Scott Van Dyke Posted April 25 Report Share Posted April 25 My daughter's iPhone XR has finally died and needs replacement. Its going to be a while until she can save enough for that. We have Sprint and the sim card inside says Sprint. Are we simply able to find an older iPhone 8 or something along those lines, stick the sim card in it, and away we go? Or how does this work? I think I can find an older phone out there.... how do I get it to work on our plan? TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlbertA Posted April 25 Report Share Posted April 25 It should as long as the iphone 8 model you get supports CDMA (watch out for GSM only models). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted April 25 Report Share Posted April 25 Ya, if you’re on Sprint, make sure the phone is a Sprint/Verizon model with CDMA. You may also need to make sure it’s carrier unlocked. If you’re buying used from someone, make sure you can go through the whole activation process on the phone and that it’s not locked to someone AppleID still (just doing a factory reset may not do this). https://www.howtogeek.com/271333/can-i-bring-my-iphone-to-another-carrier/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orpheus Posted April 25 Report Share Posted April 25 Sounds like this is only meant to be temporary, but may want to keep in mind T-Mobile is reportedly planning on shutting down the CDMA network as of the first of next year. Scott Van Dyke 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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