i3m Blog » unlocked http://internal3m.com/CMS/Wordpress Thu, 21 Apr 2016 14:54:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 Verizon ships its iPhone 5 unlocked http://internal3m.com/CMS/Wordpress/2012/09/24/verizon-ships-its-iphone-5-unlocked/ http://internal3m.com/CMS/Wordpress/2012/09/24/verizon-ships-its-iphone-5-unlocked/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:35:30 +0000 http://internal3m.com/CMS/Wordpress/?p=1416 [...]]]> Reports are surfacing that iPhone 5s purchased from Verizon are arriving unlocked usable on any GSM cell network. Jeff Benjamin at iDownloadBlog notes that he was able to insert a cut-to-size AT&T SIM into his new Verizon iPhone 5 and connect to AT&T’s HSPA+ cellular network, without having to pester Verizon for permission. When contacted about the matter, Verizon confirmed to him that the device was indeed fully unlocked.

This is a tremendous boon to US customers, who have in the past had to argue long and hard for the privilege of detaching their iPhones from their primary carrier’s network.

MORE: Verizon ships its iPhone 5 unlocked | Ars Technica.

 

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