I have an carrier question. So my friend gave me her old iPhone 5 today to use with tmobile. Right now, I have a regular sized SIM card that does not fit into the Verizon iPhone. If I go to the tmobile store to get a nano SIM card, can I just pop it in the iphone 5 and it'll work? Or is the iphone carrier specific to verizon? Any advice is appreciated.
iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.4
The iPhone 5 activated with Verizon is unlocked on the GSM side to use any carrier's SIM card even with GSM carriers in the U.S.
You will need to activate the iPhone with T-Mobile with the new SIM card. There should be a setup assistant for the activation and the T-Mobile Store can help you with this if there is a problem.
It will work as Allan describes, however, you will not be able to use T-Mobile's LTE network.
Verizon iPhone with T-mobile
