My daughter's iphone was stolen in Spain. She went to an Apple store and purchased a new one. I tried to have the esim activated by Verizon and they told me it is locked. She went back to the store and was told that phones purchased in Spain can not be activated on a US carrier. Is this accurate? We paid the full price for the phone and purchased without a sim.
I wish I had good news for you. It is NOT possible to have a US carrier on a device purchased in Spain. I ended up buying a phone in the US and sending it to my daughter by Fedex. If someone does that for you have the duties paid by the sender. When the phone arrived there was a duty to be collected which resulted in late delivery and payment complications. At least we had time to return the phone to Apple in Spain. Good luck!
Hello,
Hmm, that doesn't seem correct, but I don't really know.
1) Contact the Spanish cellular provider and get their side of the story
2) Contact Verizon in the US to see what they say.
Let us know if you get it sorted out.
Good luck.
Hi, was verizon able to unlock the phone? Or did apple figure it out? the same exact thing is happening to me - phone stolen in Spain, bought a new one here but now can't use a Verizon SIM card. Would love to know how you guys figured it out.
Can an iphone purchased in spain be used with a us carrier
