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Originally posted by Sazare
I'm still having trouble understanding how unlocked phones work. So if I buy the T-Mobile iPhone 5S, the one that comes with the SIM card, I can just switch out the T-Mobile SIM card for a Virgin Mobile SIM card? Do I need to get a personalized SIM Card or what? And like, how do I know how much my monthly fee will be?
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So first, you have to check whether the hardware itself is compatible with the other carriers in your area, depending on who it was branded to when it was sold or the model number. So (I'm not from the US, so I'm going off memory here) T-Mobile and Verizon use very different mobile tech - let's call these "bands". Some phones aren't "pentaband' and cannot access all the bands. I think the iPhone 5 is, no idea about the 5S. But the 4 and 4S were not pentaband and you couldn't switch a phone between certain carriers. So just make sure your hardware is compatible first.
Once you know your hardware is compatible, you either purchase an unlocked phone or get the phone unlocked. iPhones are a bitch to unlock compared to other phones. Get the carrier to do it and your life will be much easier, or purchase it unlocked. Once it's unlocked, you can stick a SIM card from any carrier that has a compatible "band" with your phone. Virgin Mobile should work.
The sim card doesn't necessarily have to have a plan attached to it. If you are able to pick up a sim card at random for like $5 somewhere, they generally come with a base prepaid plan attached to it. Beware of the size of the sim card you pick up - for iPhone it's a nano sim card. The sim card comes with a barcode. Either on your carrier's website/via phone/in person, you can switch your current plan onto the new sim card by simply saying "I got a new sim card, can I switch over to this card" OR just pick up the card of the new carrier you want (Virgin Mobile), set it up in the store with a new plan/on the phone/online (Canadian Virgin Mobile lets you do this - but it's always easier to just use a human being to set things up if you're not certain). The card itself is not special - it just needs to be the correct size and have a legible IMEI/barcode. Some carriers sell a separate card for LTE 4G service (get that one).
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Originally posted by Save-Me-Oprah
From The Verge's review:
"The Lumia 1020 may offer you 41 megapixels, but for virtually every practical purpose the 8-megapixel iPhone 5 was the best smartphone camera on the market — and the 5S is even better"
Putting all stan mentality aside, this is the dumbest thing I think I've read on The Verge. The iPhone 5 was NOWHERE near the best smartphone camera on the market, and I've got the photos to prove it.
In fact, comparing pictures I took with my iPhone 5 to pictures I took with my Lumia 920 shows a MASSIVE difference- nevermind the 1020 with ha 41mp camera.
And this is why I've stopped reading The Verge. Joshua Topolsky is the pits.
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That is straight up embarrassing. That makes no sense whatsoever.
, the 5 would be upgrade enough for me. 
I hope you enjoyed your groundbreaking clicky screen 
