Hi, It will not work there either, as Sprint uses same radio chips as Verizon does, although it is economical from billing perspective.
Here's the rule of thumb: . iPhone 4: there are two versions out there, one made to run on chips used by AT&T (called GSM) and another one designed for Verizon-like chips (called CDMA). . iPhone 4S: It can work on both GSM and CDMA chips, hence it is called "world phone". . Whatever the upcoming one might be: rumor has it that it'll have "official" 4G cell radios (termed LTE, or Long Term Evolution). iPad III has this chip on some machines, but the connection standard is optimized only for some parts of the world - other countries use different LTE frequencies. GSM (Global System for Mobile communication; the word is actually French in origin) and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) is termed 3G, while LTE is termed 4G. Whereas GSM uses SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) so you can swap phones, CDMA requires different methods for phone activation. Word has it that LTE will use something similar to SIM. iPhone 3GS uses so-called mini SIM (found on majority of phones) while 4 and 4S uses smaller micro SIM chips on GSM networks like AT&T (there is a tutorial out there that teaches how you can convert a mini SIM to micro SIM). Cheers, Joseph From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jenifer Gilley Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 11:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Can an iPhone work on both AT&T and Virazone? What about sprint? Jenifer Gilley email [email protected] MSN: [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Daniel Miller <mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 2:32 PM Subject: RE: Can an iPhone work on both AT&T and Virazone? Unfortunately, it won't, since what Joseph said is correct. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph Lee Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 1:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Can an iPhone work on both AT&T and Virazone? Hi, No, will not work on Verizon, as it uses different radio chip. Sorry. Cheers, Joseph From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jenifer Gilley Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2012 11:16 AM To: iPhone list Subject: Can an iPhone work on both AT&T and Virazone? Hi all. I'm asking as i am considering selling an iPhone 4 that was used on AT&T to a friend, but she has Verizon. So, will my iPhone that I've used on at&t work on the Verizon network as well? Jenifer Gilley email [email protected] MSN: [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
