Hello Phil, When you receive your phone from the online Apple store, you can either take the new phone to your local Verizon Wireless store and they will activate it for you or if you prefer, you can call Verizon Wireless and they can activate your new phone, remotely, assuming you can provide the IMEI ID number of the new phone. The ID number will be listed on the side of the actual iPhone box; not the shipping container but the Apple packaging, itself.
In either of these two scenarios, your current wireless phone number will be transferred to the new phone. When updating from an older phone to a new one, I recommend activating a new SIM card rather than simply transferring your current SIM card to the new device. Phil, try not to overthink this, okay? Given that you want to stay with Verizon Wireless, do not be concerned with whether the new phone is locked or unlocked. Just go ahead and buy your new phone, from the Apple Store, and all will be well. If you can, after receiving your new phone, take it to your local Verizon Wireless store and they will get it up and running for you in a matter of moments. Good Luck and let us know how it goes. Mark -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Phil Halton Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2022 8:46 AM To: Macvisionaries <Macvisionaries@Googlegroups.com> Subject: New iPhone locked or unlocked Because I don’t really want to go to an Apple store I’ve been thinking about buying a new iPhone and having it shipped to me direct. And, because I really don’t want to mess around with changing out Sim cards from my old phone to the new I’ve been considering just having the sim card set up and pre-loaded by Apple. Sounds like a great solution for me but then I realized that that would mean that my iPhone would be locked to the carrier for anunspecified period of time. I’m perfectly happy with my current carrier and have no plans of changing any time in the near or far future. What disadvantages am I looking at if I go ahead and buy a locked phone versus an unlocked. By the way the carrier would be Verizon. Sent from my IPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. 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. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/C02C05C0-8E09-47FA-BEDD-94DDF9A17FEE%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. 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. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/000e01d834f5%24cd6ffcd0%24684ff670%24%40ucla.edu.
