Why does the Verizon iPhone 4s come with a SIM card?

I was messing around with my iPhone 4s today and I found that there is a Verizon branded SIM card in the SIM card slot of my iPhone. Which would make since if the iPhone 4s was an LTE phone, but it's not.

alt text

simcard iphone4s verizon

asked Nov 28 '11 at 01:03

FilipinoPower
13.0k●135●219●313

edited Dec 08 '11 at 01:30

2 Answers:

oldest newest most voted

It is because the iPhone 4s is a world phone! Sprint/Verizon world phones always come with a SIM card, so that roaming works properly and is billed to your account... You can still unlock it and use it across seas with a prepaid SIM from any place you are visiting and pay that way to save money.

answered Dec 10 '11 at 17:06

Ztag100
1.5k●107●116●129

The iPhone 4s is one model used by all carriers, that runs both CDMA & GSM. The iPhone 4 had separate models, GSM & CDMA. The iPhones prior were strictly GSM.

answered Nov 28 '11 at 01:25

r0bErT4u
31.0k●513●672●938

I know that the Verizon iPhone has a SIM card slot. What I didn't know was that it had an actual Verizon branded SIM card. Also I just posted a picture about what I was talking about.

(Dec 07 '11 at 20:53) FilipinoPower

I didn't know that. Maybe CDMA carriers place a special kind card in the slot. Said card probably tells the iPhone to use CDMA, not GSM?!

(Dec 08 '11 at 03:22) r0bErT4u

No that can't be it because I've used it without the SIM card and it works fine. It might be just to identify which phone you have since you can't identify them by how the antena looks anymore.

(Dec 10 '11 at 14:13) FilipinoPower

Maybe it's a non-functional filler card?

(Dec 10 '11 at 15:03) hansring

Your answer

toggle preview

community wiki

Follow this question

By Email:

Once you sign in you will be able to subscribe for any updates here

By RSS:

Answers

Answers and Comments

Markdown Basics

*italic* or __italic__
**bold** or __bold__
link:[text](http://url.com/ "title")
image?![alt text](/path/img.jpg "title")
numbered list: 1. Foo 2. Bar
to add a line break simply add two spaces to where you would like the new line to be.
basic HTML tags are also supported

learn more about Markdown