In general this is true because of the network technology inside the iPhone 7 from AT&T Verizon can only activate a specific model number of the iPhone 7
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 21, 2020, at 5:51 PM, Candy Lowe <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a friend who bought an ATT phone and tried to connect with Verizon. > she bought it from a friend so there was no outstanding bills or anything > like that. The people at Verizon said that an IPhone 7 from ATT could not be > connected to Verizon's network. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Aug 21, 2020, at 12:08 PM, Corey Cook <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I actually work for Verizon you will have a hard time activating an AT&T >> iPhone 7 on our network I can't remember off the top of my head but there's >> only one specific model number of iPhone 7 we can activate >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Aug 21, 2020, at 11:33 AM, Kelly Pierce <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Besides locked phones, Apple produced different phones for different >>> network technologies in North America until 2018. Then, all the >>> iPhones introduced in that year were compatible with all North >>> American carriers. The iPhone 7 was introduced in 2016. I have an >>> iPhone 7 and specifically bought it at an Apple store because those >>> phones would work with all carriers. Those bought directly from a >>> carrier might only work with GSM or CDMA providers. Now that everyone >>> is on 4G LTE networks, the carrier phones might only work well on the >>> frequencies for that carrier. Before 2018, phones sold by American >>> carriers often did not have all the frequencies used by other >>> carriers. >>> >>> Kelly >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>> On 8/20/20, Simon A Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Yeah should be just swapping sim cards but then you guys have some weird >>>> things happening with your telcos where they lock phones to their networks >>>> >>>> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >>>> [email protected] >>>> Sent: Friday, 21 August 2020 2:43 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Changing an iphone 7 from A T T to Verison >>>> >>>> If I do this, is it just a matter of trading sim cards or is an iphone >>>> built >>>> for ATT or Vorison? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone >>>> 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 V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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