Buying a Verizon iPhone 5 without a plan?

[fuzzybabybunny]

Is there a way to buy a brand new unlocked Verizon iPhone 5, but without signing up for any kind of plan, not even the month to month?

 

[postmortemIA]

nope, their pay-as-your go plans are not for smartphones, only for dumbphones. smartphone - need to pay up for a month flat-free to get 2GB of data or such plus voice and texts
source: i have pay-as-you go account with them

 

[Kelvinz]

Is there a way to buy a brand new unlocked Verizon iPhone 5, but without signing up for any kind of plan, not even the month to month?

This isn't possible with the iPhone 5.

 

[Chocu1a]

Why can't you just walk into a store & buy one? Just tell them it is a gift for a relative.

 

[Kelvinz]

Why can't you just walk into a store & buy one? Just tell them it is a gift for a relative.

Please read the OP and the next post...

 

[Joe1987]

There are these magical websites called ebay, swappa and craigslist.

 

[bearxor]

Yeah, just buy one off Swappa.

 

[crashtestdummy]

It doesn't look like this needs a plan. Am I missing something? Not sure what you'd be doing with it without a plan, though.

 

[Red Storm]

Yeah just buy it off of Amazon at retail price?

 

[cronos]

It doesn't look like this needs a plan. Am I missing something? Not sure what you'd be doing with it without a plan, though.

He probably wants to use it on AT&T or T-Mobile, as the SIM slot is unlocked.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

Yeah, basically. I want to get an unlocked Verizon iPhone 5s so that I can use it on different carriers. The Verizon version also has additional hardware that supports more carriers worldwide.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Interesting conflicting answers. Sounds like someone is definitely wrong.

 

[bearxor]

The Verizon version also has additional hardware that supports more carriers worldwide.

No it doesn't. The GSM and CDMA versions are both A1533. The A1453 version sold on Sprint adds support for 800mhz LTE.

But the TMobile/Verizon/AT&T iPhone 5S are the exact same device, except the CDMA radio isn't provisioned in the GSM firmware.

I'd suspect you could just walk in to any store and just buy one, but I think a VZW store might give you a hard time, wanting to attach it to a number. You could also go to the Apple store and buy an unlocked version as well, but you wouldn't be able to use it on Verizon.

 

[cronos]

I'm going to be extremely surprised if he could buy a full price Verizon phone by going into a Verizon store without attaching it to a Verizon account. I tried doing something similar with AT&T and it took me three trips to two stores involving at least five different AT&T employees until finally one gave it to me.

Amazon or any other online stores, probably fine, but Verizon stores I wouldn't bet on it

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

No it doesn't. The GSM and CDMA versions are both A1533. The A1453 version sold on Sprint adds support for 800mhz LTE.

But the TMobile/Verizon/AT&T iPhone 5S are the exact same device, except the CDMA radio isn't provisioned in the GSM firmware.

I'd suspect you could just walk in to any store and just buy one, but I think a VZW store might give you a hard time, wanting to attach it to a number. You could also go to the Apple store and buy an unlocked version as well, but you wouldn't be able to use it on Verizon.

Is it possible to provision CDMA radio?

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

I'm going to be extremely surprised if he could buy a full price Verizon phone by going into a Verizon store without attaching it to a Verizon account. I tried doing something similar with AT&T and it took me three trips to two stores involving at least five different AT&T employees until finally one gave it to me.

Amazon or any other online stores, probably fine, but Verizon stores I wouldn't bet on it

I tried. No go.

I can't get one from the Apple website either. They require a Verizon contract plan to purchase online.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

No it doesn't. The GSM and CDMA versions are both A1533. The A1453 version sold on Sprint adds support for 800mhz LTE.

But the TMobile/Verizon/AT&T iPhone 5S are the exact same device, except the CDMA radio isn't provisioned in the GSM firmware.

I'd suspect you could just walk in to any store and just buy one, but I think a VZW store might give you a hard time, wanting to attach it to a number. You could also go to the Apple store and buy an unlocked version as well, but you wouldn't be able to use it on Verizon.

He asked for the iPhone 5 though. If it's 5S you're correct, but the 5 has a separate AT&T (A1428) and Verizon/Sprint model (A1429). But you're probably right because they don't sell the 5 anymore so it must mean he's talking about the 5c/5s

 

[ImDonly1]

It doesn't look like this needs a plan. Am I missing something? Not sure what you'd be doing with it without a plan, though.

It is not actually sold by Amazon wireless, but a 3rd party. Same thing as buying one on ebay or swappa.

No one said he can't buy a used one from a third party, just that he can't buy one from a verizon store/website.

 

[Kelvinz]

I'm going to be extremely surprised if he could buy a full price Verizon phone by going into a Verizon store without attaching it to a Verizon account. I tried doing something similar with AT&T and it took me three trips to two stores involving at least five different AT&T employees until finally one gave it to me.

Amazon or any other online stores, probably fine, but Verizon stores I wouldn't bet on it

I doubt that would work on Verizon. You need an account to buy a phone...