Here's a rather intricate question. I'm trying to decide between a Verizon or AT&T iPhone 5. Currently, I've enjoyed my AT&T iPhones, but Verizon has better 4G coverage where I live.So, the 4G would be nice to have, *but*… I also travel, on occasion, and my current iPhone is carrier-unlocked. Since it's a GSM phone, it uses a SIM card, so I can pop in a SIM card for whatever country I'm visiting and I don't pay horrendous roaming charges.
This has always been the deal-killer for the prospect of getting a Verizon phone, since they haven't used SIM cards. However, I hear that Verizon's 4G phones *do* use SIM cards, but some of the comments I've read indicate that the SIM is *only* for the 4G data radio, and that voice and 3G still use the hard-wired phone ID stuff.
So, my questions are:
1 - Does the Verizon iPhone 5 even have a changeable SIM card *at all*?
2 - If it has one, is it only for the 4G feature, or can we *finally* (provided that the phone is carrier-unlocked) just swap in a different SIM card in another country and make voice calls and use 3G data without those using Verizon?