon iPhones come unlocked (although they have to be activated through Verizon, but a T-Mobile sim can be used and so on). Is this true? Are AT&T iPhones the same?
Will I be able to keep my current cellphone number from Virgin if I switch to a no-contract iPhone and start using a SIM card?
Thanks!

Thanks, Meg.
So would a Verizon device-only iPhone 5S still be the better choice if I plan to use GSM in the US (and not the CDMA part of the Verizon iPhone which would lock me to their service).
Ideally, if I had the device in my hand, I would like to use TMobile's prepaid plan (40$ for unlimited talk, text, and 500 mb of data). Upon getting the phone, couldn't I just discard the included verizon simcard (without my activation) and just pop in the TMobile SIM card since the Verizon device-only instrument comes with the GSM unlocked? ( In other words, I don't have to ask Verizon to unlock the GSM part of the iPhone 5S )
Also, if this is what my goal is (to use a prepaid Tmobile sim), I could just buy an unlocked sim-free iPhone 5S from Apple, right? I dont have to ask for a Verizon device-only iPhone 5S if I want nothing to do with Verizon or use their CDMA service? I'm guessing a device-only iPhone 5s (regardless of carrier label) is the same as unlocked sim-free iphone 5S?

Impossible to unlock iphone if the device I synced with is now broken?????

I have a locked iPhone and the laptop I originally set it up with is now broken and has no Internet access. I can't work out how to restore my phone to unlock it, I have tried using an iPad or MacBook but says I can't do that until the phone is unlocked as it is not the original device I synced with.

Not sure what the problem is here. Have you forgotten your unlock code? Are you trying to restore your phone from iTunes? Just trying to get some details here.
And if your laptop is broken does that mean that you cannot turn your laptop on? Or just no internet access?
If the laptop still works without internet you should be able to start iTunes and connect the phone to it using the sync cable.
Please give us some more details.

Using a sim in an unlocked iphone 4

Hi.
Can someone help me please.
I have an iPhone 4 that was locked to a Vodaphone contract.The contract has ended and Vodaphone have had the IMEI deleted by Apple from their locked IMEI list.
They have emailed the original owner (family) to say it is unlocked now and that a sim that has not been used before should be put in it and it should be linked to tunes.
I have a few questions, please can someone help me.
1. I am in Spain but I have a '3' payg sim. If I put this in and link it to my I Tunes will it work ok, as I am not in the UK or should I not do anything until I return to UK in four weeks.
2. Once it has been successfully been linked to I Tunes , can I then swop the SIM over to a local payg for different countries (as I travel a lot).Someone has told me this is not possible that it will lock to the sim that is in the phone when it is linked to I Tunes, which defeats it being unlocked.
Thank you, really appreciate it if someone can advise on these points.

Thank you. But I would be grateful if anyone can please answer my 2 points that are not covered by the link you suggested.
I appreciate your suggestion and assistance but I really need to know a) if I can put a different sim in from abroad and link to iTunes and b) if I can swop sim's anytime as someone told me it would lick to the first sim I put it.
It has even unlocked by Apple at Vodaphones request already.But I don't want to put a foreign sim in it and find it locks to that company and I can't use it in UK.

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If you buy an iPhone at the UK or Canadian Apple stores, it should work on the GSM frequencies in both countries. LTE will not work as the LTE channels are different in each country and each iPhone sold in each country is only compatible on LTE channels of that particular country. Other wise it should be fine.
Be aware that only the Apple store (retail or online) sells the unlocked iPhone in the UK. I think the situation is similar in Canada. (It is in the US).

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can anyone help me ?

Apple has not announced when or if they will be selling unlocked iPhone in the U.S.

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Hi. My plan is to buy a new, unlocked iPhone 5s (when it comes out) and first use it as an iTouch (with no service plan) then in the near future activate it as a regular iPhone.
I basically need to know what to do, once I buy the unlocked iPhone, to get it working as an itouch.
I have heard that you need a SIM card?
I also want to know what the difference is in buying the T-mobile unlocked iphone and the regular unlocked iPhone.
Thanks!

You can activate the phone with an inactive sim. The Sim does not need to have and active service account with a carrier atatched, it just needs to be in the Phone.
Once the phone is activated you can use it as an iTouch without requiring phone service.
The difference is just that the T-Mobile phone comes with a T-Mobile Sim, where as the other one is a sim free phone. That is, it has no sim, so you would need to get one to activate it.

Using a microsim in an unlocked iPhone in the US

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