There are 3 major cell phone carriers in the United States that use the CDMS network. Verizon, US Cellular and Sprint. When a customer buys an iPhone locked with Sprint network, it uses the CMDA frequency of the Sprint network but the 4 major GSM frequencies in your iPhone are available but dormant. When you unlock your Sprint iPhone, those 4 GSM frequencies are unlocked.
If you are traveling and want to use a GSM Sim in your Sprint iPhone, you must unlock your phone. Unlocking your iPhone on Sprint can be somewhat of a long process, currently taking between 7 to 21 days so its advisable to prepare and order your unlock service ahead of time. If your Sprint iPhone has clean IMEI, unlocking success rate is very high. However, if your phone is blocked or blacklisted IMEI, the success rate drops to about 70%. We do work with Sprint unlocking specialists who will do their best to unlock your phone in specified amount of time.
Current cost of unlocking a Sprint iPhone is $179.99 with our unlocking service. Of all the unlocking services availble for iPhone in the United States, Sprint is probably one of the most expensive ones. Currently its available on few iPhone models which you can check here. If you're buying a new phone and somewhere down the line you want to have it unlocked, we recommend that you do not buy a Sprint iPhone. AT&T iPhone would rather be a better option because unlocking service is far cheaper and quicker than Sprint. Also when you're buying a used iPhone on Ebay, we recommend that you do not buy one that is locked with the Sprint Network. The cost of unlocking the phone may be higher than the cost of the phone itself. So in summary, it may seem like I am discouraging you from buying a Sprint iPhone if ultimately you want it unlocked but its simply because of the cost and time involved in getting a lock free iPhone.
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