Using unlocked iPhone 6 (T-Mobile) on Verizon?

I am attempting to purchase an iPhone for someone as a birthday gift. They have Verizon, and i have AT&T. I have read that if i purchase the unlocked (T-Mobile) version, i would simply insert my simcard into the new iPhone, and all should work correctly? Verizon has told me that the version for the iPhone they sell is A1522, which has both GSM and CDMA bands, so this makes sense. I was also told by a Verizon rep that i would simply need to go into a store and request a simcard, since the gift is for someone who currently uses and iPhone 4, and therefore has no sim card. It doesn't appear Apple is selling off contract iPhone 6s distinctively for Verizon, so i figure this is the next best work around?

Verizon won't activate non-Verizon iPhones even though they have the required CDMA hardware.  They have a list of Verizon iPhone serial numbers that the check when activating. There are reports that a non-Verizon iPhone will work on Verizon's network if you insert an active Verizon SIM, but some Apple specific features (e.g. iMessage, FaceTime. Visual VoiceMail) depend on the iPhone serial number, not the SIM, and may not work.  It won't help you anyway since the Verizon iPhone 4 has no SIM.

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