The sim from your 5 should work in a 5s. I'd go with unlocked for the flixibility it offers. Specifically I took an unlocked iPhone from att to t-mobile with no issues and am now considering taking it from t-mobile to cricket wireless. If you do any traveling outside the united states you will also probably be able to buy a local sim card for phone and data. As an example of what this could save you I read an article about someone paying $180 for 800 megs of international data on ATT when traveling in europe. With an unlocked phone they were able to pay $30 for 2 gigs of data.
On Thursday, August 7, 2014 10:54:59 AM UTC-4, Alan Lemly wrote: > > I'm wanting to learn about unlocked iPhones should I decide at some > point to upgrade my phone. I currently have an iPhone 5 with AT&T but that > contract ends in a few months. I was just on the Apple site playing around > to check the cost of an unlocked 64GB iPhone 5S. One of the options was to > buy a SIM-free phone with the stipulation that the user would need a > GSM-compatible SIM. Would the SIM in my current iPhone 5 meet this need in > a 5S model or has the SIM card form factor changed between the 5 and 5S > models? > > > > I'm almost afraid to ask this but is there an advantage to buying an > unlocked iPhone if financing is not an issue and the buy-down price of > entering into a contract is not a factor? I've been happy with my AT&T > service but my own experience with this sort of thing tells me that I'll > save money in the long-run by having an unlocked phone. Of course, I > believe when my contract ends with AT&T, I can have them unlock my iPhone 5 > if it is still meeting my needs. > > > > Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this subject. > > > > Alan Lemly > -- 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. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
