Cell phone help

Hi all! I'm hoping someone can help with my cell phone questions while I'm anxiously awaiting my visa decision! I have an iPhone SE through Sprint. It's paid in full and I'm on a month to month contract currently because I've been with them so long. I went to the Apple store a couple days ago to get my battery replaced while they're running the $29 Christmas special. The "genius" at the store wasn't able to tell me definitely if my phone will work in the UK if unlocked. I haven't gotten the battery replaced yet because I wanted to try to get an answer first... No use replacing it I can't use the phone a month from now. Does anyone have experience unlocking this phone type or any Sprint phone and using it with a new sim card once I move to the UK???

I had a iPhone 6s plus from AT&T and it was paid for. I submitted an unlock request through their website and then was able to just buy a new SIM card here and had zero issues.

MAybe you could phone apple in the uk if you look for their number online or try to phone a Uk mobile company

I had a iPhone 6s plus from AT&T and it was paid for. I submitted an unlock request through their website and then was able to just buy a new SIM card here and had zero issues.

I am more worried about it being a Sprint phone because I read they don't transfer. However, I do have a sim slot on the phone which makes me think it can.

I am more worried about it being a Sprint phone because I read they don't transfer. However, I do have a sim slot on the phone which makes me think it can.

Yea sorry I can't say for sure. I would ask sprint or whatever company you're planning on using here. Otherwise just a gamble.

From what I've read as long as it's fully unlocked, the newer (6 and more recent) iPhones will work on all networks, but you may want to double check the band of the carrier you plan on using in the UK and confirm the phone supports it. Older sprint iphones and some other manufacturers only support sprint's CDMA network, which isn't used in the UK at all.

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Hi all! I'm hoping someone can help with my cell phone questions while I'm anxiously awaiting my visa decision! I have an iPhone SE through Sprint. It's paid in full and I'm on a month to month contract currently because I've been with them so long. I went to the Apple store a couple days ago to get my battery replaced while they're running the $29 Christmas special. The "genius" at the store wasn't able to tell me definitely if my phone will work in the UK if unlocked. I haven't gotten the battery replaced yet because I wanted to try to get an answer first... No use replacing it I can't use the phone a month from now. Does anyone have experience unlocking this phone type or any Sprint phone and using it with a new sim card once I move to the UK???

I have an iphone too but am disconnecting it and using a Sony Exepria brought for me in Oct.. The cost difference is crazy.. I was paying over $110.00 per month with Sprint and now it's around 15 pounds a month for basically the same things and the phone, although smaller, works great so far.

I have an iphone too but am disconnecting it and using a Sony Exepria brought for me in Oct.. The cost difference is crazy.. I was paying over $110.00 per month with Sprint and now it's around 15 pounds a month for basically the same things and the phone, although smaller, works great so far.

$110 is a crazy amount of money for a contract!

I have a UK iPhone SE and when I first got it on a 2-year contract I was paying £34 per month for the phone plus unlimited calls and texts, and 4GB of data.

Now that my contract has ended, I’ve switched to SIM-only on the same iPhone, which is £15 per month for unlimited calls and texts plus 12GB data.


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$110 is a crazy amount of money for a contract!

I have a UK iPhone SE and when I first got it on a 2-year contract I was paying £34 per month for the phone plus unlimited calls and texts, and 4GB of data.

Now that my contract has ended, I’ve switched to SIM-only on the same iPhone, which is £15 per month for unlimited calls and texts plus 12GB data.


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Oh I agree...  It's nutz to pay that much .. I would keep my iPhone but the screen is cracked and has other major issues... The 15 for the same thing is awesome and.. It has a much better camera than the iPhone. The small screen is taking a bit of getting used to

$110 is a crazy amount of money for a contract!

I have a UK iPhone SE and when I first got it on a 2-year contract I was paying £34 per month for the phone plus unlimited calls and texts, and 4GB of data.

Now that my contract has ended, I’ve switched to SIM-only on the same iPhone, which is £15 per month for unlimited calls and texts plus 12GB data.


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That's how much I was paying for unlimited data and an iPhone 4S back in 2014. Phone plans aren't cheap on the US. It's absolutely mental. Even a sim only plan was $24.99 a month when I visited back in 2015.

It's always nice when something's actually cheaper in the UK! 

It's always nice when something's actually cheaper in the UK! 

Haha. I’m finding quite a lot of things cheaper than here, at least in Texas .. food , rent , medical insurance.. at my work for family of 4 is over 1700.00 a month wow


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Well I went to Sprint tonight and they were able to unlock it for me. So I'm just going to get the battery replaced while Apple is still running their special until the end of the year for $29. Then I'll be good to go. Just need that pesky visa approval now 🤔

Well I went to Sprint tonight and they were unable to unlock it for me. So I'm just going to get the battery replaced while Apple is still running their special until the end of the year for $29. Then I'll be good to go. Just need that pesky visa approval now

Oh yay. Nice to know that.  Oh my gosh, I hope we hear soon


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Oh yay. Nice to know that.  Oh my gosh, I hope we hear soon


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I know, I had a complete breakdown last night. And my poor Alasdair woke up to about twenty text messages of me sobbing over everything.