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Will this work?
1. Buy Verizon LTE tablet full price (300 for a 2, 400 for a 7.7, Verizon prices).
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Re: Will this work?
No. The tablet will be locked to Verizon.
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Re: Will this work?
You would probably need to unlock the tablet first since all verizon devices are locked to verizon.
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But it'd be a Verizon tablet using Verizon data.
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Re: Will this work?
Not gonna work. If you wanna use a Verizon device they're gonna make you pay Verizon's ridiculous rates.
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But it'd be a Verizon tablet using Verizon data.
It doesn't matter because you aren't technically going through Verizon. Since you are going through a different company they probably have their own way of doing data, and it would require the tablet to be unlocked.
And as of this past Saturday unlocking any device tied to a carrier without asking the carrier's permission to unlock first is illegal.
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What if I got it unlocked by Verizon? I'm looking more for a technical reason why it will/won't work.
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You need to unlock the tablet
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Re: Will this work?
If Verizon will unlock it you are good to go. Lotsa luck with that.
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I don't know how pre-paid works in the U.S. but in the U.K. if you've had a locked prepaid phone for 6 months the carrier will unlock it for you (free or for a small charge depending on the carrier). But ass it's legal to unlock it here you only use the carrier to unlock as it's usually cheaper than the shops that offer the service. Oh, the ebay 'unlock your phone for £2.99 or whatever silly cheap price' don't work 9 times out of 10)
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