Re:Unlocking Cellphones Becomes Illegal Saturday in the U.S.
by newishuser on Thursday January 24, 2013 @01:12PM
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Verizon phones don't use sim cards.
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Re:Unlocking Cellphones Becomes Illegal Saturday in the U.S.
by meepmorp on Thursday January 24, 2013 @01:19PM
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Actually, the iPhone 5 on verizon does use a SIM card. When I asked the sales person about it, they said it was for LTE.
That said, the slot is unlocked on the verizon model, so you can pop another micro SIM in there for travel use.
Re:Unlocking Cellphones Becomes Illegal Saturday in the U.S.
by jlgreco on Thursday January 24, 2013 @02:15PM
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In addition to what others have mentioned, you can buy many CDMA phones for Verizon that also have GSM slots. (These phones are generally branded as "Global").
Re:Unlocking Cellphones Becomes Illegal Saturday in the U.S.
by rdouble on Thursday January 24, 2013 @01:19PM
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It requires a sim cutter. I am not sure if anyone in Europe offers pre-paid nano sims, but I'll find out in a few months.
http://www.zdnet.com/nano-sim-redux-using-the-iphone-5-in-th...
Re:Unlocking Cellphones Becomes Illegal Saturday in the U.S.
by thisone on Thursday January 24, 2013 @03:14PM
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looks like 3 does
http://store.three.co.uk/SIM_Only/Mobile_Broadband_iPad_Nano...
when the smaller iPhone sims came out a couple years back there was a backlog on pay and go for a few months as they were reserved for their iPhone contract customers, same will happen with these tiny sims.
(I know that says iPad, so I'm extrapolating)
edit: Yes they have Pay and Go nano for iPhone 5 as well: http://store.three.co.uk/view/searchSimOnly?tariff=112
Re:Unlocking Cellphones Becomes Illegal Saturday in the U.S.
by andybak on Monday January 28, 2013 @10:20AM
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Cutting a normal SIM to size isn't that hard - or buy a SIM punch in advance to do it an a fail-safe way.