Buying Verizon 7 Plus at Apple Store w/o Verizon account

[Bruce Mao]

If I purchase a Verizon 7 Plus at full price at an Apple store, will I be able to do so without having a Verizon account? For example, can I say that I'm buying it as a gift and walk out without having to give any phone account info? I'm on T-Mobile, but waiting for T-Mobile to send anything would take forever.

 

[kch50428]

Apple is now selling the sim free variants of phones, so you can likely get one compatible with Verizon with no issues.

 

[MizWylie]

Either sim free variant as mentioned, or buy the Verizon one. I know if you try doing an order online from Apple, not the store, it asks for Verizon account information.

 

[Quis89]

SIM free option would be the best bet.

 

[aggie]

I'm an AT&T customer (for now) and bought a 256 gb Verizon MB Plus with no issues. There was obviously no option for carrier financing, so I paid cash. Not sure if they would do it on the iPhone Upgrade program. I would think there wouldn't be an issue there as that is not done via the carriers.

 

[Bruce Mao]

I'm an AT&T customer (for now) and bought a 256 gb Verizon MB Plus with no issues. There was obviously no option for carrier financing, so I paid cash. Not sure if they would do it on the iPhone Upgrade program. I would think there wouldn't be an issue there as that is not done via the carriers.

Awesome, exactly what I was hoping to hear. I'll be going in at opening and hoping they don't give me any issues, either.

 

[Craig]

Now that you can buy an unlocked SIM free iPhone 7 / 7+ from Apple Direct, that would be your best choice. Would give you all the direct Apple support and you can buy any phone choice you want.

 

[Bruce Mao]

I'm coming from a Note 7, so I needed a phone asap. Anything online would take 3-4 weeks whereas if I went in store, I could get it today (which i did!) Glad to be a part of the community now!

 

[anon(427874)]

I'm coming from a Note 7, so I needed a phone asap. Anything online would take 3-4 weeks whereas if I went in store, I could get it today (which i did!) Glad to be a part of the community now!

Was it an iPhone 7 or 7+? I was able to walk-in and pickup a sim-free 7 today, rather than wait 3-4 weeks per an online order. I did not think to ask if a 7+ was available, assuming that it was not.

 

[Craig]

Was it an iPhone 7 or 7+? I was able to walk-in and pickup a sim-free 7 today, rather than wait 3-4 weeks per an online order. I did not think to ask if a 7+ was available, assuming that it was not.

There are many 7+ phones available in store now. I just did an apple check and found 3 different 7+ models at 2 stores in my state. So more are showing up. Maybe not the size / color the person wants, but they're there.