I live in Curacao and have an Iphone 5s Model A1532. I will be moving to The Netherlands very shortly and wonder if I can take my Iphone with me since I read on the Internet that in The Netherlands they use model A1475. So, if I will not be able to use it, I will have to try and sell it very quickly. Hope that somebody can answer me shortly. Thanks.
iPhone 5s
You will be able to use it as long as it is SIM unlocked. If it is, you will be able to use it normally except that LTE is not guaranteed to work,
Thanks FelipeV,
It is SIM unlocked. Will it work with 4G with a Netherlands provider? What do you mean that LTE is not guaranteed to work? And if that does not work, what are the disadvantages?
By the way, it is model 1533, not 1532.
LTE is sometimes marketed as 4G in some countries. So 4G might not work with your phone.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/
Furthermore, the warranty is not international and only valid in the country of purchse.
Anecdotal evidence is that US iPhones 5S /C will not work on 4G( LTE ) in Europe
That is why Apple have to produce different models for different geographies
I see that model 1533 has LTE bands: LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25)
and model 1475 (Bands 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20).
Would that mean that if in The Netherlands they use Band 7, which is not supported by model 1533, 4G would not work?
How about the other bands, of which several are similar (1,2,3,5,8 and 20)? Would that make 4G work?
And if not, would the phone itself work with 3G?
If it were that simple why the different models .It is the grouping of bands that is key not your description
A US GSM iPhone 5S will work on 3G as long as it is genuinely unlocked but highly unlikely to work on 4G
OK thank you very much for your answers. I am an amateur in these things. Is there somewhere or someone that can tell me for sure whether is is likely or unlikely to work with 4G?
NO-one can tell you, Apple says it is unlikely what else do you want
AND I repeat if it was that simple why do Apple have to produce multiple models to handle the differing 4G standards around the world ,certainly not because they want to
Short of trying it yourself, no.
I have used the 1533 in the UK and the EU with various carriers and LTE/4G does NOT work. If I were you I would sell that phone, if you really think 4G is a must. Plus, if the phone breaks down, you will NEVER be able to get warranty support in the EU.
OR post warranty
Yup.
will an iPhone model A1532 work with a European provider?
