10-07-2011, 06:08 PM
RAMd®d wrote:
There is only one version of the 4S so it will have a SIM card holder, and if it's an att phone, it will have a SIM card.
So Sprint and Verizon users could, with an unlocked phone, use the CDMA side here, and then buy a SIM card when traveling abroad using the GSM radio in the phone.
I think it's a decent bet that the Sprint and Verizon phones will come with a SIM card from those carriers respectively. Just as the AT&T iPad comes with a SIM card ready for you to use if you want.
A SIM card is required for international roaming in most countries, because they only have GSM, and GSM requires a phone with a SIM card. I think Sprint and Verizon will want to be able to claim that the phones are "ready to roam" internationally. Of course, at exorbitant rates.
I don't think the Sprint and Verizon phones will come SIM unlocked, ready to use with any carrier. That would open them to being switched easily to AT&T (or T-Mobile at slower speeds). I think they will be sold SIM carrier locked just as most subsidized GSM phones in the US are.
Good luck.
- Winston