At&T and sprint have incompatible cell phone technologies. However, your wife could take her AT&T phone and use it on T-Mobile. Your wife could use an iPhone 5 on the Ting service which is on the Sprint network. ting is a big discounter. Check out my December article on AppleVis called "iPhone on the Cheap."
Kelly On 4/18/14, Kayaker <sea...@me.com> wrote: > Hi, > > There are now only two variations of the iPhone 5s. One that works on > sprints network, and one that works on everyone else's. Therefore, I'd avoid > using Sprint as your carrier unless you are 110% that you will be happy with > Sprint. It's not enough to say CDMA anymore. Verizon is CDMA, yet it's the > same iPhone as ATT uses. In a nutshell, all carries except Sprint use the > same core iPhone model, making Sprint the black sheep of iPhones. You will > notice there are a lot more deals on Sprint iPhones on ebay and even from > Sprint because you're stuck with Sprint if you get one of those. > > Locking is a bit trickier. Again, you can buy an unlocked phone from Apple, > but don't expect to get it on Verizon. Verizon doesn't like to add CDMA > phones that it doesn't know about already in it's database. If you read the > fine print you'll note the unlocked phone is only for non CDMA networks. > > From what I can tell, and I have not confirmed this, but it looks right, the > best option is actually to buy a Verizon phone. That should be unlocked due > to the LTE requirements of the FCC and should work on both Verizon, ATT, > T-mobile and little carriers that use those networks. The only carrier it > won't run on is Sprint. > > Bottom line, an unlocked Verizon iPHone will give you the most possible > options should you decide to switch carriers. > > Best, > --k > Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the > questions. > > > > On Apr 17, 2014, at 12:58 AM, Joseph Hudson <jhud7...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello Wayne, know if you buy a phone from AT&T you will be locked to that >> carrier. However I believe if you buy from the Apple store your >> information is correct you will be a will to take it to a different >> carrier. Now however spring is a CD in a network and AT&T is GSM. So >> consider that whenever you buy your phone. Personally, if you're going to >> go to spring I'm recommends buying a CDMA phone that talk about data >> speeds, sprints then used to be good here in Texas but it is gotten really >> really bad the last couple of months. So I'm my personal opinion I would >> stay with what you have especially if you have no Wi-Fi. >> >> Joseph Hudson >> I device support >> Phone >> 641-715-3900 ex 34315 >> Email >> jhud7...@gmail.com Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 16, 2014, at 2:13 PM, Wayne Merritt <wcmerr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Greetings. My wife will soon be getting a new iPhone 5C. Our current >>> contract with AT&T ends in September and we are thinking of switching >>> to Sprint. Two questions here: First, if we buy my wife's new iPhone >>> 5C from AT&T, will we be able to take it with us to Sprint? I had >>> heard from a coworker that if phones are bought at the Apple Store, >>> then they are automatically unlocked and can be taken to any carrier, >>> verses getting them from the carrier and having them locked to that >>> carrier. Is this true? Second, between AT&T and Sprint, which has >>> better value, service, data speed, and coverage? I realize some of >>> this depends on where you are. I am still interested in people's >>> thoughts. We currently don't have wifi at home but will hopefully get >>> some in our next apartment complex that we will move to in July, if >>> not in our apartment at least in the public wifi areas. So far we have >>> been using our data plans for Internet stuff, but with the addition of >>> wifi that data use will go down somewhat. >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any and all responses. >>> >>> Best, >>> Wayne Merritt >>> >>> -- >>> Follow me on Twitter at: >>> www.twitter.com/wcmerritt >>> My websites: >>> www.wayneism.com >>> www.whitecaneday.org >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone >>> list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you >>> have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you >>> feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >>> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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