Verizon Iphone 5S in Canada?

hey guys ive tried searching but cant come up with an answer.

my uncle gave me a water damaged iphone 5S but its from Verizon, i called apple care and the best they can do is send me a working verizon one for the 269 price.

im just wondering if theres anyway for me to be able to use it in canada?

thanks

iPhone 5s

Posted on Mar 20, 2014 11:21 AM

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Mar 20, 2014 11:26 AM in response to Alexx03

The sim slot is officially unlocked out of the gate, so yes, a Verizon iPhone 5S will work on any GSM carrier's network anywhere in the world. However, you most likely won't get LTE using the phone on a Canadian carriers's network. You can try.


Me? I'd use the $269 towards the purchase of an officially unlocked GSM iPhone 5S from Apple, & sell the damaged 5S on eBay for parts.

Mar 20, 2014 11:45 AM in response to wjosten

im not loking to keep the damaged phone

i have my own iphone 5s that works on the daily

my uncle gave me a broken one to see what i can do with it

i called apple care and they said they can give me a warranty one for 269 (plus i ship mine back yes) but it has to be from verizon.

i wanted to know if there is anyway to get the verizon iphone 5s to work in canada,you said yes but no LTE then said you would use the 269 for a new GSM iphone 5s but i dont want to do that because i am just interested in selling the new one i get.

i lose 269 but get it back when i sell the phone but since your telling me it wont have LTE i cant sell it anyways and need to sell it to the US market.

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