The cellular industry in the US made a radical shift in 2014 when the became law. Among other things, this consumer-friendly piece of legislation required carriers to unlock all eligible devices upon consumer request.

Oct 23, 2012 The iPhone 5 comes already unlocked in a sense, in that if you purchase it from Verizon, you can insert a SIM card from a different country and use it internationally with that SIM card. I believe you can even use it within the US with a foreign SIM card, but you would be paying a much higher rate than if you were on a.

Want to find out if your iPhone is unlocked? How Much To Get A Phone Unlocked To Any Network on this page. And how to unlock it if it is? Read on for the information on unlocking your iPhone on Verizon’s network. Blackberry Forgot Password Unlock Phone.

Is my iPhone locked to my wireless carrier? If you purchased a new iPhone in the past few years from Verizon, then we have some good news for you — your device is not locked to your carrier. Starting with the, Apple began shipping their phones with a universal GSM/CDMA/LTE cellular radio that supports all the US and most international carriers. At the same time, Verizon began shipping all their 4G phones in an unlocked state.