Verizon iPhone 5 reportedly SIM unlocked out of the box, ready for worldwide use

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Matthew Miller of the zdnet has reported that, According to the Apple website, the Verizon iPhone 5 also supports the following:

CDMA model A1429*: CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1900, 2100 MHz); UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz); GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz); LTE (Bands 1, 3, 5, 13, 25)

As Europe and other places around the world figure out LTE, the Verizon iPhone 5 may be the best one for world travelers to stay connected.

When Sprint released the iPhone 4S, they had them SIM unlocked out of the box and then relocked the devices. Generally carrier policy allows you to unlock your phone after 90 days of service so even if Verizon kills this with an update we should be able to simply call up like last time and ask to get it unlocked for world travel. Given this world, and even expanded US, functionality I think the Verizon iPhone 5 may be the best of the models. The one thing you cannot do is make voice calls and use data at the same time, but since voice calls are rare for me this is not a factor.

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