When the first iPhone 4S story was written here on SlashGear announcing said device, it was entitled iPhone 4S World Phone revealed – as it turns out, that doesn't mean the same thing to all carriers ...

One of the promoted specifications on the new Apple iPhone 4S is the "world phone" capability, but it isn't quite the world phone that many international travelers who use GSM phones are used too.

To unlock a Verizon iPhone, there’s very little work for you to do. The method of unlocking differs for both prepaid and postpaid iPhones. There is also a different policy for users that are classed ...

Last year I purchased the Apple iPhone 4S on Verizon because I had an unlimited data plan I wanted to maintain. It turned out to be a good choice as I was able to easily call up Verizon and get my ...

UPDATE: A Sprint representative tells Ars Technica that it will not offer the iPhone 4S with an unlocked micro-SIM card slot, despite earlier reports that it would. Instead, customers must use ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. We still haven’t heard back from Verizon after asking for an update on their supposedly incoming new device ...

In this edition of Ask Maggie, Maggie Reardon gives one reader the lowdown on which carriers will unlock the iPhone 4S for use overseas and which one won't. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News ...

For the better part of the last decade, Verizon’s smartphones haven’t been SIM-locked. That means that a Verizon phone can work on basically any other network even if you bought it directly from the ...

If you own an iPhone 4 on AT&T, using the device while traveling internationally means paying sky-high roaming fees, jailbreaking or limiting data use to when you're on a WiFi network, either with a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an investigative attorney and physical security specialist. If you ask most cell phone users what they understand the term ...

Verizon has officially told the AP that the SIM slot on its iPhone 5, which shipped unlocked, won’t be re-locked later on, as was the case with the initial shipment of Sprint iPhone 4S devices sold ...