Upgrade for cheap - iPhone 12 vs 13 | MacRumors Forums
Nov 3, 2024 · Thanks for the input! For context, I'm planning to get a $25 a-month plan from Simple Mobile (I'm not a heavy mobile data user, anyway), and then after two months, the phone will become unlocked (seriously, $299 for an iPhone 12 is a …
Best Buy iPhone 12 Pro Unlocked? | MacRumors Forums
Oct 20, 2020 · 246. 28. Nov 6, 2020. #9. Detonation said: Best Buy no longer sells unlocked iPhones. It will be locked to Verizon for 60 days like you said. But since you paid in full you might be able to call up Verizon and get them unlock it right away. But after 60 days, a Verizon iPhone 12 bought at Best Buy would be fully unlocked and at that point the ...
Carrier How to activate unlocked iPhone 13 on Verizon
Sep 24, 2021 · macrumors regular. Activated my sim free 13 pro earlier, I went to the Verizon site, not the my Verizon app, then account, my devices, activate or switch device, activate an existing line, chose my line, entered my IMEI2 (must use the 2 for the ESim) and was up and running in under 2 minutes.
Best Buy Now Sells Unlocked iPhones, But Not the Latest Models
Apr 6, 2023 · Best Buy today announced that it now sells unlocked iPhones in the U.S., but only older models are available, including the iPhone 12, iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13, and third-generation iPhone SE. An unlocked iPhone can be used with a wide variety of carriers. The unlocked iPhones are in brand new condition and are available at all Best Buy stores ...
Secondary eSIM on carrier-locked iPhone | MacRumors Forums
Nov 3, 2020 · When carriers have healthier competition about selling services instead of selling phones, carrier locking makes no sense as it only punishes your own customers. Prepaid carriers in the U.S. don't have contracts. Anybody can buy an iPhone 11 for $299 and walk out the door without signing anything.
iPhone 12 Pro: Sim Free or Carrier? | MacRumors Forums
Greensboro, NC. Oct 15, 2020. #20. menist said: I always get Sim-Free. I believe att/verizon have policy's where even if you pay it out right, it'll be locked for 60 days. After 60 days it'll unlock automatically for Verizon, for At&t you either call or use there online unlock portal.
Currently on iPhone 12 Pro Max. Upgrade to iPhone 16 Plus or …
17. Oct 19, 2024. #21. The way I see it, here are my three options: Upgrade to iPhone 16 Plus. Wait until Apple releases a new iPhone that wow me (assuming that Apple supports iPhone 12 Pro Max until then) Wait until Apple drops support for iPhone 12 Pro Max and see what is the best option for me then. uknation87.
Anyone able to get their Tracfone service transferred to an eSim …
Oct 7, 2023 · Tracfone/Verizon has had a full year to be able to do what their website says and do a simple "bring your own phone" transfer to an eSim iPhone and they are telling me no one who upgraded to an unlocked iPhone 14 complained before me?
Should I continue buying an unlocked iPhone? - MacRumors Forums
Sep 9, 2024 · macrumors 68040. Aug 6, 2022. 3,181. 3,273. Sep 9, 2024. #2. An unlocked phone can be bought by more people and not just people tied to that particular carrier, so it would likely be worth more. Most “locked” phones are locked because you got it at a discount due to being tied to a carrier contract.
Should I buy iPhone 11 unlocked or not? | MacRumors Forums
Sep 12, 2019. #3. there are 4 reasons to consider a locked phone: 1 if buying from the carrier direct gives you some kind of discounted rate on total device price, or, discounts on the carrier's rates for its services. 2 you go out of the country and can accept that carrier's rates for data while abroad. 3 you dont think its a hassle to deal ...