Verizon iPhone with T-mobile

I have an carrier question. So my friend gave me her old iPhone 5 today to use with tmobile. Right now, I have a regular sized SIM card that does not fit into the Verizon iPhone. If I go to the tmobile store to get a nano SIM card, can I just pop it in the iphone 5 and it'll work? Or is the iphone carrier specific to verizon? Any advice is appreciated.

The iPhone 5 activated with Verizon is unlocked on the GSM side to use any carrier's SIM card even with GSM carriers in the U.S.
You will need to activate the iPhone with T-Mobile with the new SIM card. There should be a setup assistant for the activation and the T-Mobile Store can help you with this if there is a problem.

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