Carrier "Unlocked" means what exactly?

[DotCom2]

i have a 7 Plus that was on AT&T that I went through their procedure to successfully unlock so I can sell it. So what exactly does this mean? It can now be activated with any carrier? Would this include Verizon? Isn’t there something about Verizon that makes it not possible or at the least difficult for someone wanting to use it with Verizon?
TIA

 

[s54]

i have a 7 Plus that was on AT&T that I went through their procedure to successfully unlock so I can sell it. So what exactly does this mean? It can now be activated with any carrier?
TIA

Yes

Would this include Verizon?
TIA

Yes

Isn’t there something about Verizon that makes it not possible or at the least difficult for someone wanting to use it with Verizon?
TIA

No

It really depends on which model of the iPhone 7+ you have. If it's the A1661, it will work with Verizon just fine.

 

[Freakonomics101]

With Verizon, you’ll only get LTE with the unlocked AT&T/T-Mobile iPhone 7 and up. They do not support CDMA. But honestly, with how reliable Verizon’s LTE network is, I don’t see it being much of an issue.

 

[s54]

With Verizon, you’ll only get LTE with the unlocked AT&T/T-Mobile iPhone 7 and up. They do not support CDMA. But honestly, with how reliable Verizon’s LTE network is, I don’t see it being much of an issue.

That's not true.

It really depends on which AT&T model you have. If you have the A1661 7+, as I mentioned, then it will work with Verizon and support CDMA. If you bought your AT&T iPhone 7+ locked from Best Buy, for instance, then you have the A1661 model, which supports all Verizon LTE bands, as well as CDMA.

 

[DotCom2]

That's not true.

It really depends on which AT&T model you have. If you have the A1661 7+, as I mentioned, then it will work with Verizon and support CDMA. If you bought your AT&T iPhone 7+ locked from Best Buy, for instance, then you have the A1661 model, which supports all Verizon LTE bands, as well as CDMA.

It says A1784. Is this a problem?

 

[Freakonomics101]

That's not true.

It really depends on which AT&T model you have. If you have the A1661 7+, as I mentioned, then it will work with Verizon and support CDMA. If you bought your AT&T iPhone 7+ locked from Best Buy, for instance, then you have the A1661 model, which supports all Verizon LTE bands, as well as CDMA.

I did not know that, thank you.

 

[Freakonomics101]

It says A1784. Is this a problem?

Cellular bands:

LTE bands 1 (2100 MHz), 2 (1900 MHz), 3 (1800 MHz), 4 (AWS), 5 (850 MHz), 7 (2600 MHz), 8 (900 MHz), 12 (700 a MHz), 13 (700c MHz), 17 (700b MHz), 18 (800 MHz), 19 (800 MHz), 20 (800 DD), 25 (1900 MHz), 26 (800 MHz), 27 (800 SMR), 28 (700 APT MHz), 29 (700 de MHz), 30 (2300 WCS)

TD-LTE bands 38 (TD 2600 MHz), 39 (TD 1900 MHz), 40 (TD 2300 MHz), 41 (TD 2500 MHz)

GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

No CDMA support for that model.

Source: https://www.techwalls.com/iphone-7-plus-model-differences/

 

[DotCom2]

Cellular bands:

LTE bands 1 (2100 MHz), 2 (1900 MHz), 3 (1800 MHz), 4 (AWS), 5 (850 MHz), 7 (2600 MHz), 8 (900 MHz), 12 (700 a MHz), 13 (700c MHz), 17 (700b MHz), 18 (800 MHz), 19 (800 MHz), 20 (800 DD), 25 (1900 MHz), 26 (800 MHz), 27 (800 SMR), 28 (700 APT MHz), 29 (700 de MHz), 30 (2300 WCS)

TD-LTE bands 38 (TD 2600 MHz), 39 (TD 1900 MHz), 40 (TD 2300 MHz), 41 (TD 2500 MHz)

GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)

UMTS/HSPA+/DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz)

No CDMA support for that model.

Source: https://www.techwalls.com/iphone-7-plus-model-differences/

Thank you very much for that.